Let’s first understand the basic terminology of a cPanel. cPanel is short for control panel, a web hosting panel that allows website owners to maintain their website through their web hoster.  This program provides website owners with a graphical interface and other important tools that contribute to the website running and being controlled easily and smoothly.

cPanel is structured in such a way that it allows different users to have access to certain levels of information on the panel, for example, an administrator or end-user is entitled to control the various features of the website or the server panel though their computer. It can be accessed through an HTTP URL portal or simply just adding “/cpanel” to the end of your website URL.

Most of the web hosting service providers offer an automatic installation for cPanel or packages that are committed to any content managing software like WordPress.

If you have installed WordPress, you can use cPanel for managing all the aspects offered according to your selected web hosting package. A few of the loved aspects include allowing you to easily have management and control of your databases, registered domain names, registered email addresses and back up of your information. This control system makes it easy to manage your website, especially if you have little technical knowledge of the ‘behind the scenes’ of website hosting.

Some of the advantages of cPanel hosting include:

• It is convenient to use.
• Very simple to use.
•  It is affordable.
• It helps you save time.
• Required software that is automatically installed.
• A great extent of online support.
• Numerous useful tutorials to watch if you are not too familiar with the system.

As much as we love all the great advantages cPanel Hosting offers, there are also a few disadvantages, such as:

• The various aspects can be overwhelming if you are not familiar with it.
• You have access to change required and necessary settings that could affect how your website runs. This is especially overwhelming for users that have the basic knowledge.
• It is not offered on free hosting plans.