Sign in securely

How to sign into your Hosting Control Panel

Only ever sign into your Hosting Control Panel using a URL that begins with HTTPS.

HTTPS signifies that the website you are visiting is protected by SSL.

In other words, traffic to and from the website is encrypted during transit. If intercepted it cannot be read.

cPanel Login Screen

The image below shows the cPanel control panel login screen.

You will see this screen or something similar when you visit the control panel URL supplied by your hosting company.

The login screen will look different if, for example, the hosting company uses the Plesk control panel.

IMPORTANT

Avoid compromising your website security by using different usernames and passwords for:

• signing into your Hosting Control Panel,
• accessing the server by FTP (File Transfer Protocol),
• signing into your Joomla! CMS website.

For more information about how to protect your Joomla! website, visit the following link.

Read more: Joomla! CMS Security.