A few companies have also chosen to offer new feature add‑ons for cPanel. In the past, this was not an easy thing. However, since cPanel now has made it easier for others to add new features with the advent of cPanel Pro, there has been an upsurge in third‑party add‑ons.
It isn’t possible to discuss every third‑party add‑on in this book, but the most common add‑ons deserve a mention since your host may offer them.
Many years ago, before cPanel added its Script Library feature, Netenberg (at the time called cpanelthemes.com) came up with a way to make it easier for end users to install and remove web scripts. This was soon imitated by cPanel and other third-party developers, but Fantastico has evolved to maintain its lead over competitors. It remains the leading third‑party add‑on.
Installing scripts by yourself can be a bit daunting if you don’t know what you are doing. Fantastico takes all the hard work out of installing many...