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cPanel Features Guide: Everything You Can Do in cPanel
cPanel is the control panel used on most GrabbyHost hosting accounts to manage your website, email, files, databases, and security — all from one dashboard. Our "Getting Started with cPanel" guide covers logging in an...
Read articleDirectAdmin Features Guide: Everything You Can Do in DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin is a control panel used on some GrabbyHost hosting plans to manage your website, email, databases, and files — similar in purpose to cPanel, but with its own layout and terminology. This guide covers how t...
Read articleGetting Started with cPanel
cPanel is the control panel used to manage your GrabbyHost hosting account — everything from email and files to databases and security lives here. This guide covers how to log in and gives a quick tour of the main sec...
Read articleHow to Change Your PHP Version
Most web applications need a specific PHP version range to run correctly. GrabbyHost's hosting lets you switch the PHP version for your website yourself, without opening a support ticket, using the PHP selector in you...
Read articleHow to Choose the Right Hosting Plan (and When to Upgrade)
Choosing the right hosting plan up front saves you from a slow site now or a stressful migration later. Here's how to think about it, and the signs that tell you it's time to move up. Hosting Types, From Smallest to L...
Read articleHow to Create a MySQL Database
Many web applications — including WordPress and other CMS platforms — need a MySQL database to store their data. This guide walks through creating one in cPanel, creating a database user, and connecting the two. Step...
Read articleHow to Host Multiple Websites on One Hosting Plan
Most GrabbyHost shared and WordPress hosting plans let you run more than one website from a single account. There are three ways to do it, depending on what you're trying to achieve. Addon Domains: A Second, Fully Sep...
Read articleHow to Install WordPress
WordPress is the most popular way to build a website, and GrabbyHost's cPanel hosting makes it quick to install. This guide covers installing it with the one-click installer, which is the easiest and recommended metho...
Read articleHow to Migrate Your Website to GrabbyHost
Moving a website from another host to GrabbyHost involves three pieces: your files, your database (if any), and your domain's DNS. Doing them in the right order keeps your site online throughout, with little to no dow...
Read articleHow to Place an Order for Hosting
Ready to get a new hosting plan, add a domain, or order an extra service? Here's how to place an order through the GrabbyHost client area, from picking a plan to checkout. Step 1: Choose Your Plan Go to the GrabbyHost...
Read articleHow to Set Up a Cron Job
A cron job runs a command or script automatically on a schedule you define — for example, clearing a cache every hour, sending a daily report, or running a CMS's scheduled tasks. GrabbyHost's cPanel and DirectAdmin ho...
Read articleHow to Upload Website Files (File Manager & FTP)
There are two common ways to upload your website files to GrabbyHost hosting: cPanel's built-in File Manager, or an FTP client. This guide covers both. Option 1: Using cPanel File Manager Best for quick uploads or edi...
Read articleKeeping WordPress Updated (and Fixing the White Screen of Death)
WordPress powers most sites on GrabbyHost, and most WordPress problems trace back to an outdated core, plugin, or theme, or a conflict between them. This guide covers safe update habits and how to recover if an update...
Read articleTroubleshooting Common Website Errors (500, 403, 404)
Seeing an error page instead of your website can be alarming, but most of the common ones have a small number of usual causes. This guide covers the three you'll run into most often: 500 Internal Server Error, 403 For...
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