Control Web Panel
Other => Other => Topic started by: matrix4495 on February 14, 2026, 06:55:08 PM
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Goodbye CWP, I’m done for good.
Alright folks, this is my last post here.
I’m officially moving away from Control Web Panel and I’m not looking back. This isn’t a rage-quit. It’s a long-overdue “operations sanity” decision.
Why I’m leaving:
- Admins missing in action. Too often it feels like nobody is steering the ship.
- A few loud users run the forum. If you ask real questions, you get politics instead of answers.
- Support reality: Asking for help here is mostly useless and if you positively criticize something, some people act like you committed a crime.
- The usual reply: “Go buy a paid panel then.” Cool. That’s exactly what I did because when clients are paying me, I need reliability and support, not forum drama.
- Updates went for a toss: There hasn’t been a meaningful update in forever (feels like a year+). PHP updates feel like a wishful dream, roadmap talk stays talk, and the product momentum just isn’t there.
- Updates + security: CVEs get discovered fast… but fixes feel slow. And in between, you’re left patching holes with your own custom scripts just to keep things tight.
- DIY forever: Fixing loopholes and making things “production-safe” shouldn’t require custom scripts for half the stack, but here we are.
- DNS cluster (sorry): It’s not production-grade. I ended up writing my own DNS cluster scripts and they’ve been more stable and predictable than what I got out of the box.
My take (simple):
Open-source is amazing when it’s actively maintained and supported.
But if you’re running a business, charging clients, or your uptime matters, then support and accountability aren’t “luxury items.” They’re the basics.
So yeah… I finally did it. Moved on.
And honestly, if you’re reading this while firefighting the same stuff every week maybe you should consider it too.
No hate, no personal beef just facts from the trenches.
Wishing you all the best.
Logging off for good...
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Jaspreet Singh
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Completely agree with Jaspreet Singh.
This project seems to be dead, as we have not received any updates since Nov 2024, and there is no support on the forum either.
Some time ago, I contacted the CWP team, and they said they were working, but they blocked me then. There are a few members who are running the forum by just saying "CWP Team is working, CWP is not dead, blah blah, etc.." and a few of them are sharing their article users, but the actual CWP team doesn't bother looking at the forum.
It's time to move on
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I think the same way. I'm gradually transferring my websites to another panel.
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Completely agree with Jaspreet Singh.
This project seems to be dead, as we have not received any updates since Nov 2024, and there is no support on the forum either.
Some time ago, I contacted the CWP team, and they said they were working, but they blocked me then. There are a few members who are running the forum by just saying "CWP Team is working, CWP is not dead, blah blah, etc.." and a few of them are sharing their article users, but the actual CWP team doesn't bother looking at the forum.
It's time to move on
Project is NOT DEAD. Not sure why you keep posting that line...
CWP pushed an update today (2026-02-18) 0.9.8.1222.
And before that 0.9.8.1221 was pushed on 2026-02-02
It's personal preference if you want to stop using CWP and 'move on'
I've tested other panels, and they all have CVEs and can not be kept updated as easily as CWP can be.
Some don't even have the features CWP has, and cost $$$ more.
Can CWP do better with some things, yes.
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Goodbye CWP, I’m done for good.
Okay, goodbye. We'll miss your contribution here.
I for one (and my customers obviously agree) do NOT want rapid change. Slow, gradual iterative improvement is welcome as long as it doesn't introduce new bugs and CVEs. They do not want or need the kitchen sink of features nor do they want a fresh GUI for the sake of... something. They would revolt if the webmail suddenly changed from Roundcube to Rainloop. They want consistency. As long as their (fairly static) site is up and they can check their e-mail, they are happy.
Yes, they will want PHP 8.4 and someday 8.5. But 8.1 and 8.3 meets the minimum requirements of my most demanding customers. If I absolutely needed it, there are guides on AlphaGNU on how to install it. Changelogs would be nice, but are not strictly necessary. TBH, I maybe reference one or two changelogs per year. Time is too precious to pore over them, unless there's a specific CVE I need to address.
As for other panels, sure there are many, but they are 3x, 5x, or 10x the price of CWP. CWP is the sweet spot of price and features for me. Once cPanel went for the greed grab and upped their pricing tiers to the stratosphere, I jumped ship and haven't looked back. Now most panels set their reference pricing to cPanel, so most of them are out of reach. But if it would motivate the CWP team to increase their cadence and communication and hire more devs & support staff, I would pay 1.5x to 2x what I pay now for CWP Pro. But paying more, I would expect more. Right now, for the price point, I feel I am getting a good value for my money. Look around -- I have and I know Starburst has. Nothing is as good at this price point.
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Completely agree with Jaspreet Singh.
This project seems to be dead, as we have not received any updates since Nov 2024, and there is no support on the forum either.
