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WebFacing™ — WordPress Email Plugin

WebFacing™ – Email Accounts management for cPanel®

by Knut Sparhell · WordPress.org page · Website

v5.3.6 Tested up to WP 6.7.7 PHP 8.1+

WebFacing™ has 200+ active installs on WordPress.org and 24,346 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on January 10, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

WebFacing™ at a glance

Active installs
200+
Total downloads
24,346
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WebFacing™ well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • NEW: Dashboard widget with three live graphic server memory usage and server load gauge charts (can eassily be minimized or hidden via Screen Options or…
  • WP Block for frontend access user’s own Webmail
  • Bulk entry of forwarders and email accounts (as free trial only, very limited use)
  • Screen Options to select visible forms on New Email screen, saved for as user option (and per site for Multisite)
  • Shortcode [wf_cpanel_email_webmail] or as [wf_cpanel_email_webmail]My Email[/wf_cpanel_email_webmail] for frontend access user’s own Webmail
  • cPanel® API Tokens Management – needed in case shell_exec is not available or when accessing a remote server
  • Backup complete cPanel® hosting account to file, and download it
  • Restore account backup files by extracting it to a folder (experimental)
  • Semi automated migration to new email server, including setup of new accounts for users, with sending setup instructions, passwords and links to setup guides…
  • Add 10 single Email Accounts per week (without Pro nag) — actually unlimited
  • Remove single/multiple Email Accounts
  • List mailboxes with number of messages for each box

WebFacing™ reviews and ratings

8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

5.0 out of 5

8 reviews

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  • Amazing Tool

    Useful tool for easy resetting of passwords

    bokwenic
  • Great plugin

    Very powerful plugin, very useful, no need to go cpanel at all.

    nrodrz
  • Nice Plugin

    Can you do something like this that can create subdomains in cpanel with multisite compatibility? I await your reply Many thanks.

    Opeyemi Timothy
  • free useful and fast

    It is perfect. you can enter your cPanel email with exactly 10 sec, you don't need to enter your username or password. THANKS A LOT

    btreek
  • Perfect so far

    Long story short this fills a role I have been thinking about for the last 6 months. So far it meets and exceeds my expectations!

    tsvjus1
  • Very useful plugin, and great support

    This plugin has been very useful to us for managing emails on a WordPress multisite installation. The developer is super responsive to bug reports as well!

    alanb2718

Details

WebFacing™ - Email Accounts management for cPanel®

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings WebFacing™ competes in

Tags

  • auto-reply
  • backup
  • cpanel
  • email
  • membership
Version
5.3.6
Last updated
Jan 10, 2025
First published
Apr 21, 2021
Requires WordPress
6.5
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
8.1
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WebFacing™ FAQ

What does WebFacing™ do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WebFacing™ offers NEW: Dashboard widget with three live graphic server memory usage and server load gauge charts (can eassily be minimized or hidden via Screen Options or, WP Block for frontend access user’s own Webmail, Bulk entry of forwarders and email accounts (as free trial only, very limited use), Screen Options to select visible forms on New Email screen, saved for as user option (and per site for Multisite) and Shortcode [wf_cpanel_email_webmail] or as [wf_cpanel_email_webmail]My Email[/wf_cpanel_email_webmail] for frontend access user’s own Webmail.

How many active installs does WebFacing™ have?

WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs for WebFacing™ as of September 7, 2026.

Is WebFacing™ still maintained?

The last release was on January 10, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is WebFacing™ free?

WebFacing™ is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.