Getting Started
New to HostBarrel? Start here: setting up your account, finding your way around the HostBarrel Hub, creating your first site and managing its tools.
11 articlesGetting Started with HostBarrel
A complete beginner's guide to your HostBarrel account - logging in, navigating the dashboard, and what to do first.
Creating Your First Website
Create your first WordPress website on HostBarrel: add a site, pick a server location, log in to WordPress with one click and add your own domain.
Accessing Your Site: SFTP, phpMyAdmin & One-Click WordPress Login
Find your SFTP credentials, open phpMyAdmin without a password, and log in to WordPress with one click from your site's Info tab.
Site Backups: Automatic, Manual & Downloadable
How HostBarrel backs up your site automatically, how to create manual snapshots, restore a backup, and download a copy for safekeeping.
Monitoring Site Analytics & Resource Usage
Track visits, bandwidth, cache performance, and resource usage per site and account-wide - and set up alerts before you hit a limit.
Using Site Tools: PHP, Caching & Logs
Change your site's PHP version, turn nginx caching on or off, clear the cache, read error logs and run Search & Replace from the HostBarrel dashboard.
Inviting Team Members to Your Account
Invite team members with their own logins, choose a Company Administrator, Developer or Billing role, and change or remove access later.
Managing Your cPanel Hosting
Open cPanel and webmail, view or reset your credentials, and upgrade your cPanel hosting plan from the dashboard.
Hosting Glossary: Common Terms Explained
Plain-language definitions for the hosting terms you'll run into around HostBarrel - DNS, SSL, VPS, SSH, propagation, and more.
Getting Support: Tickets & Live Chat
How to open a support ticket, chat with our team in real time, and get your issue resolved as quickly as possible.
Shared vs WordPress vs VPS Hosting: Which One Do You Need?
Shared, WordPress and VPS hosting compared: what each one is, who manages the server, what you control and when to move up to the next type.
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