WHM - Creating and Managing Account Packages

This guide will go over creating and managing account packages in WHM. This does require you to be logged into WHM. If you haven't logged in yet, please refer to our Accessing WHM guide first.

These are what are assigned to your cPanel accounts to decide how many resources are allocated to that user. You may choose to have multiple tiers that you charge a set price for. You can configure limits for the following items per package:

Things to note: * Bandwidth must NEVER be set to unlimited, as this will cause the package to be unusable. Set to “999999999” if desiring unlimited monthly bandwidth. ^ As an addon domain requires creating a subdomain, these allowances must always be equal if not unlimited.

To create a package, search for Add a Package within WHM. From here, you can set a name and set the desired values of the plan under Resources. Once set, click on Add at the bottom to save the plan. If you are unsure of what plans to offer, we recommend going with three levels of plans, which we will detail below:

This plan is suited for starting new websites, a micro business or a personal blog.

CloudLinux Limits If you have the CloudLinux addon, we recommend the following package limits:

This plan is suited to small business websites, shopping carts and photo galleries.

CloudLinux Limits

If you have the CloudLinux addon, we recommend the following package limits:

This plan is great for high traffic professional websites and online stores.

CloudLinux Limits If you have the CloudLinux addon, we recommend the following package limits:

Once you have created your plans, you can now use them on new cPanel accounts!

To update a package on a cPanel account, this can be done in two ways:

You can use the tool Upgrade/Downgrade an Account under Account Functions. This tool will allow you to select the account you are after and choose a package to upgrade or downgrade. Once you select the account you want to modify, you should now see all packages you have access to, which will be green if you can use them, red if not (due to limits). Select a usable package and hit upgrade/downgrade below to complete.

If you need to modify multiple accounts to the same package, you can use the tool Modify/Upgrade Multiple Accounts under Multi Account Functions On this screen, you will be able to select multiple accounts and update the package from the dropdown menu. Once done, click on Change to apply the changes.

Packages have been set to “Unlimited” against “Monthly Bandwidth” will usually cause the package to become unusable. If you desire unlimited bandwidth on a package where you don’t have a limit set it to a value like “99999999999”.

Once you have gone through those steps, you should be all good to go with creating cPanel accounts and start hosting! This guide is a part of our "getting started" series with WHM. If you would like to check out our recommendations on what to do next, you can peruse our Creating cPanel Acccounts guide. All our getting-started with WHM guides are listed below:

If you have any additional questions or queries about this, we recommend contacting our support team, as our support team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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