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Guide to
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Important Settings and Features You Should Know
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Table of Content
Click or tap to jump to any section;

1 Complete 14 Create an
Your Orders Email Account
5 Navigate 16 Manage
the hPanel Files
7 Manage 16 Manage
Order Databases
8 Manage 17 Use the Advanced
Domains and Other Settings
11 Create a New 19 Update Account
Website Details
12 Manage 20 Contact Customer
WordPress Support

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“ Say you’ve just bought a new hosting account from Hostinger, but you’re not
sure how to use it. If you need help, this guide will go through the essential
tools and features in the Hostinger’s control panel. We’ll cover everything
from domain name management to website creation.

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Complete Your Orders

Before you can start building a website, you will need to set up the hosting
and domain name.

Set Up Shared or Cloud Hosting

If you’ve bought a shared hosting or cloud hosting plan, log in to the hPanel and open the
Home page. Then press the Setup button next to the hosting order you’ve purchased.

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Follow the instructions on the next page. First, select a platform to create the website.
The default options include WordPress, WordPress + WooCommerce, and Joomla,
though other choices are also available.

If you have a website hosted on another provider, click Migrate my website at the bottom.
We will move the site to your new account for free, and it will only take a few minutes.

Next, choose a domain name. Some hosting plans include one free of charge – you can
claim it at this stage. Alternatively, buy a new domain or use the one previously registered
at another provider.

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The final page will preview the hosting setup and let you change the data center location.
For shared and hosting plans, we have servers in Europe, Asia, North and South America.

Once completed, click Finish Setup.

Set Up VPS Hosting

The setup for VPS hosting is slightly different, though the process is just as simple. First,
go to hPanel -> Home and press the Setup button next to the pending VPS order.

On the new page, choose an operating system. The default options include CentOS,
Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and Suse. After that, pick a data center location.

Finally, enter the VPS hostname and hit the Setup button.

Shared hosting clients who need more power and resources can also migrate their
websites to VPS.

Register a Domain Name

The next step is to register the domain. Just like the hosting setup, go to the hPanel ->
Home and click the Setup button next to the domain name order.

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On the domain registration page, fill in the required contact details. Make sure they’re
accurate and up-to-date.

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This information will be publicly available in the WHOIS domain ownership database.
However, clients can mask these details by enabling the privacy protection feature.

Once completed, click Finish registration. The system will send an email to your inbox for
domain ownership verification.

Make sure to open the email and click on the verification link immediately. The domain
may get temporarily suspended if it isn’t verified within 15 days.

Navigate the hPanel

Now that the hosting and domain are set up, we can explore more of the hPanel,
Hostinger’s own control panel.

Let’s start with the top menu, which consists of navigation buttons to access different
areas of the hPanel.

Here’s what each button does:

Home Hosting Emails

Access all the active Manage or upgrade your hosting Purchase and set up an
services you use at accounts. It’s also possible to email account using a
Hostinger. order a new hosting service here. custom domain.

Domains SSL Servers

Manage all domains Set up new SSL certificates for Manage VPS hosting
registered with existing domains and manage accounts.
Hostinger. their installations.

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Website builder Billing Help Store

Create a project Configure the pay- See Hostinger’s Browse our ser
using Zyro, a drag ment settings and current server -vices or third-
-and-drop site view billing history status, get answers party tools to
builder with AI for using Hostinger to FAQs, or access enhance the
features. services. the knowledge base. website.

In the top right corner, users can find buttons to change the language, view notifications,
and configure the account information.

Next, let’s explore the Hosting Account dashboard. This is where Hostinger’s shared and
cloud hosting clients will spend the majority of their time.

To access the dashboard, open the Home or Hosting page. Then click Manage on one of
the hosting orders.

Below is what the Hosting Account dashboard looks like. We’ve designed it with begin-
ners in mind, so there’s no need for any technical skills to use the features provided. We
will explore each section in more detail.

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Manage Order
The Order section is where clients can:

Manage their hosting plan. Set the main domain for their host-
ing account if they have more than
Renew or upgrade their purchase.
one website in the same plan.

The main highlight of this section is Order Usage. Clicking on this button will show graphs
of how the website is using the hosting’s resources, such as processing power, memory,
bandwidth, and storage.

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We encourage you to regularly monitor the hosting’s resource usage to prevent the web-
site from outgrowing its hosting environment since this can cause performance issues.

Manage Domains
Hostinger clients can manage their domains in two ways. One is through hPanel ->
Domains, the other is via the Domains section in the Hosting Account dashboard.
Each of them has different settings and functions. This section will explain how to
navigate each area.

Domain Page

On the Domains page, clients can manage the domain names they’ve registered, pur-
chase new ones, or transfer domains from another registrar.

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Select a domain from the list, and you will land on the Domain Overview page. It will show
the domain’s activation and verification status, expiration date, secret key, and nameservers.

Domains bought at Hostinger will use our nameservers by default, so they will automati-
cally point to the website you’re hosting with us.

If you purchase the domain from another vendor, you’ll have to log in to your registrar
account and change the nameservers to Hostinger’s. The DNS propagation will take 24
hours. Below the Domain Overview tab is DNS / Nameservers. This section is for man-
aging DNS records, which are files that include information about the domain.

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Next is the Contact Information tab, where clients can change the contact details of the
domain’s registrants.

Domains Section in the Hosting Account Dashboard

The Domains section contains five settings:

Subdomains Redirects
This feature creates a separate website A helpful tool for when you’ve made signifi-
that uses the same domain as your cant changes to the website structure. It will
main one, such as blog.example.com set up 301 redirects to forward users to a
or support.example.com. different URL than the one originally intended.

