About WordPress Toolkit

WordPress Toolkit is a feature-rich management interface in cPanel that allows you to install, configure, and manage your WordPress websites.

Thanks to WordPress Toolkit, installing and managing your WordPress websites just got a lot easier. Like you, we’re fans of user-friendly software, which shines through with numerous helpful features.

In addition, it’s got a massive range of tools to keep you on top of your WordPress websites—from staging, cloning, syncing, updating to copying, and more.

How to Use WordPress Toolkit in WHM as Reseller

For reseller hosting customers, accessing the WordPress Toolkit is simple within WebHost Manager (WHM).

With these easy steps, you can swiftly install, configure, and manage your customers’ WordPress sites in a single location.

Let’s take a look at how:

1. Log in to WebHost Manager (WHM).
   

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your WebHost Manager account.

2. To access the WP Toolkit, begin by heading to the upper left of the WHM screen and entering “toolkit” into the search box. Afterward, the WHM search box should reveal WP Toolkit as an option to click.
3. The WordPress Toolkit page will appear with a list of all the WordPress sites installed on your reseller hosting account.
   
4. Please click the Scan button if you do not see any WordPress sites listed.

   

   Once the scan is complete, your WordPress installs will be seen on the WordPress Toolkit main page, and you can start managing them.

5. Using WordPress Toolkit in WHM, you can manage site installations, plugins, themes, and more:

• How to Import an Existing WordPress Website into WordPress Toolkit
• How to Install WordPress in cPanel using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Manage WordPress Installs Using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Manage WordPress Updates Using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Manage your WordPress Website Security using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Create a WordPress Staging Environment using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Backup or Restore your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit
• How to Change the WordPress Administrator Password Using WordPress Toolkit

That’s it! Now you know how to use WordPress Toolkit in WHM as Reseller.

How to Change the WordPress Administrator Password Using WordPress Toolkit

To change the WordPress administrator password using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.
4. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, locate the WordPress install for which you want to change the password, then click Setup
   
   
5. The Setup dialog box appears:
   
6. To view the current password, click the eye icon under the Current password.
7. To reset the password, type the new password in the New password text box.
   Alternatively, click Generate, and WordPress Toolkit automatically generates a random, strong password.
8. Click Change. The new password takes effect immediately.

That’s a wrap! You now know how to change your WordPress administrator password using the WordPress Toolkit in cPanel.

We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide.

How to Create a Backup for your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit

To create a backup for your WordPress site using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.
4. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, locate your WordPress install and click Back Up / Restore.
5. To generate a backup, click Back Up
   

   The time taken may vary in accordance with the size of the data that is being backed up, so please be patient.

   WordPress Toolkit will create the backup and place it in your account’s home directory, wordpress-backups folder.That’s it! Now you’ve made a backup. After creating at least one backup, you can restore, download, or delete it.

How to Restore a Backup for your WordPress Website using WordPress Toolkit

After creating at least one backup using WordPress Toolkit, you can restore, download, or delete it. To restore an existing backup for your WordPress site using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.
4. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, locate your WordPress install and click Back Up / Restore.
   

5. To restore an existing backup, click the restore icon:

6. To download a backup, click the download icon:

That’s it! Now you’ve restored a backup using WordPress Toolkit.

Suppose you need to do some testing or want to make significant changes to your website. Then, using the WordPress Toolkit, you can easily clone your existing website onto a staging/development sub-domain (e.g., staging.my-awesome-website.com).

We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you haven’t already installed WordPress on your site, this article will tell you how.

How to Create a WordPress Staging Environment

To create a staging environment for your WordPress site using the WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.

   If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide.

4. Locate the site where you want to create a staging environment, and click Clone.
   
5. To keep things separate, we recommend you create a staging environment for your website using a new subdomain. Additionally, you have the option to use the existing domain or subdomain. In our example, we’ll use a new subdomain.
   
6. Once you Click Start, WordPress Toolkit will begin creating the staging environment for your website.
7. When staging is complete, click Close. You now have an exact copy of your site you can use for testing and development.To keep things organized, we recommend you add a Label to both the staging and production environment. To do so, click on the Add Label button for each WordPress instance, and choose either Production or Staging:
   WordPress Toolkit is smart enough to disable Search engine indexing, so you don’t have to worry about duplicate content on search engines.

