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Website Management in Plesk

Plesk allows you to maintain full control over your domain. Take control over your online identity and how your audience accesses your web resources.

Plesk provides a comprehensive and intuitive set of tools for domain management, making it simple to organize your web presence. Plesk provides the ability to launch a new website, creating subdomains for existing ones, or fine-tuning how domains direct traffic.

With Plesk, you can easily setup your domain:

  • Add and manage primary domains for your websites, acting as the main address visitors use to reach your site.
  • Create and configure subdomains (e.g., blog.yourdomain.com) to organize different sections of your site. Host separate, smaller projects under your main domain.
  • Manage DNS (Domain Name System) records, which are crucial for directing internet traffic to your server. Add, modify, or remove various record types to control website access, email routing, and other services. (A, CNAME, MX, TXT, etc.)
  • Set up domain aliases to point multiple domain names to the same website content.

Learn more about specific domain management tasks in Plesk:

  • Adding a Domain in Plesk

    Manage server settings and individual domains/websites seamlessly in Plesk. Easily add registered domains to begin website development.

  • Creating a Subdomain in Plesk

    A subdomain shares your domain, but adds a third-level domain and can function like a whole separate website. Subdomains have domain names that look like blog.mysite.com. Plesk manages each subdomain as if it were its own website. You can create a completely different look and feel on a subdomain. Creating subdomains is useful if you…

  • Manage PHP in Plesk

    Take full control of your PHP environment in Plesk. Easily switch PHP versions, edit php.ini settings, and manage project dependencies.

  • Managing DNS records in Plesk

    Guide to manage DNS in Plesk: edit, add, or remove records, then update to apply changes for your domain.

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