The cPanel team introduced the new features and fixes in cPanel & WHM version 106. The team also announced that cPanel version 106 has been released to the EDGE tier. In the new release, the Top Tools section was replaced with the Favorites section in the WHM Home interface. It allows users to customize the Favorites section with their preferred features.

Customizable favorites

The team also added a Favorites category to the side navigation menu. Tools added to the Favorites section will also appear in the Favorites category. In the latest version, the team added the Username, Hostname, OS, cPanel & WHM version, and Load Averages features to the top navigation of the WHM interface. In version 106, the team also added the Allow insecure contact email update setting to the Security section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface. 

Force short prefix for MySQL and MariaDB databases setting is also added to the SQL section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface. It forces the server to MySQL and MariaDB database prefixes to eight characters. Enable API Log option is also added to the Logging section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface, allowing users to log the: 

• Successful or failed cPanel API 1 function calls.
• Successful cPanel API 2 function calls.
• Successful UAPI function calls.

New features

WHM interface

Customizable Favorites in WHM

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we replaced the Top Tools section with the Favorites section in the WHM Home interface. You can customize the Favorites section with the features that you prefer.

Additionally, we added a Favorites category to WHM’s side navigation menu. Any tools you add to the Favorites section will appear in the Favorites category.

To read more about the Favorites section, read our WHM Interface documentation.

Server and username data added to the top navigation

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we restored several requested features to the WHM interface. We added the Username, Hostname, OS, cPanel & WHM version, and Load Averages features to the top navigation of the WHM interface. For more information, read our WHM interface documentation.

New Tweak Setting to allow insecure contact email update

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we added the Allow insecure contact email update setting to the Security section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface (WHM >> Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings). This setting forces cPanel API2’s CustInfo::savecontactinfo function to accept contact email address updates. You should disable this setting unless legacy applications need it. Integrators should use UAPI’s ContactInformation::set_email_addresses and ContactInformation::unset_email_addresses functions instead.

New Tweak Setting to force short database prefixes

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we added the Force short prefix for MySQL and MariaDB databases setting to the SQL section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface (WHM >> Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings). This setting forces your server to limit MySQL and MariaDB database prefixes to eight characters.

API Log can now be toggled in Tweak Settings

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we added the Enable API Log option to the Logging section of WHM’s Tweak Settings interface (WHM >> Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings). This setting allows you to log the following:

• Successful or failed cPanel API 1 function calls.
• Successful cPanel API 2 function calls.
• Successful UAPI function calls.

Updated features

Updated the Pricing & Term Agreement

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we updated the Pricing & Term Agreement to Version: 04-29-2022.

Updated the Privacy Policy

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we updated the Privacy Policy to Version: 04-29-2022.

Password required to update contact email address(es)

As of cPanel & WHM version 106, you must provide your password in order to change your contact email address(es) using the Contact Information interface (Home >> Preferences >> Contact Information).

The improved search box in the side navigation menu

In cPanel & WHM version 106, we upgraded the Search tools box in the side navigation menu to show ranked results that prioritize exact matches. For more information, read our WHM interface documentation.