The Ultimate Guide to the Plesk Control Panel (2025)
A popular choice for a diverse range of hosting providers and individual users, Plesk is a user-friendly graphical interface. Use it to manage your web hosting accounts, websites, and server settings. Unique for its versatility, Plesk supports both Linux and Windows servers.
Plesk Control Panel articles
The following resources will guide you through the server management tasks available in the Plesk control panel.
Logging into Plesk
Read more: Logging into PleskLog into Plesk via your Liquid Web account by selecting your server and clicking “Go to Plesk.” Use your server credentials to log in or access Plesk directly at https://yourIP:8443.
Managing Customers in Plesk
Read more: Managing Customers in PleskSetting up your Plesk server correctly makes managing your customer’s sites and data much easier. Plesk uses a few different structures to help you organize and maintain all of your customer accounts. Service Plans, Subscriptions, Customer Accounts, and Reseller Accounts all provide helpful tools for automating your server management tasks. We’ll look at the basic…
Plesk Backup and Restore
Read more: Plesk Backup and RestorePlesk’s backup solution offers full and incremental backups at various levels.
Plesk Control Panel Editions
Read more: Plesk Control Panel EditionsThe Plesk Control Panel is a powerful server control panel with tons of personalization options. But, as your needs change, your Plesk Control Panel can change, too. Plesk has two different versions to meet specific needs: Plesk Web Pro Edition for agencies (This is the default for Plesk servers at Liquid Web) and Plesk Web…
Plesk Extensions
Read more: Plesk ExtensionsSupercharge your server with Plesk extensions. Add tools for WordPress, SEO, security, and more to customize your hosting environment.
Plesk logs
Read more: Plesk logsFind Plesk server logs: Apache, NGINX, email, DBs. Guide covers locations in /var/www/vhosts/, differing from cPanel, for easy troubleshooting.
Scheduling Tasks in Plesk
Read more: Scheduling Tasks in PleskUse the Plesk Control Panel to easily schedule and manage recurring server tasks effectively.
Security in Plesk
Read more: Security in PleskFortify your server with Plesk’s security tools. Learn to manage SSL, scan for malware, block intruders with Fail2Ban, and harden sites.