Site Software
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This interface allows you to add, manage, upgrade, and remove cPanel add-ons (cPAddons). The cPAddon software package adds useful features to your website. For example, cPAddons can run blogs, bulletin boards, e-commerce software, guest books, and other services.
Important :
- cPanel, LLC does not develop or maintain cPAddon software packages (e.g., WordPress®). To facilitate deployment and installation, we include only these packages in cPanel & WHM. For support with cPAddon, please contact your hosting provider or software developer.
Notification updates
At the top of the interface, you can enable or disable cPAddon software update notifications. When you enable notifications, the system will send mail to the contact email address in your cPanel account. cPanel's Contact Information interface ( cPanel > > Home > > Preferences Settings (Preferences) > > You can set a contact email address for your account in Contact About ).
Note :
Your hosting provider can enable software update notifications by adding a .cpaddons_notify file to the /home/username directory. In this directory path, username represents a cPanel user.
Configuring cPAddon
To configure a cPAddon, click the cPAddon name you want to modify. A new interface will appear.
Note :
Hosting providers choose which cPAddons to offer. If your website requires additional cPAddons, please contact your hosting provider.
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Description / Task |
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Install (Install) |
You can use this tab to install cPAddon. You can choose one of the following options:
Important : Be sure to save your login credentials in a safe place. These credentials cannot be retrieved if you leave this interface.
Remarks : Some cPAddons do not display these options, and only default section appears. |
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management (Manage) |
This tab displays the URL associated with each installed instance of cPAddon. Click on the appropriate URL to redirect to that domain. A new browser tab will appear. |
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upgrade (Upgrade) |
This tab allows you to upgrade each installed instance of cPAddon, if an upgrade exists. After installing the appropriate cPAddon instance Upgrade . |
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Install Uninstall (Uninstall) |
This tab allows you to uninstall each individual instance of cPAddon. Select the appropriate cPAddon instance and click Uninstall . |
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Add (More) |
You can use this menu to view more detailed information about cPAddon. Click one of the following options for more information: Remarks : Some of the following options appear only for specific cPAddons:
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