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title: "WHMCS General Settings Overview"
description: "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..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/whm/whmcs-general-settings-overview/
date: 2016-05-20
modified: 2023-08-02
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["WebHost Manager (WHM)"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# WHMCS General Settings Overview

## Configuring WHCMS General Settings

Once you have followed the [installation procedures for WHMCS](/support/edu/cpanel/whmcs-install-softaculous/) to set up your [Reseller Hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/reseller-hosting) capabilities you can start to familiarize yourself with the various settings and configurations WHCMS offers.

## Accessing the General Settings in WHMCS

1. [Log into WHMCS](/support/edu/whm/whm-login/)
2. Click **Setup -> General Settings** [![](/support/images/stories/reseller/getting-started/01-settings-tabs.png)](/support/images/stories/reseller/getting-started/01-settings-tabs.png)
3. Click on the links below for information on each of the tabs related to the general settings in WHMCS

Follow the links below for more information about general settings tabs.

- [General tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-general-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Localisation tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-localisation-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Ordering tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-ordering-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Domains tab](/support/domain-names/how-to-configure-domain-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Mail tab](/support/email/how-to-configure-mail-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Support tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-support-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Invoices tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-invoice-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Credit tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-credit-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Affiliates tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-affiliate-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Security tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-security-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Social tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-social-settings-in-whmcs/)
- [Other tab](/support/edu/whm/how-to-configure-other-settings-in-whmcs/)

After you have reviewed and set up the basic settings for your WHMCS, you will be ready to [create and add your first product](/support/edu/whm/create-whmcs-product/).