{"id":1192,"date":"2025-08-09T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/change-directory-indexing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:03","slug":"change-directory-indexing","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/change-directory-indexing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Directory Indexing 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-indexes-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-indexes-main.png\" alt=\"Indexes screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Open Indexes<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Advanced &gt; Indexes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Browse to the directory you want to change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<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\/02-indexes-directory-selection.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-indexes-directory-selection.png\" alt=\"Indexes directory selection\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li value=\"3\">Click the folder name to open subfolders.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Click <strong>Edit<\/strong> beside the folder you want to configure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Choose an Indexing Option<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose <strong>No Indexing<\/strong> to stop visitors seeing a file list.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Choose <strong>Standard Indexing<\/strong> to show a basic file list.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Choose <strong>Fancy Indexing<\/strong> to show a file list with more details.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Choose <strong>Default System Setting<\/strong> to use the server default.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use <strong>No Indexing<\/strong> for folders that should not show a public file list.<\/li>\n<li>Index settings do not password-protect a folder.<\/li>\n<li>Use <strong>Directory Privacy<\/strong> if the folder needs a username and password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Indexes Go to Advanced &gt; Indexes. Browse to the directory you want to change. Click the folder name to open subfolders. Click Edit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[23],"class_list":["post-1192","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-advanced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1192","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\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1298,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1192\/revisions\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}