Website on Plesk returns webserver default page instead of the website content

Log in to Plesk.

Go to Domains > example.com > Apache & nginx Settings.

Switch the Index files directive to Enter custom value.

Insert the name of the file which is used instead of default index.* file.

Press the OK button to apply changes.

Go to Domains > example.com > File Manager and make sure that the custom index file is present in the opened folder.

If the custom index file is located in another folder, move it to the website Document root folder (can be found on the Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings page) by selecting this file in the File Manager and clicking the Move button:

Log in to Plesk.

Go to Domains > example.com > File Manager.

Find the renamed file and rename it back to the correct one (the correct name depends on the file content):

• index.html

• index.cgi

• index.pl

• index.php

• index.xhtml

• index.htm

• index.shtml

by clicking the  > Rename button:

If the index.* file is located in another folder, move it to the website Document root folder (can be found on the Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings page) by selecting this file in the File Manager and clicking the Move button: