{"id":3914,"date":"2016-05-24T19:50:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T19:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/05\/24\/access-cpanel-whm\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T17:44:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T21:44:21","slug":"access-cpanel-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/access-cpanel-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access cPanels from WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicated server accounts can access the cPanel, reset the password, and create or terminate cPanel accounts from the WHM interface. This tutorial will step you through how to access cPanel accounts using the WHM interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">Please note that you can no longer create unlimited cPanels. For more information and price listings, please see our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-pricing-structure\/\">cPanel Pricing Changes<\/a>. To learn more about the reasons behind this change, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-pricing-changes-faq\/\">FAQ on cPanel Pricing Changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entering a cPanel Account via WHM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">Log into your WHM<\/a>.<\/li><li>Click on the <strong>Account Information<\/strong> category in the left-side menu pane.<br><br><a rel=\"lightbox-0\" href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/01-click-account-info.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/01-click-account-info.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/li><li>Click on the <strong>List Accounts<\/strong> option.<br><br><a rel=\"lightbox-0\" href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/02-click-list-accounts.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/02-click-list-accounts.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/li><li>A list of the cPanels owned by the WHM user will appear. To access one, simply click the cPanel icon.<br><br><a rel=\"lightbox-0\" href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/03-click-cpanel.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/reseller\/whm\/access-cpanel\/03-click-cpanel.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><\/a> <p>Now you should be able to see the cPanel just as if you had logged in as the client or cPanel user.<\/p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"226\" class=\"wp-image-99929\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1.png 1888w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1-1024x463.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/interface1-1536x695.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/reset-cpanel-password\/\">reset cPanel passwords within WHM<\/a> to help your clients if they forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about cPanel management from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/vps-hosting\/\">Managed VPS Hosting Product Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"jumbotron\">Make sure your business, agency, or reseller clients are always connected and powered on with our optimized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/vps-hosting\">Managed VPS Hosting<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicated server accounts can access the cPanel, reset the password, and create or terminate cPanel accounts from the WHM interface. This tutorial will step you through how to access cPanel accounts using the WHM interface. Please note that you can no longer create unlimited cPanels. For more information and price listings, please see our article<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/access-cpanel-whm\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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":[51,4289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","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 Access cPanels from WHM | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Use root access to view any cPanel account that has been created in WHM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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