Hiding and Changing Plesk GUI Elements

This section describes how to switch on or off, or modify various Plesk
features and customize links in Plesk. For example, you can hide all
controls related to mail service, or show promotional links in your
Plesk. To learn more about these and other possible customizations, read
the subsections of this section.

To display, hide, or edit Plesk interface elements, you can use one of
the following approaches or a combination of them: run a special
command-line utility, modify a license key to Plesk, change
configuration files, or configure Plesk server settings through Plesk
Partner Central.

Here are some details on these approaches:

• Command line. Changing the Plesk GUI is performed by running the
  panel_gui and the server_pref utilities. For more
  information, see the corresponding chapters of the Reference for
  Command Line Utilities document.
• License key upgrade. You can perform license upgrade via the
  web-based Partner Central interface or via Partner API - an XML-based
  remote-call protocol. Below we provide more information about this
  approach.
• Plesk configuration files. Changing the Plesk GUI requires editing
  the configuration files:
  • panel.ini
    for Plesk customizations
  • config for Presence Builder customizations.
• Configuring Plesk through Plesk Partner Central. This approach can
  be used to configure multiple Plesk installations at once. You can
  set up Plesk configuration parameters through the Partner Central UI,
  and associate these settings with one or more license keys. Below we
  provide more information about this approach.

License Key

There are extra features that can be turned on or off in the Plesk
license. Those users who have access to the Plesk Partner Centra l
web-based management interface or Partner API can manage extra
features.

The license modifications can be done on a per-license level, or be a
default for you and applied automatically to all the licenses created
for you. In both cases, you should contact Plesk sales: In order to
apply the partner-wide defaults, or to enable a particular extra
customization on a per-license level.