How to Create a cPanel Account in WHM

Creating a web hosting account has never been easier, thanks to the great tool we web hosting providers adore, cPanel/WHM. In this tutorial, we’ll explain how you can create a cPanel account in WHM in a couple of quick steps.

Navigating Your Way Through WHM

Log into WHM, and click on Create a New Account in the home section. Alternatively, type “Create” in the search bar and pick the same option from the sidebar.

Once the account creation page is opened, you must fill in the Domain Information section fields.

Domain	Here you need to type in the account’s domain.
Username	WHM automatically creates a Username for you based on the characters of your domain name.
Password	Here you can use the Password Generator to generate a new password. Or you can use your preferred password, but make sure you copy it. Besides being used for the accounts login in cPanel, this password will also be used for FTP access. An FTP account is created automatically with the cPanel’s account creation.
Re-type Password	Just re-type the generated password or your preferred password.
Email	Type in an email.

Account Customization

You will need to Choose a Package in the Package section. If you have not created any, you can select the default one. You can also choose a default cPanel Theme and Locale for the cPanel account you’re creating in the Settings section.

In this section, you can also define more advanced settings like Email routing and DNS settings, but that’s out of the scope of this tutorial.

Once you are done, scroll down and click on the Create button.

And that’s it, you have successfully created a cPanel account.

You’re All Set Up!

The new account can be found in WHM ➛ List Accounts.

Bonus Tip: You can use the accounts login info for FTP access via FileZilla in the following manner 👇

Host:	Your servers IP
Username:	The Username that WHM automatically created when you created the cPanel account, usually it’s the characters of your domain name without the TLD.
Password:	It’s the same password you use for logging into your cPanel account.
Port:	21