How to Log in to your WHMCS Updated on June 8, 2023 by Christopher Maiorana What is WHMCS? WHMCS is a full management and e-commerce tool for web hosting resellers. We cover the product in more detail in our Why Use WHMCS? article. Logging into WHMCS for the First Time At this point in the reseller series, you have received your WHMCS license key and installed WHMCS. In this article, Read More >
Changing Your WordPress Dashboard Language Updated on July 7, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When you first install WordPress the Admin dashboard is in English, by default. However, you can easily change the language setting right from your Admin dashboard. Read on to learn more. Are you ready to unleash the full power of WordPress? Be sure to check out the many features WordPress Hosting by InMotion Hosting includes Read More >
WHMCS General Settings Overview Updated on August 2, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Configuring WHCMS General Settings Once you have followed the installation procedures for WHMCS to set up your Reseller Hosting capabilities you can start to familiarize yourself with the various settings and configurations WHCMS offers. Accessing the General Settings in WHMCS Log into WHMCS Click Setup -> General Settings Click on the links below for information Read More >
How to Use the Statistics Software Configuration in WHM Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The Statistics Software Configuration section of the WHM allows you to control the software being used to provide statistics to your users. This includes providing a status on how your server is handling the statistics generation. You can also choose to make certain statistics generators available in addition to selecting the users who can modify Read More >
How to Change Your WordPress Timezone Updated on May 14, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this tutorial, we will show you how to change your WordPress Timezone via your WordPress Dashboard. This will allow you to display the time that Pages and Posts were published in your local timezone. Setting the timezone is important for ensuring your content’s date/time is appropriately set in items like meta data and RSS Read More >
Creating Hosting Plans in WHMCS and Syncing with WHM Updated on June 20, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Products can only be added within a product group. Once you have created one or more product groups, you will be ready to create products for them. This quick guide shows you how to create a new product within your WHCMS back office. NOTE: A valid license for WHMCS is required to access the admin Read More >
How to Install and Use the Lightbox Gallery Plugin in WordPress Updated on October 7, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this tutorial we will show you how to add a photo gallery to your WordPress website using the Lightbox Gallery plugin. First, we will walk you through installing and activating the Lightbox Gallery plugin. Then, we will show you how to create a Gallery and add it to a Page/Post with a shortcode. Install Read More >
Transferring from cPanel to cPanel in WHM Updated on December 11, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor cPanel provides a tool that you can use to transfer from cPanel to cPanel, from one server to another. This is a very powerful tool in that it makes moving from one cPanel server to another into a very simple process. Keep in mind that any configuration files that are affected by the change will Read More >
How to Create Promotions in WHMCS Updated on August 25, 2020 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When selling your products as a reseller, you may want to create special promotions from time to time. This article explains how to create promotions and coupons from within WHMCS for you to use in your reseller hosting. Creating Coupons and Promotions in WHMCS Log into your WHCMS admin interface. Click on Setup -> Payments Read More >
Create Support Department to Accept Tickets in WHMCS Updated on July 13, 2021 by Scott Mitchell As a reseller, your clients will have some questions or issues that they wish to bring to your attention. You can create different departments to handle different topics. Perhaps you want to have a Sales department to handle sales questions and a Support department to handle more technical issues. We show you how to create Read More >
How to Enable Greylisting in WHM Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor As the administrator of your dedicated server, you may need to use tools to stem the flood of spam. One of the tools available to you in WHM is Greylisting. This option allows you to temporarily reject any email from a specific sender. Spam emails that fail on initial delivery are not re-delivered. The normal Read More >
How to Configure Email Piping in WHMCS Updated on January 19, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor As you develop a customer base, you will inevitably need to have a support email address for clients to send questions or issues. Setting up email piping allows those emails to become tickets within your WHMCS. Follow along below as we show how to set up email piping between your WHMCS admin dashboard and cPanel. Read More >
WHM Email Troubleshooter Guide Updated on July 26, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Part of being an administrator for a dedicated server is the need to maintain your email service. If you have a problem with email, there are tools provided with WHM that can help you determine where the problem is occurring. The following article describes the different tools provided by WHM to troubleshoot your email service. Read More >
Moving an Account from a Non-cPanel Host to Your Reseller Account Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell If your old host is not a cPanel host or the total account size is over 3GB, you cannot perform a cPanel backup move. Instead, you will need to transfer the account manually. Below are the steps needed to perform a manual account move. Moving an Account from a Non cPanel Server Transfer Checklist You Read More >
How to Upgrade Apache with EasyApache Updated on October 6, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article, we’ll show you how to upgrade Apache on your web server using the EasyApache script in WHM (Web Host Manager) and command-line interface (CLI). This process would require having root access on your VPS or dedicated server, and it’s important to note this is a more advanced task that most users would Read More >
How to Move an Account from Another cPanel Host Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell NOTE: Before you begin this process, be aware that restoring a cPanel completely erases any content on that cPanel that was there. Here you will learn how to move your hosting account from another cPanel host to your Reseller Hosting account. This is the easiest of the migration methods; it involves moving a single file. Read More >
Getting your WHMCS License Key Updated on December 9, 2025 by Christopher Maiorana WHCMS is a powerful content management system for web hosting resellers. WHMCS provides you with every tool you will need to manage your reseller business. In this article we will show you how you can get your WHMCS license key in a few easy steps. Get Your WHMCS License Log into AMP Under your hosting Read More >
How to Set the Password Strength in WHM Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Setting the password strength is important in order to help maintain a secure server. Weak passwords can lead to disruption in your website services or worse, the loss of data stored on your server. Password configuration can be managed within WHM making it easy to set strict passwords on your dedicated server. Note that you Read More >
How to Connect WHMCS to your eNom Reseller Account Updated on December 9, 2025 by Scott Mitchell As a hosting reseller, you may also want to become a domain name reseller. This will allow you to sell domain names to your clients for even more profit. This article will show you how to connect your WHMCS installation to the eNom domain name registrar. You will need an eNom account to connect. Sign Read More >
How to Upgrade/Downgrade Accounts in Reseller WHM Updated on November 18, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana With your reseller hosting plan you may already know how to create cPanel accounts and hosting packages through WHM. You will also have times when customers want to change their hosting package from one to another. In this article, we will demonstrate how to upgrade or downgrade the packages for a cPanel account within your Read More >
