How to Use the Feature Manager in WHM

What is the Feature Manager?

cPanel has many tools, such as File Manager, Email Accounts and Backup. A feature list is a named group of those tools. It says which ones an account may use. The Feature Manager is the page where you build these lists.

Think of it like a menu in a restaurant. You decide which dishes each guest can order.

How features link to packages

A package holds the limits for an account. A package also points to one feature list. When you give an account that package, the account gets those tools. If a tool is not in the list, the owner will not see it in cPanel.

Steps to create a feature list

1. Log in to WHM.
2. Type Feature Manager in the search box. It is under the Packages menu.
3. Open it.
4. In Add a New Feature List, type a name, for example basic-sites.

   

5. Click Add Feature List.

   

   

   

6. Tick the boxes for the tools you want to allow.
7. Untick the ones you want to hide.
8. Click Save.

Steps to edit a feature list

1. Open Feature Manager.
2. Under Edit a Feature List, pick the list from the drop-down.

   

3. Click Edit.
4. Change the ticks.
5. Click Save.

The change applies to every account that uses a package linked to this list.

Use the list in a package

1. Open Add a Package or Edit a Package.
2. Find Feature List.

   

3. Pick your list.
4. Click Add or Save Changes.

Delete a list

Use Delete a Feature List, pick the list and confirm. Check that no package still uses it. Otherwise those accounts may lose tools.

Quick recap

• A feature list is a named set of allowed cPanel tools.
• Build lists in Feature Manager.
• Attach a list to a package, and accounts on that package get the tools.
• Do not delete the default list.