{"id":11864,"date":"2026-05-19T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:45:33","slug":"how-to-add-an-addon-domian-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/how-to-add-an-addon-domian-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add an Addon Domain in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"209\">An addon domain allows you to host multiple websites under a single cPanel hosting account. Each addon domain works as a separate website with its own files and content.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"223\">For example:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"280\">\n<li data-section-id=\"ts560u\" data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"250\">Main Domain: example.com<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"qrs0he\" data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"280\">Addon Domain: mywebsite.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"340\">Both websites can be managed from the same cPanel account.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"234\">we will show you how to add an addon domain in cPanel step by step.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"sgylkh\" data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"373\">Step 1: Login to cPanel<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"437\">Login to your cPanel account using your username and password.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"rbg8x4\" data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"518\">Step 2: Open the Domains Section<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"546\">After logging into cPanel:<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"588\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1mk3cm4\" data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"568\">Search for Domains<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"14n61ol\" data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"588\">Click on Domains<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"649\">Some cPanel versions may also show an Addon Domains option.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"649\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1024x623.png\" alt=\"domain-in-cpanel\" width=\"482\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel.png 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"y5dtah\" data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"743\">Step 3: Click on \u201cCreate A New Domain\u201d<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"782\">Inside the Domains section, click on: Create A New Domain<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"803\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11869 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1024x249.png\" alt=\"create-a-new-domain\" width=\"476\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1536x374.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain.png 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1j07z73\" data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"894\">Step 4: Enter the Addon Domain Name<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"934\">Enter the domain name you want to add.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"944\">Example:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"960\">\n<li data-section-id=\"r9ug5k\" data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"960\">mywebsite.com<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"r9ug5k\" data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"960\">Untick Share document root if you want a separate website folder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1274\">Specify the directory where you want all the files of your domain to exist.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1390\">After entering the domain details, click on: Submit<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1472\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel-1024x758.png\" alt=\"how-to-add-an-addon-domain-in-cpanel\" width=\"529\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-addon-domain-in-cpanel.png 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The addon domain will now be added successfully to your hosting account.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1472\">This is how you can add an addon domain in cPanel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1472\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An addon domain allows you to host multiple websites under a single cPanel hosting account. Each addon domain works as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11864"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11985,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions\/11985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}