Knowledge Base

Overview of Plesk Interface

Plesk enables web hosting customers to easily perform a wide variety of
tasks using a robust and easy to use web interface. It includes all the
necessary tools to create and manage websites, mailboxes, databases, and
so on. Let us take a look at a screenshot displaying Plesk interface and
examine how various tools are arranged there:

This section displays the name of the user who is currently logged
in, and the currently selected subscription. The user can change the
properties of their user account and choose what subscription they
want to manage.
This section contains the Help menu. The Help menu lets users
access a context-sensitive online guide and watch video tutorials.
This section features the Search field.
This section holds the navigation pane with various items that help
organize the Plesk interface. Tools are grouped by function, for
example, the tools enabling users to manage web hosting settings are
found on the Websites & Domains page, and those enabling to
manage mail accounts are found on the Mail page. Here is a short
description of all the pages and the functionality they enable:
- Websites & Domains. Tools present here enable customers to add
  and remove domains, subdomains, and domain aliases. They also
  enable them to manage various web hosting settings, create and
  manage databases and database users, change their DNS settings,
  and secure their websites with SSL/TLS certificates.
- Mail. Tools present here enable customers to add and remove
  mail accounts, as well as manage mail server settings.
- Applications. Tools present here enable customers to easily
  install and manage a wide range of web applications.
- Files. This page features a web-based file manager that
  enables customers to upload content to their website, as well as
  manage files already present on the file system within their
  subscription.
- Databases. This page allows customers to create new ar manage
  existing databases.
- Statistics. This page features information about disk and
  traffic usage, as well as the link to web statistics that present
  a detailed overview of the site’s visitors.
- Users. Tools present here enable customers to add and remove
  user accounts that enable other people to log in to Plesk.
- Account. This page features information about resource usage
  for the subscription, allowed hosting options and granted
  permissions. Tools present here enable customers to retrieve and
  update their contact details and other…