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You manage WordPress from the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com — plugins, themes, users, security, and debugging, without logging in to WordPress separately.
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Managing your WordPress site

To manage your WordPress site from the Hosting Panel, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to the Hosting Panel at https://my.hosting.com.
  2. In the left sidebar, under Products & Services, click Hosting & Servers:
  3. On the Hosting & Servers page, locate your shared hosting account, and then click Login to Control Panel.
  4. When the control panel appears, in the left sidebar, click Websites:
  5. On the Manage websites page, click the website you want to manage.
  6. In the Applications installed section, locate your WordPress site, and then click Manage:
  7. The General section appears:
    • To log in to your WordPress dashboard, click Login to admin: The dashboard opens in a new tab. Additionally, in the General section you can:
      • Change the WordPress site URL.
      • Change the location of your WordPress site files.
      • Manage versions for your WordPress site.
      • Enable or disable maintenance mode.
  8. To manage your WordPress plugins, in the left sidebar, click Plugins: In the Plugins section you can:
    • View installed plugins, including version and status information.
    • Install, activate, deactivate, update, and delete plugins.
  9. To manage your WordPress themes, in the left sidebar, click Themes: In the Themes section you can:
    • View installed themes, including version and status information.
    • Install, activate, deactivate, update, and delete themes.
  10. To manage WordPress security settings, in the left sidebar, click Security: In the Security section you can restrict administrative access to your WordPress site by IP address.
  11. To manage your WordPress user accounts, in the left sidebar, click Users: In the Users section you can:
    • Add a user account by clicking Add user.
    • Modify an existing user account. You can change the username, email address, and password for an account.
    • Delete a user account.
  12. To manage single sign on settings for WordPress, in the left sidebar, click Single sign on: With single sign on, you can log in to your WordPress site without typing a separate username and password.
  13. To configure WordPress debugging settings, in the left sidebar, click Debug: In the Debug section you can enable the following WordPress debugging settings:
    • WP_DEBUG
    • WP_DEBUG_LOG
    • WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY
    👍 Tip For more information about these debugging options and what they do, please see Debugging WordPress.