Parked Domains Add Website Cloudflare

Use this to point more than Build a new site on the Enable CDN to speed up
one domain to the website, same hosting account, the website and protect
like how gogle.com leads but with a different it against DDoS attacks.
users to google.com. domain name.

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Create a New Website

Below Domains is the Website section, where clients can build their website.

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Here’s a brief explanation of what each setting does:

Auto Installer
Install a website-building application like WordPress or Joomla. Other web-related
applications like Matomo and Moodle are also available.google.com.

Import Website Migrate Website

If you have a .zip, .tar, or .tar.gz archive Transfer an existing website from anoth-
of your website files, upload it here. er provider to the hosting account.

Error Pages Learn to Code SEO Toolkit

Edit the 400, 401, This button will lead you Purchase an add-on to
403, 404, and 500 to BitDegree, an online optimize the website for
error pages of the learning platform for search engines.
website. programming subjects.

Digital Marketing and Business Service

Both buttons will redirect you to Fiverr, a marketplace for freelance services.

Manage WordPress
If you install WordPress from the hPanel, a WordPress section will appear on top of
the Hosting Account dashboard.

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There are two buttons – Dashboard and Plugins. With the first option, clients can log in to
the WordPress admin panel and configure their site’s core, speed, and security settings.

On the other hand, the Plugins tab is where you can disable or enable installed plugins
without signing into the WordPress admin panel.

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Create an Email Account

All of Hostinger’s plans include a number of free email accounts that clients can use
with their website’s domain name. The dashboard’s Emails section is where you can
create and manage them.

The Email Accounts button will lead you to the Emails page, which contains
several settings:

Email Accounts Forwarders

Create new email Automatically redirect incoming emails from one email
accounts or configure address to another. Clients can also make catch-all emails to
existing ones. capture any messages sent to a misspelled email address.

Email Alias Configuration settings Auto Responders

Set up additional email Set up your email account on a Write and send
accounts that connect to third-party email client like automatic replies.
your primary email inbox. Apple, Thunderbird, or Outlook.

DNS settings
Manage the DNS records responsible for delivering and receiving emails.
Make sure to use Hostinger’s default MX, SPF, and DKIM records.

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The Mail Service Control button is for disabling or enabling the Sendmail service to
deliver emails. Note that this feature will automatically get deactivated if the system
detects spam-like behavior from your account.

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Manage Files
The Files section includes three settings to manage website files:

File Manager Backups FTP Accounts

Open the different Create new recovery files manu- Configure FTP
folders of your web- ally or manage existing ones. All access to transfer
site and edit the files of Hostinger’s hosting plans files using an FTP
inside them. come with weekly backups. client like FileZilla.

Manage Databases
The Databases section is for managing MySQL databases responsible for storing and
organizing the website’s data.

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Here’s what each setting does:

MySQL Databases phpMyAdmin Remote MySQL

Create new databases Open the PHP applica- Set up a remote database
and grant access to tion used to manage connection from your com-
users to manage them. MySQL databases. puter or another server.

Use the Advanced and Other Settings

The last two sections on the dashboard are Advanced and Other. The first contains a list
of settings meant for technically-adept users who want to optimize their site further.

Below is a brief description of what each feature in the Advanced section entails:

DNS Zone Editor PHP Configuration

Create, remove, and configure Change the PHP version, install PHP extensions, and
the domain’s DNS records. edit the PHP options to modify your site’s behaviors.

Cron Jobs SSH Access

Set up Linux com- This feature is available in Premium and Business Shared
mands to automate Hosting plans as well as all cloud hosting plans. It offers the
repeated tasks for login information and commands to remotely access your
your website. website files using SSH.

PHP Info Cache Manager GIT

View PHP configura- Enable caching to Deploy applications right from a
tion settings. speed up the website. public or private git repository.

SSL
Install an SSL certificate and enforce HTTPS

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Meanwhile, Other consists of:

DNS Zone Editor IP Manager Hotlink Protection

Assign a username and Block a list of IP Enable this feature to prevent
password to access addresses from other websites or visitors
your website or specific opening the from linking to files and
directories within it. website. images on the site.

Folder Index Manager Fix File Ownership

Change the indexing Use this feature in case you have problems modifying the
type of the website. website files or accidentally delete the public_html folder.

Activity Log Reset Account Deactivate Account

See what changes and Terminate all running Cancel the hosting plan
actions have been processes or restore the immediately or at the
implemented to the default settings of the expiration date.
web hosting. hosting environment.

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Update Account Details

There may be cases where you want to edit profile details, change passwords, or
grant access to other users to use the hosting account. All of these actions are possi-
ble by clicking the circle icon on the top right corner.

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Each tab on this section has its own function:

Account Information Security

Modify profile details, change pass- Set up two-factor authentication to keep unau-
words, enable social logins, turn on thorized users from accessing the account. We
email notifications, download profile recommend using Authy with LastPass, though
data, or delete the account. clients can also opt for confirmation via email.

Account Sharing Account Activity

Enable third-party access to your hosting. It’s also View the login and
possible to request access to other hosting accounts activity history for
if you’ve been authorized to manage them. the account.

Migrate Website Earn With Us

Manage website This button will redirect clients to the Hostinger
transfers to your Affiliate Program, where they can get a 60% commis-
account. sion for promoting Hostinger services.

Contact Customer Support

If you encounter any difficulties, our customer success team is available 24/7. Feel free
to explore the Help page to look for answers to your questions.

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Alternatively, click the purple live chat button on the bottom right corner to access
the knowledge base or ask one of our representatives.

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