   How to Push Changes from Staging to Production Environment (Live Website)

   Now that you’ve worked on your website in the staging environment, it has come time to push any changes in production, which means pushing any changes to the live website. To do so, please follow the steps below:

   1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

   2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

   3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.

   4. Locate the staging environment you wish to push into production and click Copy Data.

   
   5. The Copy Data dialog box appears:
   

   6. Under Location, select the destination (target) website. This will be the production (live website)

   7. Under Data to Copy, select whether you want to copy files, the database, or both
   8. Under Database Tables, select whether you want to copy specific tables, new tables, or all tables
   9. Optionally, select the Create a restore point check box under Restore to create a restore point. A restore point enables you to revert the copied data if the site does not work correctly.
   10. Click Start. WordPress Toolkit copies the data you specified.

   The time taken may vary in accordance with the size of the data that is being pushed, so please be patient.

That’s it !! Your staging changes have been pushed to your live website.

With WordPress Toolkit, you can check your site’s security and even fix issues from one convenient interface. To do this, follow these steps:

We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you haven’t already installed WordPress on your site, this article will tell you how.

How to Manage Your WordPress Website Security

To check the security of an existing WordPress install using WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.

   If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide.

4. Under Status, click Security:
   
   
5. Select the WordPress install, then click Check security. WordPress Toolkit begins scanning your site.
   
6. Select the check box next to the issue to resolve an issue immediately, and then click Secure.

   This feature is only available on WordPress Toolkit Pro.

7. You can also check the integrity of WordPress application files. To do this, click Check WordPress integrity and then click Verify Checksums. WordPress Toolkit checks the files on your account against the reference checksums at wordpress.org to ensure that no files have been tampered with.

That’s a wrap! You now know how to manage your WordPress website security using WordPress Toolkit in cPanel.

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.

   If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide.

4. Click on the Updates button for your WordPress install.
   
   5. WordPress Toolkit will list the available updates for your WordPress core, plugins, or themes.
   6. If WordPress Toolkit finds any available updates, review and select them, then click the Update button at the bottom.
   
   If you want to create a restore point before the update, you can use the Restore Point feature option to roll back the update if something goes wrong.To enable Restore Poing, check the Restore Point field.
   Alternatively, you can use the Smart Update feature. Smart Update enables you to test an update without actually affecting the site. Smart Update does this by creating a complete clone of the website, running several preliminary checks, updating the cloned website, and rerunning the checks to see if the update breaks anything. The results include before-and-after screenshots that you can compare to make an informed decision about whether or not to proceed with the update on your site in production.To enable Smart Update, click the Smart Update toggle button.

That’s it! Now you know how to manage WordPress Updates using WordPress Toolkit in cPanel.

We’ll assume that you’ve already installed WordPress. If you haven’t already installed WordPress on your site, this article will tell you how.

How to Manage WordPress Installs

To manage an existing WordPress install using WordPress Toolkit, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. Next, the WordPress Toolkit page will appear, and you’ll see the list of the existing WordPress installs.

   If you do not see any installations listed, you must import them into WordPress Toolkit. Please follow the instructions in this guide.

In the WordPress Toolkit dashboard, we’ll explore multiple management options below.

• To view your site, click Open.
• To add a label to your WordPress install (Production, Staging, Development), click Add Label
• To log in to your WordPress Administrator panel, click Log in.
• To change various site settings, such as the login password, administrator’s e-mail address, or site language, click Setup.
• To view and manage your files for your WordPress site, click File Manager.
• To copy files from one WordPress installation to another, click Copy Data.

  This feature is only available on WordPress Toolkit Pro.

• To view action logs for the install, click Logs.
• To place the site in maintenance mode, click the Maintenance mode toggle button. Click the Manage icon beside to customize maintenance mode settings, such as the maintenance email template, the message that appears to site visitors, the Countdown timer, or Social Media links.
• To enable or disable search engine indexing, click the Search engine indexing toggle.

  You may want to disable search engine indexing if your site is still under development or not ready for public viewing.

