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:

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  1. 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.
  2. This section contains the Help menu. The Help menu lets users access a context-sensitive online guide and watch video tutorials.
  3. This section features the Search field.
  4. 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:
  5. This section houses all the controls relevant to the page that is currently open. On the screenshot, the Websites & Domains page is open, and so the various tools that allow managing aspects of the subscription related to web hosting are displayed.
  6. This section contains a mix of various miscellaneous controls and information displays featured for users' convenience.

Further in the guide, we will provide instructions explaining how to perform many everyday tasks. In most cases, they instruct users to open one of the tabs and click one of the controls present there. If the tab or control in question is missing from the panel, the most likely reason is that it is disabled for the subscription in question. Customers who find themselves in such situations need to contact their provider for assistance.