{"id":1280,"date":"2020-06-05T00:19:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=1280"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:58:08","slug":"how-to-change-the-root-whm-password","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-root-whm-password","title":{"rendered":"How to change the root WHM password"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/content.hostgator.com\/img\/new-whm-change-root-enter-password.png\" alt=\"How to Change WHM Password\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>How to change the root WHM password<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Log into WHM with URL : www.Your-Domain.com\/whm<\/p>\n<p>2. Click the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novell.com\/documentation\/extend5\/Docs\/help\/AppServer\/books\/admServer.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Server Configuration<\/a> icon on the home screen.<\/p>\n<p>3. From the Server Configuration menu, click Change Root Password.<\/p>\n<p>4. In the New Password field, enter the desired new password.<\/p>\n<p>5. In the Confirm New Password field, retype the new password.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click Change Password to confirm your changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Please refer to the following article to know more.<br \/>\nKnowledge Base: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/whm-initial-setup-guide\">WHM \u2013 Initial Setup Guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to change the root WHM password 1. Log into WHM with URL : www.Your-Domain.com\/whm 2. Click the Server Configuration icon on the home screen. 3. From the Server Configuration menu, click Change Root Password. 4. In the New Password field, enter the desired new password. 5. In the Confirm New Password field, retype the new password. 6. Click Change&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[37],"kbtag":[1518,1515],"class_list":["post-1280","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-web-host-manager-whm","kbtag-change-root-password","kbtag-whm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5892,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1280\/revisions\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}