Guides & how-tos

Task-focused, step-by-step instructions for managing your CloudPress sites from the dashboard. Building an integration instead? See the API reference.

WordPress sites

• Changing the PHP version — switch a site to another available PHP version
• Scheduled tasks (cron) — how the WordPress scheduler runs here, and adding commands of your own
• Viewing logs — where to read CDN, error, access, and Shield security logs
• Site activity — the read-only history of every task CloudPress ran on a site
• Backing up and restoring a site — on-demand backups, restores, downloads, and deleting old archives
• Transactional email — the mail a site sends itself, and the DNS that makes it trusted
• Deleting and restoring a site — the retention window, buying a site back, and purging it
• Accessing your files — the Cloud Shell terminal, the File Manager, and SFTP or SSH
• Accessing your database — open phpMyAdmin for a site with one click

The last two also appear in Get started.

Mailspace

• Mailspace: overview — what a mailspace contains, and how it differs from Transactional Email
• Ordering a Mailspace — choose a mail plan and a domain, pay, and watch it provision
• Verifying your domain — publish the DNS TXT record that proves the domain is yours
• Managing mailboxes — create mailboxes on your own domain, and change their settings
• Connecting a mail client — the IMAP and SMTP settings, and app passwords for one app
• Aliases, groups and masked emails — the three address types that deliver into a mailbox without being one
• Mailing lists — one address that fans mail out to several recipients
• Mail rules and out of office — server-side rules that sort incoming mail, and away replies
• Mail logs — what arrived, what was sent, what is queued, and what bounced
• Storage and deleted mail — how mail storage is measured, and how long deleted mail is recoverable
• Deleting and restoring a Mailspace — the retention window, buying a mailspace back, and removing it for good

cPanel accounts

• cPanel hosting: overview — how cPanel hosting differs from a managed WordPress site, and who it suits
• Ordering cPanel hosting — pick a package and billing term, set the main domain, and pay
• Logging in to cPanel — one-click access, the connection settings, and what to try when login fails
• Managing domains — add addon, alias, and subdomain domains, and read the usage counters
• Changing your cPanel password — set a new password, and see what it does and doesn't unlock
• Resizing your cPanel package — move to a larger or smaller package, and what is charged or credited
• Deleting and recovering a cPanel account — cancel an account, bring it back in time, or remove it permanently

Domains

• Adding a domain to a site — connect a domain you own, register, or transfer in, with DNS and SSL handled
• Purchasing a domain — search availability, enter registrant details, and pay
• Transferring a domain — move a domain in, out, or across to another CloudPress customer
• Managing DNS — edit the authoritative zone, and turn DNSSEC on or off

CDN & Shield

• Shield: overview — what Shield stops at the edge, and how to activate it for a site
• Shield: WAF rules — turn on the web application firewall, tune the managed rules, and write your own
• Shield: bot protection — log or challenge automated traffic, and tune each detection signal
• Shield: rate limiting — cap how many requests one client can make in a time window
• Shield: access lists — allow or block traffic by IP address, network range, or country
• Managing edge rules — act on a request at the CDN before it reaches WordPress

Account & billing

• Adding a payment method — save a card so renewals and new purchases are charged automatically
• Viewing invoices — browse past invoices, open the line items, and download a PDF
• Changing a subscription's payment method — bill one subscription to a different saved card
• Inviting users and managing roles — invite people to a workspace, pick roles, and manage access afterwards

Advanced

• Configuration file — what cloudpress.yml controls: the public path, the plugin paths, and Bedrock
• Custom server configuration — override the Nginx and PHP-FPM defaults with files of your own
• Roots Bedrock — install Bedrock manually, and what CloudPress configures on each boot