{"id":1208,"date":"2025-10-18T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-user-manager\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:55","slug":"use-user-manager","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-user-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use User Manager 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-user-manager-main-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-user-manager-main-2.png\" alt=\"User Manager screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Open User Manager<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Preferences &gt; User Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the users listed on the page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Add a User<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <strong>Add User<\/strong>.<\/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-add-user-form-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-add-user-form-2.png\" alt=\"Add User form in cPanel User Manager\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li value=\"2\">Enter the user&#8217;s name and contact email address.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Set the username.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Enter and confirm a strong password.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Choose which services the user can access.<\/li>\n<li value=\"6\">Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Edit a User<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the user in <strong>User Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Click <strong>Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Change the user&#8217;s details, password, or services.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Save the change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Delete a User<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the user in <strong>User Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Click <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Confirm the deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Only create users for people who genuinely need access.<\/li>\n<li>Disable or delete users who no longer need access.<\/li>\n<li>Give each person their own login rather than sharing passwords.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open User Manager Go to Preferences &gt; User Manager. Review the users listed on the page. Add a User Click Add User. Enter the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[24],"class_list":["post-1208","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1208","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1208\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}