{"id":1037,"date":"2025-09-30T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=1037"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:57","slug":"use-the-html-editor","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-the-html-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the HTML Editor in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Open a File in the HTML Editor<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; File Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Open the folder that contains the HTML file.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Select the file.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Click <strong>HTML Editor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Confirm the character encoding if cPanel asks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Edit the Page<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Make your changes in the editor.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Use the toolbar to format text, add links, or adjust the page content.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Save<\/strong> or <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Close the editor when you are finished.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Download a copy before editing important pages.<\/li>\n<li>The HTML Editor is useful for simple changes.<\/li>\n<li>For larger website edits, use your normal website builder or code editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open a File in the HTML Editor Go to Files &gt; File Manager. Open the folder that contains the HTML file. Select the file.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[17],"class_list":["post-1037","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1037\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}