Some time ago, I contacted the CWP team, and they said they were working, but they blocked me then. There are a few members who are running the forum by just saying "CWP Team is working, CWP is not dead, blah blah, etc.." and a few of them are sharing their article users, but the actual CWP team doesn't bother looking at the forum.
It's time to move on
Project is NOT DEAD. Not sure why you keep posting that line...
CWP pushed an update today (2026-02-18) 0.9.8.1222.
And before that 0.9.8.1221 was pushed on 2026-02-02
It's personal preference if you want to stop using CWP and 'move on'
I've tested other panels, and they all have CVEs and can not be kept updated as easily as CWP can be.
Some don't even have the features CWP has, and cost $$$ more.
Can CWP do better with some things, yes.
Clarifying “dead” vs “production-viable” (and what I’m asking for)
Nobody is saying “no code ever ships” or “the installer stops working.” The point is operations reality : predictable maintenance, transparent communication, and accountable support.
Right now, what’s missing (for me, and for others replying here) is official clarity :
- Release notes / changelog transparency:
Version numbers being pushed is not a changelog. A serious production panel needs release notes that answer:
- What changed?
- What was fixed?
- What was removed/broken?
- What security issues were addressed (with references)?
If there is an official changelog for 2025–2026, please link it. If not, that’s exactly the problem. - Security cadence & accountability:
“All panels have CVEs” is true and irrelevant. The question is: how fast are fixes shipped and communicated?
Please provide:
- The last 5 high/critical CVEs that affected CWP’s stack
- For each: disclosure date → patch date → where it was documented
Without that, admins are forced into DIY patching and custom scripts to stay safe which is not acceptable for client workloads. - Roadmap (missing or opaque):
This is the biggest gap. A roadmap isn’t “talk.” It’s a public commitment with dates (even if approximate) and scope.
Examples of what operators need to know:
- PHP cadence: When are 8.4 and 8.5 planned, and what is the official method (repo/channel) and support window?
- OS support: Which distro versions are officially supported today, and until when? What is the plan for newer major OS releases?
- Core components roadmap: web stack changes, mail stack changes, kernel/openssl compatibility, DB stack changes what is planned and what is not?
- Breaking changes policy: How are breaking changes communicated and how are rollbacks handled?
- EOL policy: What is the official end-of-support policy for older stacks?
If the answer is “use a community guide” or “you can DIY it,” that’s precisely confirming the ops problem: we’re building the missing roadmap ourselves. - Support reality:
Community help is appreciated but it is not the same as official support.
If the official support channel exists, please share:
- Where to file issues
- Expected response time
- What’s covered vs not covered
Forum replies and unofficial “help hubs” can’t replace accountability when clients are paying and uptime/security matter. - Production-grade features (example: DNS cluster):
If DNS clustering is considered production-ready, please link the official documentation/design and the supported failure modes (sync model, consistency, recovery, monitoring).
If it requires custom scripts to be stable and predictable, then it’s not production-grade.
So my position stays simple:
If someone wants to argue “Project is NOT DEAD,” that’s fine but then please answer with links and specifics:
- Official changelog/release notes (2025–2026)
- CVE fix timelines (disclosure → patch → documentation)
- Official roadmap (PHP + OS support + core stack + policy)
- Official support channel + expectations
On the “but it’s cheaper” argument (price vs total cost)
Cost is not the point being debated predictable operations are.
Yes, other panels can be more expensive up-front. But the real comparison for anyone running client workloads is TCO (Total Cost of Ownership):
- Admin time: Hours spent firefighting, writing custom scripts, applying workarounds, and reverse-engineering changes.
- Security exposure: Slow fixes + unclear advisories increases risk, and one incident costs more than years of license fees.
- Downtime cost: Outages, mail issues, broken updates your time + customer churn + reputational damage.
- Opportunity cost: Time wasted on panel survival is time not spent growing the business.
So “it’s cheaper” is not a rebuttal to missing changelogs, missing roadmap, slow security response, or support gaps.
It only proves this: some users accept those risks because their use-case is static and price-sensitive. That’s fine.
But for production hosting where accountability matters, cheap without transparency becomes expensive.
If a “cheap” panel costs even 2–3 extra hours/week in babysitting, that alone can exceed the license price difference before counting downtime or security incidents.
Until those exist publicly and consistently, calling it “alive” doesn’t help the people running production.
That’s why I moved on. No drama just operational facts.
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Okay, goodbye. We'll miss your contribution here.
I'm all for ending the AI-composed echo chamber. You're making your choice, I've made mine. I'm sticking with CWP for the foreseeable future. Hope your new panel serves you well!
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Okay, goodbye. We'll miss your contribution here.
I'm all for ending the AI-composed echo chamber. You're making your choice, I've made mine. I'm sticking with CWP for the foreseeable future. Hope your new panel serves you well!
Okay, goodbye. We'll miss your contribution here.
