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WHMCS articles

For hosting companies running WHMCS, including the modules we build for it and what we learned while building them.

Server admin

Customer Locked Out? How to Find and Clear a CSF or cPHulk Block

A customer can't reach cPanel, webmail or FTP. How to tell whether CSF or cPHulk blocked the address, remove that one block, and stop it coming back.

9 min read

WHMCS security

What a Stolen WHMCS Login Opens, and Which Second Factor Closes It

What a stolen WHMCS client login gives an attacker, what WHMCS's built-in 2FA covers, and how email codes, authenticator apps and passkeys compare.

11 min read

What we're building

VPS Manager for WHMCS: Preparing the First Release

Fresh-install qualification, adopting existing VPS infrastructure, provider API diagnostics, and the ionCube build behind the first release candidate.

7 min read

Free for WHMCS

Let Clients Unblock Their Own IP Without Handing Them the Firewall

Why legitimate customers get blocked by CSF, LFD and cPHulk, why the usual fixes weaken the server, and what a safe self-service unblock has to do.

12 min read

What we're building

VPS Manager for WHMCS: The First Real Screens

Provider discovery, VPS inventory, capacity mapping, resource management, monitoring and rDNS, shown in screenshots of a working development build.

6 min read

What we're building

We're Building VPS Manager for WHMCS

Red Water Hosting is building VPS Manager, a WHMCS-oriented layer for managing VPS infrastructure, inventory and customer service assignments.

2 min read