{"id":1150,"date":"2025-10-22T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/manage-modsecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:54","slug":"manage-modsecurity","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/manage-modsecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage ModSecurity in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-modsecurity-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-modsecurity-main.png\" alt=\"ModSecurity screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Open ModSecurity<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Security &gt; ModSecurity<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the list of domains.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Turn ModSecurity On or Off for a Domain<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the domain.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Use the switch beside the domain to turn ModSecurity on or off.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Wait for cPanel to save the change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Turn ModSecurity On or Off for All Domains<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>ModSecurity<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Use the option to enable or disable ModSecurity for all domains if it is shown.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Confirm the change if cPanel asks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ModSecurity helps filter suspicious web requests.<\/li>\n<li>Leave it enabled unless it is causing a confirmed problem.<\/li>\n<li>If the tool is not shown in cPanel, your hosting provider may manage ModSecurity for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open ModSecurity Go to Security &gt; ModSecurity. Review the list of domains. Turn ModSecurity On or Off for a Domain Find the domain. Use&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[21],"class_list":["post-1150","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1150","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1150\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}