How cPanel’s sleek new interface paves the way for increased productivity across the web hosting industry. Introduction When cPanel launched their new interface Jupiter in 2022, their vast portfolio of partners and customers, many of which are web hosting industry heavy hitters, were faced with the question of whether to become early adopters. New interfaces,…
We’re pleased to share another great new change we’ve made to WHM based on your feedback: WHM Favorites! With v106, WHM Favorites is located in the Home interface (replacing the Top Tools section). This allows a WHM user to select their favorite features within WHM and group them together for easy and convenient access. The…
MariaDB has announced a significant change in its release schedule. Prior to this change, the major version release was once per year with 5 years of support. As per the announcement however, releases will now be quarterly with just one year of support. This change coincides with the intention of the organization to launch…
We appreciate your patience as we’ve worked to update and optimize the translations that we offer within the product. We previously spoke about this in this blog post. As stated therein, we are working hard to bring you the best translations possible. Presently, and to help us focus on our new translations, we currently support…
Email is an incredibly important medium for communication, whether it’s used for staying in touch with friends or for business marketing purposes. However, the sheer quantity of spam that exists in the emailsphere can be overwhelming, sometimes turning the emails you actually want to see into needles in a haystack. This issue of course affects…
Based on your feedback, we’re happy to announce the launch of our new SQL config interface in v104! This new feature was designed to not only save you considerable time, but also relieve the frustration of having to research and install 3rd party software and in many cases utilize the command line interface for the…
Based on extensive feedback collected across various channels, we are implementing the following updates to Jupiter within v102. Starting in 102.0.11, you’ll see a few major features arrive to Jupiter WHM that should restore or otherwise iterate on the features many of you have pointed to as core concerns. Unless otherwise noted below, these updates…
We are excited to bring you WordPress Toolkit version 5.10, the first major WordPress Toolkit release of 2022! This release focuses on further improving the vulnerability scan feature, delivering bugfixes to customers, and laying out the groundwork for introduction of API in the product. Site Vulnerability Scan: Support For Inactive Assets Site vulnerability scan has…
We built the cPanel ELevate tool to manage the unique complexities of upgrading a cPanel & WHM server from start to finish. In order to do this, we upgraded multiple servers in various configurations, with different software loaded (both 3rd-party and our own). Along the way, we learned a few things that we’d like to…
In the winter of 2020, CentOS 8 announced that it would be reaching its end-of-life in December of 2021. This news was somewhat unexpected in the open-source and web hosting worlds. In response, we began working towards providing solutions that will benefit our partners and customers and expand options as we move forward together. The…
Back in August of 2021, we announced the deprecation of Paper Lantern. Today we’re updating the schedule for the final stage: its removal. In the previous deprecation schedule, we planned a series of changes across 3 versions: 100, 102 LTS, and 104. With 100 and 102 LTS changes already happening, we are now delaying the…
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As cPanel & WHM Version 102 nears its release, many of you have reached out to us with feedback about Jupiter, as it appears in the end-user interface as well as WHM. Thank you! We’ve been listening carefully and are happy to now share what we’ve learned, as well as our game plan going forward….
On Friday, December 10, 2021, a vulnerability for Log4j was announced in CVE-2021-44228. Log4j is developed by the Apache Foundation and is widely used by both enterprise apps and cloud services. It was reported by Alibaba Cloud’s security team to Apache on November 24. They also revealed that CVE-2021-44228 impacts default configurations of multiple Apache frameworks, including Apache Struts2, Apache Solr, Apache Druid,…
Are you an SEM enthusiast? If you enjoy trying and testing new and exciting tech, join our cPanel SEO Beta Testing Program and help improve our tools, service, and solutions. We ask that you don’t publicize or share the features you’re testing until they’re officially launched. (Including comments on social) By beta testing, you’ll become…
When you’re building a database for a web application, one of the most impactful decisions is the data type you choose for text data fields. MySQL provides multiple string data types, each with unique characteristics and trade-offs. The data type you choose affects how much data you can store, where it’s stored, the functionality available…
Creating a new theme for cPanel is no small task. We knew we had to not only keep what our current users love, but also provide an easy-to-use format for newer users. We want you to be able to find the tools you need (and any help you may need) without delay. This is what led us to develop two…
Starting in v98, cPanel & WHM added support for Android-based mobile devices to interact with calendars and contacts via ActiveSync. What is ActiveSync? Microsoft® originally developed the Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol—commonly known as ActiveSync—for use by mobile devices in combination with its Exchange Server. The protocol uses a lightweight version of XML called WBXML to optimize…
We are very pleased to announce that we’ll be releasing MariaDB 10.5 in version 98! MariaDB 10.5 was released in December of 2019, and will be fully supported in cPanel and WHM version 98. We will still provide currently supported MariaDB offerings, though we strongly encourage you to update to the latest version. For more information on what’s…
MySQL is the primary database software for sites hosted on cPanel-managed servers, including WordPress® and ecommerce applications such as Magento. Because MySQL has to manage read and write permissions for many different sites and databases, it is a multi-user system. Each user account has a set of permissions that limit its access. The MySQL root…
Faster is better where web hosting is concerned. Users want fast-loading pages and so do search engines. With the introduction of official support for NGINX caching in cPanel & WHM, web hosts and server administrators can quickly deploy server-side caching to all users, significantly improving web performance with minimal setup and configuration. If you’d like…
