How to Use WHM and WP Toolkit to Distribute the AI Onboarding Plugin?

If you are a hosting provider using WHM (Web Host Manager) for selling WordPress hosting and looking to offer ZipWP AI builder to your clients after they purchase a hosting service from you, then this article is for you. 

This guide will explain the tools you need, such as WHM and WP Toolkit, and how to customize and upload the ZipWP AI Onboarding plugin, so you can offer a seamless WordPress setup experience to your clients.

What is WHM?

WHM (Web Host Manager) is a tool used by web hosting resellers and server administrators to manage multiple cPanel accounts.

It acts as the higher-level control panel for managing web hosting servers, reselling hosting services, and creating individual cPanel accounts for your clients.

For example, if you’re a web hosting company offering shared WordPress hosting, you’ll use WHM to create hosting accounts for each client. 

From there, you can allocate resources such as disk space, bandwidth, and set permissions for their account. You can also manage security settings, SSL certificates, DNS configurations, and install WordPress or other applications for your clients through WHM.

What is WP Toolkit?

WP Toolkit is an additional tool that integrates into cPanel or WHM, providing a powerful set of features specifically for managing WordPress websites. 

It offers one-click installations, theme and plugin management, automated updates, and security hardening, all from a single interface.

When you install WP Toolkit within WHM, you can manage WordPress for multiple sites across different cPanel accounts. 

This includes setting up WordPress for new clients, updating WordPress versions, installing essential plugins, and offering security tools—all from within the same dashboard.

It allows you to install WordPress for new clients with just a click. Plus, you can create “sets” of pre-configured plugins, themes, and settings (such as the ZipWP AI Onboarding plugin) to automate the setup process, so when your clients log into WordPress for the first time, everything is already configured.

How to Customize Your ZipWP AI Onboarding Plugin?

Once you have purchased ZipWP for the Hosts plan, you can customize and download your AI onboarding plugin, which you can distribute to your clients easily. 

This plugin helps your clients quickly set up their WordPress site using AI, making the onboarding process smooth and efficient.

Here’s a complete guide to help you understand the customization process: Host Dashboard Settings Guide.

You can customize the plugin by branding it with your brand company’s name, brand colors, plugin name, description, etc. 

This ensures your customers see your branding while using the user interface of onboarding plugin AI.

How to Upload Your AI Onboarding Plugin to Your WHM Account?

The process of installing your custom AI onboarding plugin to your WHM account is straightforward. Follow these steps:

• In the search bar at the top of the WHM dashboard, type “WP Toolkit” and open it.

• Click on “Sets” and then “Create Set.”

• Give a name to the set. Name the set something like “ZipWP AI Onboarding Set” for internal reference. This won’t be shown to your clients.

• After the set is created, click on the “Add plugins” option.

• Upload the AI onboarding plugin that you downloaded earlier.

• Toggle on the state button so the plugin is activated as soon as the package is installed.

That’s it. Your set has been created.

How to Add Default Set for Packages in WHM?

After you’ve created sets in WP-toolkit, you need to make sure that the set you created installs automatically when WordPress is installed from your service.

So you need to set default sets that should be installed when someone creates a site from your service. Here are the steps that you need to follow to do the same:

• Search for “Edit Packages” from WHM.

• Select the package that should include the AI onboarding plugin set.

• Checkbox the “WP Toolkit” option and select the set you created earlier for “Autoinstall Set.”

• Click on the “Save Changes” button.

That’s it! Now, whenever your customer creates a WordPress site using WP Toolkit on your server, they’ll see the AI onboarding plugin on their WordPress dashboard the first time they access it, providing them with a guided and user-friendly setup process.

Conclusion

We hope this article helps you understand how to set up WHM hosting to offer the ZipWP AI onboarding plugin. 

With WHM managing your hosting accounts, WP Toolkit handling WordPress installations, and the ZipWP AI onboarding plugin offering an enhanced experience, your clients will have everything they need to get started quickly and easily.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us!