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DirectAdmin scripts, tools and guides: CustomBuild, PHP versions, mail delivery, SSL, backups, clustering and migrations to and from cPanel.

WordPress Version Audit: Find Every WordPress Site and Its Version

Free bash script that finds every WordPress install on cPanel, DirectAdmin or plain servers and flags core versions below 7.0.3 (CVE-2026-64638).

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

Open Port Checker: Test TCP Ports on Any Public Server

Check whether TCP ports are open on a public server: up to 10 ports per test, presets for web, mail and control panels, open, closed or filtered results and the SMTP greeting.

October 6, 2026

Inode Usage Report: Top Directories by File Count per Account

Free bash script that reports inode usage per cPanel or DirectAdmin account, flags accounts over thresholds and lists the folders holding the most files.

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

LiteSpeed vs OpenLiteSpeed for Hosting Servers: Which to Pick

LiteSpeed Enterprise vs OpenLiteSpeed for hosting servers: .htaccess handling, panel support, licence tiers, cache and when to pick each.

October 6, 2026

PHP-FPM Calculator: pm.max_children and Spare Servers

Calculate pm.max_children, start_servers and spare servers from RAM and PHP-FPM worker size, with cPanel and DirectAdmin config locations.

October 6, 2026

Let’s Encrypt Changes 2025 to 2028: What Hosting Admins Must Do

Let's Encrypt changes from 2025 to 2028: no expiry emails, no OCSP, no clientAuth EKU, Gen Y intermediates, 64- then 45-day certificates, and what cPanel and DirectAdmin admins must do.

October 6, 2026

200-Day SSL Certificates and DCV Reuse: What It Means for AutoSSL

The CA/B Forum schedule: 200-day certificates and DCV reuse from March 2026, then 100 and 47 days, retired email validation, DNSSEC checks, and what it means for AutoSSL and ACME.

October 6, 2026

DirectAdmin CustomBuild Failed: Logs, Lock File, Re-run and Rollback

Fix a failed DirectAdmin CustomBuild run: find the log, check the lock file, fix common compile errors, re-run one component and roll back a version.

October 6, 2026

Free website test

Is your website set up right?

Check SSL, security headers, redirects, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and security.txt in one test. It takes about 30 seconds.