{"id":3861,"date":"2016-05-04T18:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/05\/04\/whm-login\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:12:44","slug":"whm-login","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/whm-login\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Login to your Reseller WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is WHM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Web Host Manager (WHM), is a program that allows you administrative access to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/reseller-hosting\">Reseller Hosting<\/a> account. As a reseller, you will want to assign a separate cPanel to each of your client accounts. This allows each client the ability to log into their own cPanel to manage their hosting account. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/create-new-cpanel\/\">Creating<\/a>, managing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/remove-cpanel-via-whm\/\">removing<\/a>, or modifying the cPanel accounts are done via the WHM interface. You will also have the ability to assign settings to multiple cPanels at once, by creating packages. WHM is a great tool that saves you a lot of time when managing your clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-pricing-structure\/\">cPanel Pricing Changes<\/a> and <a href=\" https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel-edu\/cpanel-pricing-changes-faq\">related FAQs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logging into the WHM for the First Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li>To access the WHM login page, simply add &#8216;<em>\/whm<\/em>&#8216; to the end of your domain name in your browser&#8217;s address bar. If your domain name is <em>example.com<\/em> you would enter &#8216;<em>example.com\/whm<\/em>&#8216;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the WHM login page, enter your cPanel <strong>username<\/strong> and <strong>password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Login<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"imh-youtube-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LE9CNcbZeP8\" title=\"How to Login into WHM Control Panel\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"name\":\"How to Login into WHM Control Panel\",\"description\":\"Learn how to login to the WebHost Manager (WHM).\",\"uploadDate\":\"2021-04-06\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LE9CNcbZeP8\/hqdefault.jpg\"}<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Login WHM from AMP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list article_list\">\n<li>Login <a href=\"https:\/\/secure1.inmotionhosting.com\/\">AMP<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>WHM<\/strong> to login as the primary cPanel user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It normally logs you in, but you may need to fill in the username and password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;re logged into WHM, you can<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-grant-reseller-access\/\"> learn how to give cPanel users reseller acces<\/a>s.  Follow our guide for more information on how you can do that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is WHM? Web Host Manager (WHM), is a program that allows you administrative access to your Reseller Hosting account. As a reseller, you will want to assign a separate cPanel to each of your client accounts. This allows each client the ability to log into their own cPanel to manage their hosting account. Creating,<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/whm-login\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whm"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Login to your Reseller WHM | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking to log into your reseller WHM for the first time? Don&#039;t know what WHM is? 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