cPanel is the control panel that comes with your WebFulHost hosting account. It's a web app that lets you manage everything about your hosting from a normal browser — no technical skills or command line required.
What does cPanel do?
Practically everything related to running a website:
- Files — upload, move, edit and delete website files.
- Email — create email accounts, access webmail, set up forwarding.
- Databases — create MySQL databases and manage them with phpMyAdmin.
- Domains — add domains, subdomains, and manage DNS records.
- Security — manage SSL certificates, password-protect folders.
- Software — choose your PHP version, schedule automated tasks.
Why do hosting companies use cPanel?
cPanel is the industry-standard control panel, used by tens of millions of websites. Because it's so common, the skills you learn on WebFulHost carry over to most other cPanel hosts — and there are endless tutorials online for nearly everything you'll want to do. For you, the biggest benefit is that it makes hosting tasks visual and clickable instead of requiring commands or FTP expertise.
How you use it
You open cPanel in your web browser using the link from your welcome email, then sign in with your cPanel username and password. Everything is organised into sections with icons — Files, Email, Databases, Domains and so on.
Is cPanel the same on every host?
Mostly, but not exactly. Hosts can enable or disable features and install different versions, and cPanel itself is updated over time. That's why you might see references to a tool that isn't in your dashboard — it may simply be disabled for your plan. If you believe you need a feature that's missing, ask WebFulHost support.
Ready to try it? See How to Log Into cPanel.