{"id":11874,"date":"2026-05-19T09:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/?p=11874"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:45:56","slug":"how-to-create-a-subdomain-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-subdomain-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Subdomain in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"282\">A subdomain is a part of your primary domain that can be used to create separate sections of your website. Subdomains are commonly used for blogs, forums, client portals, support sections, testing environments, and mobile versions of websites.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"296\">For example:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"361\">\n<li data-section-id=\"rl80fw\" data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"327\">Main Domain: yourwebsite.com<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"htneez\" data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"361\">Subdomain: blog.yourwebsite.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"565\">Subdomains can be easily created in cPanel by following the steps below.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"11kz38h\" data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"611\">Step 1: Login to Your cPanel Account<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"675\">Login to your cPanel account using your username and password.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"rbg8x4\" data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"756\">Step 2: Open the Domains Section<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"811\">After logging into cPanel, the dashboard will appear.<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"861\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1msihze\" data-start=\"813\" data-end=\"841\">Go to the Domains section<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"14n61ol\" data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"861\">Click on Domains<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11876 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel-1.png 1457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"y5dtah\" data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"956\">Step 3: Click on \u201cCreate A New Domain\u201d<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"992\">Inside the Domains page, click on:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1013\">Create A New Domain<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1013\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11877 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1-1024x249.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1-1536x374.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/create-a-new-domain-1.png 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1013\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11868\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11868\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/domain-in-cpanel.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-11868\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1lqqcrv\" data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1101\">Step 4: Enter the Subdomain Name<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1142\">Enter the subdomain you want to create.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1152\">Example:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1190\">\n<li data-section-id=\"3jn9ad\" data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1190\">Mywebsite.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1fdce23\" data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1284\">Step 5: Disable Share Document Root Option<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1286\" data-end=\"1304\">Untick the option:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1372\">Share document root (\/home\/username\/public_html) with \u201cdomain.tld\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1442\">This allows the subdomain to have its own separate folder and files.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1374\" data-end=\"1442\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11875 size-large\" title=\"how-to-create-a-subdomain-in-cpanel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain-1024x781.png\" alt=\"how-to-create-a-subdomain-in-cpanel\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/creating-subdomain.png 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"5im2pt\" data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"1795\">Step 6: Click on Submit<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"1834\">After entering all details, click on: Submit<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"1892\">Your subdomain will now be created successfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Make sure you ignore the Subdomain option, above the submit button.<\/p>\n<p>This is how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/\">create a subdomain in cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subdomain is a part of your primary domain that can be used to create separate sections of your 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