How to Log in to and Navigate the DreamHost Panel

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How to Log in to and Navigate the DreamHost Panel

If you’ve never had to set up a website before, navigating your hosting service can be intimidating. As a DreamHost user, however, this is much easier than you might expect. You’ll want to start by getting acquainted with your hosting control panel and all the features it offers, and then you can start working on your website right away.

In this tutorial, we’re going to guide you through logging in to your DreamHost panel for the first time. We’ll show you how to find everything you need, and how to access your WordPress website. Let’s get you set up!

Where to Find Your DreamHost Panel
The DreamHost panel is where you get access to all the tools you’ll need to manage your website(s). Once you sign up for a hosting plan, you can visit your panel at any time by going to the DreamHost website.

Once you’re there, look for the Log In button at the top of the screen, and select the Web Hosting CP option from the drop-down menu.

Now go ahead and enter the credentials you chose when you signed up for an account. After that, you’ll see your DreamHost Panel.

If you look to the left, you’ll see a bunch of tabs that include all the functionality at your disposal. Let’s get to know each of them.

How to Log in to and Navigate the DreamHost Panel

Getting Acquainted With Your DreamHost Panel
Before we dig into what your panel offers, bear in mind that you might have access to different features in your panel. What you can use depends on which services you signed up for; we’ll introduce you to the main roster of options.

Websites
The Websites tab gives you a visual overview of all your domains, allowing you to easily make feature and setting adjustments.

You can also use this tab to add Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS) certificates and set up MySQL databases. A file manager is also available for you to log into your server.

Domains
The Domains tab is where you can manage all your existing domains and register new ones. You can also use this tab to transfer external domains over to DreamHost.

WordPress
The WordPress tab enables you to set up new installations on any of your existing domains.

If you’re a DreamPress user, you can also access your managed WordPress installations from this tab with a single click.

Mail
The Mail tab includes a lot of resources. Here, you can set up new emails associated with any of your domains, access your messages, set up filters, and more.

If you’re into email marketing, this tab also enables you to use our autoresponder and announcement list tools.

Billing and Account
Here’s where you can check out anything and everything related to billing and see when your next payment is due.

You can also update your personal information here, as well as tighten account security and back up all your files manually.

That’s not all, though — this section even includes tabs where you can monitor your bandwidth and disk usage.

Support
If you ever have any questions — about hosting, your website, or the meaning of life — you can access our knowledge base from this section.

If our knowledge base doesn’t have the answer you’re looking for, you can also contact us directly through the Contact Support option.

How to Log in to Your WordPress Website
If you’re a shared hosting user, you can access your WordPress installations by navigating to Websites > Manage Websites. This page provides a graphical presentation of all of your domains. To access your WordPress dashboard, all you have to do is click the WordPress button next to your domain name.

Alternatively, you can enter the URL of your domain into a web browser and add the wp-admin suffix:

yourdomain.com/wp-admin

At this stage, you should see the WordPress login page, so go ahead and enter your credentials.

Let’s Get You Logged In
The first time you log in to your hosting panel can be a little confusing. There are a lot of options you can use, but it’s not as complex as you might imagine. Once you get acquainted with your DreamHost panel, managing your websites is straightforward and painless.

Are you ready to start working on your own website? Our Shared Hosting packages offer you an affordable way to get your projects off the ground!

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