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How Do I Log into the Web Host Manager (WHM)?

The Web Host Manager (WHM) is a control dashboard that allows a user administrative access to the cPanel's backend. To find out more about how awesome WHM is, please visit this article, What is WHM (Web Host Manager)?

This article discusses various ways on how to log into the WHM. Here is a video guide showing you how to log into your WHM using the details in your Welcome email and also an overview of what you can do in WHM.

Want to know your WHM link, username and password, and other account information? Click the Check Your Welcome Email link.

Haven't bookmarked your WHM link yet? Launch WHM through your Customer Portal; just click Option 1.

Need to know how to directly access your WHM in a browser? Check out direct methods in Option 2.

Want to check your emails? Webmail access is what you need.

Welcome Email

When you signed up for web hosting, the link to your WHM login page and your username and password are all provided in your Welcome email, along with your other server details.

Want to update your WHM password? Please visit this article How to Change WHM Password?

Welcome Email (Screenshot)

The image above shows the Welcome email of a new VPS hosting.

In the Welcome email, you will find:

  • Your Control Panel - This is your WHM's URL and usually ends with ":2087." You may want to open that link in a browser and bookmark the URL. 
  • Your Username - This is your WHM's username.
  • Your Password - This is your WHM's password
If you would like your Welcome email, which contains your login details, sent again, please HostGator support via phone or Live Chat so we can assist you.

Option 1: Use Customer Portal to Launch WHM

Please note that this only applies to Reseller, VPS, or dedicated hosting.

To access your WHM through your Customer Portal.

  1. Log in to your Customer Portal.
  2. Click Hosting on the left-hand side.

    Customer Portal's hosting tab

  3. Locate your hosting package from the list.
  4. Click the WHM link underneath your hosting package.

    Click WHM to Launch

    For the new VPS hosting, you may find a Manage link underneath the package. Click the Manage link.

    VPS - Manage link

    On the next page, click the WHM Login link. This will open a new tab for your WHM.

    WHM Login

Option 2: Use Direct Links to Access WHM

Direct access to the WHM is also an option. The necessary login details (including your server name and IP address) are also in your Welcome email. Here are several methods to directly access your WHM in a browser. 

Method 1: Via Server Name

Using your server name, you can add "whm" in the URL or use 2087 as the secure port number.

https://ServerName/whm

or

https://ServerName:2087

WHM via Server Name

Method 2: Via IP Address

Use your IP address, followed by either "whm" or the secure port number 2087:

https://IPAddress/whm

or

https://IPAddress:2087

WHM via IP Address

If you cannot access the WHM using the secure URLs listed above, the port for WHM (2087) may be blocked by your ISP, router, or company (if accessing the internet from your corporate offices).

The HTTP may produce a browser warning. Please see the following article for instructions on how to bypass this:
Please contact us via phone or live chat if you need your server name or IP address.

Webmail Access

Webmail can be accessed in either of the following ways:

Interested to know more about WHM? Here is a bunch of helpful articles to show you the basic and advanced information about WHM:

WHM Getting Started Guide
What is WHM (Web Host Manager)?
Viewing all Your Hosting Accounts in WHM
How to Change WHM Password
About Root WHM
About Reseller WHM