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Restic Backup for cPanel and DirectAdmin: Files, Databases, Retention
Back up cPanel and DirectAdmin servers with restic: home directories, database dumps via stdin, panel config, retention with forget/prune, and restore tests.
October 6, 2026
Clean a Hacked WordPress Site on cPanel: Step-by-Step
Clean a hacked WordPress site on a cPanel server: isolate, scan with Imunify360 or ClamAV, verify checksums, find backdoors and rogue admins, rotate secrets and harden.
October 6, 2026
WordPress CVE-2026-64638 Patch: Find and Update Every Vulnerable Site
WordPress CVE-2026-64638 (XSS2Shell): what is affected, which versions fix it per branch, and how hosts find and update every vulnerable site.
October 6, 2026
Imunify360 False Positives: Find the Rule ID and Fix It
Fix Imunify360 false positives: identify the layer, find the rule ID, disable a ModSecurity rule per domain, handle the 2026 WordPress WAF and report it.
October 6, 2026
CSF Commands Cheat Sheet: Allow, Deny, Ports and Tempbans
CSF commands for 2026: allow, deny and unblock IPs, temporary LFD bans, csf.allow vs csf.ignore, port lists and restarts, plus which CSF fork you are running.
October 6, 2026
Imunify360 Without CSF: Remove CSF and Use Imunify as the Firewall
Run Imunify360 as the only firewall: back up and migrate CSF, disable it, recreate ports, DoS and SMTP blocking, and handle Security Advisor warnings.
October 6, 2026
cPanel Exim Queue Stuck: Flush, Thaw and Delete Frozen Mail
Inspect, flush, thaw and bulk-delete a stuck Exim queue on cPanel with exim -bp, exiqgrep and exim -Mrm, then find the script or mailbox that filled it.
October 6, 2026
Spamhaus 550 5.7.1 Blocked: Fix SBL, XBL, CSS, PBL and DBL
Fix Spamhaus 550 5.7.1 rejections: read the error, map return codes to SBL, CSS, XBL, PBL and DBL, check and delist correctly, and fix the server-side cause.
October 6, 2026
cPanel Inode Usage: Find What Uses Inodes and Fix It
Find what uses inodes on a cPanel account with du --inodes and find, understand how quotas count them, clean caches, sessions and old mail safely, and prevent regrowth.
October 6, 2026
Migrate DirectAdmin to DirectAdmin: Move All Users to a New Server
Move every user from one DirectAdmin server to another: admin backups with da admin-backup, rsync, IP mapping, mail sync, DNS cut-over and SSL.
October 6, 2026
Migrate Plesk to cPanel (and cPanel to Plesk): Tools and Limits
Move sites from Plesk to cPanel with the WHM Transfer Tool, or cPanel to Plesk with Plesk Migrator: requirements, CLI steps, exclusions and DNS cut-over.
October 6, 2026
Plesk AlmaLinux 10: Supported Version and What Is Missing
Plesk supports AlmaLinux 10 from Obsidian 18.0.72, but without Watchdog, SOGo, Premium Antivirus and old Xeon CPUs. What is missing and how to move from AlmaLinux 9.
October 6, 2026