Find your way around your client area and cPanel

Two logins, two jobs

• Your client area at my.dredgehost.com is for the account side: invoices, payment cards, changing plans, and support.
• cPanel is the control panel for the hosting itself: files, databases, email accounts, domains, and SSL certificates.

You only need to remember the client area login. cPanel opens from inside it.

Log in to cPanel

1. Sign in at my.dredgehost.com.
2. Open Services and click your hosting plan.
3. Click Log in to cPanel. It opens in a new tab, already signed in.

You can also go straight to https://yourdomain.com/cpanel once your domain points at Dredge, using the cPanel username and password from your welcome email.

Things you'll use most in cPanel

• File Manager for uploading and editing your site's files.
• Email Accounts for mailboxes on your domain.
• Domains for adding extra domains and subdomains.
• WordPress Manager or Softaculous for one-click app installs.
• SSL/TLS Status for your free HTTPS certificates.
• Backup for downloading a copy of everything.

The search box at the top of cPanel finds any tool by name, which is usually faster than scrolling.

Billing and plan changes

• Pay or download an invoice: Billing → My Invoices.
• Update your card: Billing → Payment Methods.
• Move up or down a plan: open your service and choose Upgrade/Downgrade. Upgrades apply right away.
• Cancel: open your service and choose Request Cancellation.

Keep your account safe

Turn on two-factor authentication in the client area under your name → Security Settings, and in cPanel under Two-Factor Authentication. Use a password manager so each login has its own password.

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