• To enable or disable WordPress debugging, click the Debugging toggle.
• To enable or disable password protection, click the Password protection toggle.
  When this option is enabled, all site visitors must enter a username and password to access the site.
• To enable or disable hotlink protection, click the Enable hotlink protection toggle.
  Hotlink protection prevents other websites from displaying, linking, or embedding your images and, consequently, using your bandwidth.

Checking WordPress Install Integrity

This feature comes in handy if you suspect your site is infected with malware. In this scenario, use the Verify Checksums option to check the integrity of the WordPress core files.

If checksums fail to match, you can quickly reinstall WordPress core files without affecting your site content.

Detaching a WordPress Site

This option comes in handy if you want to remove (detach) a WordPress installation from WordPress Toolkit. When you do this, you can no longer use WordPress Toolkit to manage the WordPress install. To do this, follow these steps:

1. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, in a site list entry, click the three dots icon, and then click Detach:
2. In the Detaching WordPress Websites dialog box, click Detach to confirm. WordPress Toolkit will detach the install.

Deleting a WordPress Site

This option comes in handy if you want to delete a WordPress install. To do this, follow these steps:

1. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, in a site list entry, click the three dots icon, and then click Remove:
   
2. Select the data you want to remove, and then click Yes. WordPress Toolkit will delete the data you specified.
   

Updating WordPress

WordPress Toolkit makes updating your site—and keeping it updated—simple. To do this, follow the steps in this article.

Creating a Staging environment

This feature comes in handy if you need to do some testing or want to make significant changes to your website. Then, using the WordPress Toolkit, you can easily clone your existing website onto a staging/development sub-domain (e.g., staging.my-awesome-website.com).

Please follow the steps in this article to create a staging environment for your WordPress site.

Backing up and restoring a WordPress Site

WordPress Toolkit makes the backup and restores process easy. To back up or restore your WordPress site, follow the steps in this article.

How to Install WordPress in cPanel Using WordPress Toolkit

To install WordPress using the WordPress Toolkit, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the DOMAINS section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. The WordPress Toolkit page will load. Under Installations, click Install:

   

    

4. Under Choose installation options, there are multiple options to customize your site:
   • Installation path text box: you can optionally specify a different folder to install WordPress.

     If you want your domain name (for example, https://mywebsite.com) to go directly to WordPress, please leave the Installation path text box empty.

   • In the Website title text box, specify the title of your site.
   • In the Plugin/theme set list box, you can optionally select a package of plugins and themes to install.
   • In the Website language list box, select the language for the site.
   • In the Version list box, select the WordPress version you want to install.
     Unless you have a specific reason for not doing so, you should install the latest version.
   • Under WordPress Administrator, type the username you want to use to manage your site in the Username text box.
   • In the Password text box, type the password you want to use for your WordPress admin panel.
     

     We strongly recommend that you use a strong password! Alternatively, you can generate a random password.

   • In the Email text box, type a valid e-mail address. This address is used to receive update notifications and can be used to reset your password if needed.
   • Under Database, you can optionally change the database settings.
     (There’s no need to change any of them unless you have a specific reason).
   • Under Automatic Update Settings, you can optionally change the settings for WordPress, plugin, and theme updates.
     (There’s no need to change any of them unless you have a specific reason).
5. Click Install. WordPress Toolkit begins the installation, and you’ll see the installation progress:
   

6. After the WordPress installation is complete, you can optionally install plugins (Don’t worry, you can do it at a later time):

Now that WordPress is installed, you can use the WordPress Toolkit to help manage your WordPress install.

Please see this article for more information on how to Manage your WordPress install.

In case you’ve accessed the WordPress Toolkit section in cPanel, and you do not see any WordPress install listed, it means that you have manually installed your application and you need to import it into WordPress Toolkit.

To do so, please follow these steps:

How to Import an Existing WordPress Website into WordPress Toolkit

1. Log in to cPanel.

   Please see this article if you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account.

2. In the Domains section of the cPanel’s home screen, click WordPress Management:

   

3. From the WordPress Toolkit main page, click the Scan button:

Once the scan is complete, your WordPress install will be seen on the WordPress Toolkit main page, and you can start managing it.

Note: To use the quick admin panel login, you’ll be requested to enter a new password for your WordPress admin panel.

That’s a wrap!