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How to create a new email

This article covers how to create an email within your Managed WordPress through the Plesk interface. We’ll be going over the steps required to make this process simple and easy. Step 1: Login to your Plesk interface. You can login to Plesk through two methods. Through your my.knownhost.com dashboard following this method: one-click login Through […]

How to issue an SSL Certificate

This article covers how to issue an SSL Certificate within your Managed WordPress through the Plesk interface. We’ll be going over the steps required to make this process simple and easy. Step 1: Log in to your Plesk interface. You can log in to Plesk through two methods. Through your my.knownhost.com dashboard following this method: […]

How to access the File Manager

This article covers how to access the File Manager within your Managed WordPress through the Plesk interface. We’ll be going over the steps required to make this process simple and easy. Step 1: Log in to your Plesk interface. You can log in to Plesk through two methods. Through your my.knownhost.com dashboard following this method: […]

How to change your WordPress account password

This article covers how to change your Managed WordPress password through the Plesk interface. We’ll be going over the steps required to make this process simple and easy. Step 1: Login to your Plesk interface You can login to Plesk through two methods. Through your my.knownhost.com dashboard following this method: one-click login Through the direct URL received […]

In this guide, we will be explaining how you can reset the password for your cPanel shared or cPanel reseller accounts. This process is relatively straightforward and doesn’t take long to do. Step 1. Login to your KnownHost Client Portal (my.knownhost.com/client/login/) You should see the login page like the screenshot below. Next, enter the registered username/email […]

WordPress Security Tips

This article will cover many recommended methods to secure your WordPress installation. The latest version of WordPress can always been found on their official download page: Download WordPress or Latest WordPress Zip Archive. WordPress has a much more extensive treatment of the topic in their documentation. Here we go over some of the most basic measures you can take […]

SSL Certificates

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What SSL Actually Does for You? SSL is the acronym for Secure Sockets Layer and is the Internet standard security technology used to establish an encrypted (or safe) link between a web server (website) and your browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc…). This secured link ensures that the data/information that is passed from your […]

How to access your servers IPMI/KVM

All of our dedicated servers (managed or unmanaged) come with the ability to utilize IPMI/KVM to access your server in the event that other normal methods don’t work (such as SSH). IPMI or Intelligent Platform Management Interface is useful in the event of several server-related events. Events as: Network unresponsive SSH not available Finalizing an […]

Reinstalling the OS on Dedicated Servers

This article is information on reinstalling the Operating System on Dedicated Servers. This will primarily pertain to Unmanaged Dedicated server customers so that they know how to change their OS and/or reinstall their current OS. However, our Managed Customers who wish to take a more “hands on” approach can reinstall their OS (CentOS 7/CentOS 8) too. As of this time, […]