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If you manage a VPS or Dedicated server and your cPanel login suddenly offers a theme called Meridian, you are looking at cPanel’s newest interface, not a Jupiter redesign. cPanel Meridian is a goal-based theme introduced in cPanel & WHM version 138. Instead of organizing tools by category the way Jupiter does, Meridian groups every Read More >

You logged in to cPanel and noticed a different layout, or you heard cPanel has a new interface and want to try it. The cPanel Meridian theme is entirely opt-in: you turn it on from your own account, and you can switch back to Jupiter whenever you want. By the end of this guide, you Read More >

You need a developer, virtual assistant, or contractor to work inside your cPanel account, but you do not want to hand over your main password. cPanel Manage Team solves this: it creates a separate login, called a team user, that works inside your account with only the access you choose. By the end of this Read More >

cPanel licenses are priced by the number of cPanel accounts on your server, not by the server itself. This article explains what that means for your bill, which InMotion Hosting plans include cPanel at no extra cost, what VPS and Dedicated Server customers pay at each account tier, and how to keep your license cost Read More >

If your domain’s Domain Name System (DNS) zone has accumulated duplicate or broken entries, you can reset the DNS zone to cPanel defaults in a few clicks using Zone Editor. This guide walks you through the reset so your domain resolves correctly again. Warning: Resetting the DNS zone erases the custom changes you made to Read More >

A Zone Editor error in cPanel or WHM almost always points to a Time to Live (TTL) mismatch: one DNS record has a different TTL value than the rest of your zone. Correcting that one record clears both the cPanel API failure: Zone is invalid error and the WHM Zone Manager Error ID: t85tzu. TTL Read More >

A TXT record lets an external service verify that you own your domain or configure policies like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for email. To add a TXT DNS record in cPanel, you use the Zone Editor tool, which gives you direct access to your domain’s Domain Name System (DNS) zone file. Note: DNS changes can Read More >

If your InMotion VPS or Dedicated server runs the UltraStack PHP-optimized stack, you can install the cPanel Cache Manager to give each account holder a control interface for managing NGINX caching layers directly inside cPanel. Once installed, accounts can purge the cache, enable developer mode, and set the default cache refresh time. Prerequisites Step 1: Read More >

Cache management is a great tool to improve cPanel website performance and end-user experience. It collects frequently used information in a temporary memory location for quick data retrieval that limits access to the underlying storage layer, leading to reduced bounce rates, latency, and server load. This scales the scalability, load times, and an optimal user Read More >

Proper structure is important when building a website. Including an index page in each folder is one of the basic steps to both design and security. By default, if a visitor lands on a subdirectory without an index page, they will see an “Index Of” page that lists all files and folders under that directory. Read More >

Node.js is a popular, event-driven JavaScript runtime you can use to build robust web applications. If you are already familiar with creating Node.js apps, you may be wondering how to get your app onto a shared server, a hosting environment in which you are limited in customization. Node.js requires some configuration of your server environment. Read More >

Installing, using, or developing Ruby applications can vary from system to system. Different workstations might have different versions of Ruby installed. This can be a big problem if your application depends on a specific version to run properly. And changing the default system version can be very difficult, so what are your options. RVM, the Read More >

Website character encoding can be a huge issue if you are not using standard characters on your website. For example, if you open a file in the Editor within cPanel and do not choose the correct character set, the editor may delete code or display characters incorrectly. This can often happen when you are editing Read More >

The cPanel File Manager makes it easy to upload a file to your account. Sometimes this is necessary, for example, when trying to verify ownership of the site for Google Search Console. If you are unfamiliar with File Manager in cPanel, please see our article on Using the cPanel File Manager. In this example, we’re Read More >

You do not need a separate File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client or a text editor on your computer to edit HTML code in cPanel. File Manager includes two built-in editors. The HTML Editor makes visual changes to .html files, and the Edit tool opens direct code editing for any text-based file. This guide covers both, Read More >

In this guide, we’ll show you how to create a thumbnail image using the Thumbnailer tool included in cPanel. This is an easy way to quickly resize (or scale) a large image since thumbnails load faster. This can result in overall improvements to page speed and a better user experience. cPanel features many tools designed Read More >

At one point or another, you may wish to remove a DNS zone from your server configuration. This is not as easy as going through your web server and deleting DNS entries. In the case of cPanel-managed servers, there may be more DNS entries than are immediately obvious at first glance. This is why cPanel Read More >

cPanel is an excellent tool for managing your websites, but only if you can access it! This tutorial discusses the multiple ways to log in to cPanel: via AMP and multiple direct login URLs. We’ll also cover common reasons why you may have trouble logging in. Access cPanel from within AMP Accessing cPanel from within Read More >

In this tutorial, we will show you how to change file permissions in cPanel. Each file and directory (folder) in your account has permissions that control who can read, write, and execute that file. When files are created, default permissions are assigned. Most users won’t need to change permissions, but there are times when an Read More >