How to change PHP version on your domain using cPanel?

Some software requires older version of PHP like 5.6 while other asks for PHP7. If it happens you need either of the versions, you can switch to it from cPanel.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Software” section, click on the “MultiPHP Manager” Icon.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, select your domain from the left side of the screen and you will see an option “PHP Version” with a drop-down menu on the right side. Select the appropriate PHP version from it and click the Apply button.

If will take a few seconds and then your PHP version will change to your selected version.

How to Update a Cronjob E-mail Address?

If you want to receive a cronjob error or notification, you can update your e-mail address from the cPanel’s Cronjob Page.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Advanced” section, click on “Cron Jobs” Icon.

3. Under “Cron Email” you should enter your full e-mail address in text field.

4. Click on the “Update Email” Button.

How to Edit or Delete Cronjob via cPanel?

How to Edit Cronjob?
1. Log into your cPanel account.

2. In the “Advanced” section, click on “Cron Jobs” Icon.

3. Scroll down to the end of page and under “Current Cron Jobs“, locate your cronjob and then click on the “Edit” button.

4. Make appropriate changes and then click on the “Edit Line” button.

How to Delete Cronjob?
1. Under “Current Cron Jobs“, locate your cronjob and then click on “Delete” button
2. Under “Delete this cron job?” text, click the “Delete” Button.

How to create Cronjob via cPanel?

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Advanced” section, click on “Cron Jobs” Icon.

3. Under “Add New Cron Job“, click on the “Common Settings” dropdown menu and select an appropriate option such as “Once Per Day” or another suitable option.

4. Enter your cronjob php file location or the command you want to run in the Command field.

5. Click on the “Add New Cron Job” button.

How to check disk usage of directory and bandwidth usage?

If you are receiving a disk space usage warning and don’t know which folder is using too much space from cPanel.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Files” section, click on “Disk Space Usage” Icon.

3. In Disk Space Usage area you can see which folder/directory is using too much space and you can even check the disk usage of MySQL.

How to check Bandwidth Usage?
1. In the “Metrics” section, click on “Bandwidth” Icon.

2. Now you can see bandwidth usage of your domain.

How to check the usage of bandwidth, email accounts, mysql, etc from a single place?
1. Go to your cPanel’s main page.
2. On the left side of the cPanel, click on the “Statistics” icon. It will show the total bandwidth usage, mysql, email account limit, etc.

How to Edit .htaccess File via the cPanel Filemanager?

1.Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Files” section, click on “File Manger” Icon.

3. cPanel File Manager will be open, select the appropriate domain name or folder location, and press the “Go” button.

4. Navigate to the directory where your .htaccess file is located. If you want to edit the .htaccess file of your root directory, navigate to the public_html folder.

5. If the .htaccess file does not show, click on the “Settings” button in the File Manager. You can find the “Settings” button on the Right Side of the top menu. A new small window will open. Mark the “Show Hidden Files (Dotfiles)” option and click on the “Save” button. You will be able to see the .htaccess file. If it does not exist, create a new one.

5. Right click on the .htaccess file and then on “Edit” or “Code Edit” in the Context Menu.

6. If the small “Code Editor” window is open, click on the “Edit” button, which will open a new window with options you can edit.

7. Make changes to your .htaccess file and then click on the “Save Changes” button.

How to Edit file in the cPanel File Manager?

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Files” section, click on “File Manger” Icon.

3. cPanel File Manager will be open, select the appropriate domain name or folder location, and press the “Go” button.

4. Navigate to the directory where your file is located.

5. Right click on the file and then on “Edit” or “Code Edit” in the Context Menu.

6. If the small “Code Editor” window is open, click on the “Edit” button, which will open a new window with options you can edit.

7. Make changes to your file and then click on the “Save Changes” button.

How to create a new folder or files in the cPanel File Manager?

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Files” section, click on the “File Manger” Icon.

3. cPanel File Manager will be open, select the appropriate domain name or folder location, and press the “Go” button.

4. Click on the “+ Folder” Icon.

5. In the “New Folder Name” field enter your folder name like “myfolder” (without the quotes). Then click on the “Create New Folder” button.

How to create new file like myfile.txt?
1. Click on the “New File” Icon.

2. In the “New Filename Field” enter your filename like “MyFile.txt” (without the quotes). Then click on the “Create New File” button.

How to upload files via the cPanel FileManager?

If you don’t want to use a 3rd party FTP Software, you can use the cPanel’s inbuilt File Manager.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Files” section, click on the “File Manger” Icon.

3. cPanel File Manager will be open.

4. Navigate to the directory where you want to upload your files to. For example, should you wish to upload your file to the public html folder, you need to go to /public_html first. On the left side you can see a list of directories. Double Click on the “public_html” folder.

5. Now click on the “Upload” icon.

6. Click on the “Select File” button and select the file you want to upload from your PC. After you have select the file, the upload process will begin automatically.

How to Change Language of your cPanel?

cPanel supports a lot of languages, and if you want to change your cPanel language to your native language, you should follow this tutorial.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the “Preferences” section, click on “Change Language” Icon.

3. From the cPanel Language Configuration Page, chose your language from the dropdown menu and then click on the “Change” button.