{"id":424,"date":"2025-11-20T16:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/kb\/?p=424"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:44:30","slug":"creating-a-new-cpanel-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/creating-a-new-cpanel-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a new cPanel account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a Reseller, you will be given access to a\u00a0<strong>WHM\u00a0<\/strong>account which provides various tools for managing the hosting of your clients such as creating new cPanel accounts via\u00a0<strong>WHM &gt; Create a New Account<\/strong>, as well as listing any created accounts via\u00a0<strong>WHM &gt; List Accounts<\/strong>\u00a0so you can find\/access specific accounts all from within\u00a0<strong>WHM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guide will cover the steps to creating a new <strong>cPanel account <\/strong>in <strong>WHM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-warning\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Recommended: <\/strong>Before proceeding further with this guide, we recommend first following our guide for creating <strong>Packages<\/strong> in <strong>WHM<\/strong> as they&#8217;re an important part of setting up a new <strong>cPanel account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;<strong>Login to your WHM account<\/strong>. The login credentials for this would have been sent to you in an email when you first set up an account with us. If you do not have these credentials, please contact support for further assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>2. When you first login you should see an option labelled <strong>Create a New Account<\/strong>. Alternatively, use the left hand menu to search for and  navigate to <strong>Create a New Account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-1536x770.png 1536w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1-770x386.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreateAccount-1.png 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Enter your client&#8217;s domain into the <strong>Domain field<\/strong> e.g. example.com (this can also be a subdomain such as my-blog.example.com), as well as a <strong>Username, Password<\/strong> and <strong>Email Address<\/strong> (optional).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain-770x382.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormDomain.png 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-tip\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Tip:<\/strong> <strong>WHM<\/strong> will typically create the <strong>Username<\/strong> for you once you&#8217;ve entered the domain. Also, if you decided to add an <strong>Email Address<\/strong>, that will then be what&#8217;s used to receive account notifications such as <strong>Disk Space <\/strong>notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-warning\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Important:<\/strong>&nbsp;Please make sure to set a&nbsp;<strong>strong<\/strong>&nbsp;password, the stronger the password the less likely it can be brute forced\/bypassed. The <strong>Password Generator<\/strong> button can be helpful for this as it will create a random password for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-note\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Once the password has been set it\u2019s not stored anywhere visible\/accessible, so we also recommend making the password memorable and\/or storing the password in a secure location (e.g. a password manager).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Select a <strong>Package<\/strong> from <strong>Choose a Package<\/strong> drop down list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-1536x762.png 1536w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage-770x382.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMCreatAccountFormPackage.png 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"banner-note\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Note: <\/strong>Please refer to our guide <em><strong>Creating Packages in WHM<\/strong><\/em> for steps on creating the <strong>Package<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;8. Leave all other values as default and click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-1536x763.png 1536w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated-770x383.png 770w, https:\/\/kb.jolt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/WHMAccountCreated.png 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it, you\u2019ve now created a new <strong>cPanel account<\/strong> for your clients to host their website(s) and\/or emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are running into any issues or have any further questions or concerns, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Reseller, you will be given access to a\u00a0WHM\u00a0account which provides various tools for managing the hosting of your clients such as creating new cPanel accounts via\u00a0WHM &gt; Create a New Account, as well as listing any created accounts via\u00a0WHM &gt; List Accounts\u00a0so you can find\/access specific accounts all&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-reseller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolt.co.uk\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}