{"id":4662,"date":"2018-09-18T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/09\/18\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:41:47","slug":"how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#enable\">How to Enable Demo Mode in WHM <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#other\">Other Reseller Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-pricing-structure\/\">cPanel Pricing Changes<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. These pricing changes also apply to demo accounts. To learn more about the change, please see our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\" https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel-edu\/cpanel-pricing-changes-faq\">FAQ on cPanel Pricing<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">If you&#8217;re looking for an all-in-one hosting platform, consider getting your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/managed-dedicated-servers\">managed dedicated servers<\/a> for limitless resources and customization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/reseller-hosting\">hosting reseller<\/a>, you can <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/create-new-cpanel\/\">create multiple cPanel accounts<\/a> and resell them to users. But, if you have a prospective client who isn&#8217;t familiar with cPanel, you can offer them a demo account where they can try out cPanel to see if they like it. Demo mode forbids actions that might cause damage like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"org-ul wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creating or editing files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editing DNS zones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating domains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the account will appear to be fully functional. In order to use the demo mode, you can enable it on a specific cPanel account from within WHM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enable\">How to Enable Demo Mode in WHM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to use this procedure properly, you must either <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/create-new-cpanel\/\">create a new cPanel account<\/a> or use an existing one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log into <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/whm-login\/\">WHM.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>Manage Demo Mode<\/b> under <em>Account Functions.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable Demo Mode for affected domain by clicking <b>Enable.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now your users will be able to log into the demo account and try out a fresh cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other\">Other Reseller Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have many full guides available to those interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/reseller-hosting\">Reseller Hosting<\/a> in our <a href=\"\/support\/product-guides\/reseller-hosting\/\">product guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"org-ul wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/create-package\/\">How to create hosting packages<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/access-cpanel-via-whm\/\">How to access cPanel Accounts via WHM<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/migrating-from-cpanel-host\/\">Transfer websites from another cPanel host<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you have any questions, be sure to leave a comment below! We always appreciate your feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article: Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see cPanel Pricing Changes. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. These pricing changes also apply to demo accounts. To learn more about the change, please see our FAQ on cPanel Pricing. If you&#8217;re looking for<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel"],"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 Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this article: Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see cPanel Pricing Changes. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. These pricing changes also apply to demo accounts. To learn more about the change, please see our FAQ on cPanel Pricing. If you&#8217;re looking for Read More &gt;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christopher Maiorana\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InMotionHosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christopher Maiorana\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christopher Maiorana\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/c6922c56c84e17079fd558e07b7ef72f\"},\"headline\":\"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"cPanel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\",\"name\":\"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting Support Center\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization\",\"name\":\"InMotion Hosting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"InMotion Hosting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/c6922c56c84e17079fd558e07b7ef72f\",\"name\":\"Christopher Maiorana\",\"description\":\"Christopher Maiorana joined the InMotion community team in 2015 and regularly dispenses tips and tricks in the Support Center, Community Q&A, and the InMotion Hosting Blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chris-m-4623144b\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/christopherm\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting","og_description":"In this article: Note that cPanel creation is no longer unlimited. For more information, please see cPanel Pricing Changes. You can see the pricing that now applies to cPanel licenses. These pricing changes also apply to demo accounts. To learn more about the change, please see our FAQ on cPanel Pricing. If you&#8217;re looking for Read More >","og_url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/","og_site_name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","article_published_time":"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00","author":"Christopher Maiorana","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InMotionHosting","twitter_site":"@InMotionHosting","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christopher Maiorana","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/"},"author":{"name":"Christopher Maiorana","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/c6922c56c84e17079fd558e07b7ef72f"},"headline":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account","datePublished":"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/"},"wordCount":301,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"articleSection":["cPanel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/","name":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account | InMotion Hosting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-09-18T16:17:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-04T21:41:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-create-a-cpanel-demo-account\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Create a cPanel Demo Account"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","name":"InMotion Hosting Support Center","description":"Web Hosting Support &amp; Tutorials","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#organization","name":"InMotion Hosting","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/inmotion-hosting-logo-yoast.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"InMotion Hosting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inmotionhosting\/","https:\/\/x.com\/InMotionHosting"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/c6922c56c84e17079fd558e07b7ef72f","name":"Christopher Maiorana","description":"Christopher Maiorana joined the InMotion community team in 2015 and regularly dispenses tips and tricks in the Support Center, Community Q&A, and the InMotion Hosting Blog.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chris-m-4623144b\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/author\/christopherm\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"primary_category":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4662"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105972,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions\/105972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}