I'm all for ending the AI-composed echo chamber. You're making your choice, I've made mine. I'm sticking with CWP for the foreseeable future. Hope your new panel serves you well!
Yea, I used AI to refine my wording intentionally, so I don't use the words or adjectives I actually think for some people hijacking this form to get adrenaline rush and I don’t waste time on petty phrasing debates.
What’s interesting is that instead of addressing the real observations points (changelog, CVE timelines, roadmap, support expectations), the reply is about “AI echo chambers.”
That tells me everything I need to know, for me and specially for you fan boy...
We clearly operate at different standards where I am not blinded by the cheerleading and knee jerk defence of CWP or any other forum you spend your time on; it's time to grow up and take real decisions. I’ve moved on, and I’m not spending more time in circles.
For AI, yea I use it heavily to write and integrate it into my projects.
FYI, I still used AI to omit the words I actually i meant...
Good luck, you’ll need it the day...
Logging out for good... JS
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I don't understand the point of these "suicide note" posts. Fine, make a choice, do it.
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I don't understand the point of these "suicide note" posts. Fine, make a choice, do it.
Because haters are gonna hate.
You look at the post history, and that's all they have posted since post 1.
Bashing CWP in one way or another, and all saying it's a 'dead project'.
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(https://www.martins-play-ground.uk/images/smilies/smiley-finger007.gif) :)
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I don't understand the point of these "suicide note" posts. Fine, make a choice, do it.
Because haters are gonna hate.
You look at the post history, and that's all they have posted since post 1.
Bashing CWP in one way or another, and all saying it's a 'dead project'.
The irony on how the OP predict what is gonna happen...
The issue is always the others...
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I like this:
The usual reply: “Go buy a paid panel then.” Cool. That’s exactly what I did because when clients are paying me, I need reliability and support, not forum drama.
It sound like:
Users pay me to get reliability and support but I don't pay. However I require reliability and support )
or... I missed something.
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I like this:
The usual reply: “Go buy a paid panel then.” Cool. That’s exactly what I did because when clients are paying me, I need reliability and support, not forum drama.
It sound like:
Users pay me to get reliability and support but I don't pay. However I require reliability and support )
or... I missed something.
Just because you don't pay for something, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't get a good product.
You should, at least, expect for some level of quality... And that is not what you get with CWP.
You get radio silence. Nothing changes, no new features... When something doesn't evolve, if gets behind.
Can you provide one thing where CWP have evolved? Can you show it?
There is MANY control panels in the market, both free and paid. and those who grow are the ones that evolve.
CWP is in the oposite end, is going downhill. That IS the issue.
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My time costs money, and I'm afraid I don't have free time to prove anything.
Anyway, CWP meets my requirements and customization options. If any problems with CWP arise, I’m able to solve them on my own. My CWP servers work with newest php versions and are connected to a custom DNS cluster with live DNS zone updates. It requires technical skills but CWP allows to do it.
If you’ve made the decision to leave CWP, then you’re just wasting your time by posting here. Sad but true.
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Completely agree with Jaspreet Singh.
This project seems to be dead, as we have not received any updates since Nov 2024, and there is no support on the forum either.
Some time ago, I contacted the CWP team, and they said they were working, but they blocked me then. There are a few members who are running the forum by just saying "CWP Team is working, CWP is not dead, blah blah, etc.." and a few of them are sharing their article users, but the actual CWP team doesn't bother looking at the forum.
It's time to move on
Project is NOT DEAD. Not sure why you keep posting that line...
CWP pushed an update today (2026-02-18) 0.9.8.1222.
And before that 0.9.8.1221 was pushed on 2026-02-02
It's personal preference if you want to stop using CWP and 'move on'
I've tested other panels, and they all have CVEs and can not be kept updated as easily as CWP can be.
Some don't even have the features CWP has, and cost $$$ more.
Can CWP do better with some things, yes.
I am also seeing these numbers are changing. which is great. if the number changes means update to you than its ok for you only. dont push it to others. your way of satisfaction and others will be not same. for example i personally needs a full professional description what is actually changed. not just the number. So please stop imposing your thought on others.
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Goodbye CWP, I’m done for good.
Alright folks, this is my last post here.
I’m officially moving away from Control Web Panel and I’m not looking back. This isn’t a rage-quit. It’s a long-overdue “operations sanity” decision.
Why I’m leaving:
- Admins missing in action. Too often it feels like nobody is steering the ship.
- A few loud users run the forum. If you ask real questions, you get politics instead of answers.
- Support reality: Asking for help here is mostly useless and if you positively criticize something, some people act like you committed a crime.
- The usual reply: “Go buy a paid panel then.” Cool. That’s exactly what I did because when clients are paying me, I need reliability and support, not forum drama.
- Updates went for a toss: There hasn’t been a meaningful update in forever (feels like a year+). PHP updates feel like a wishful dream, roadmap talk stays talk, and the product momentum just isn’t there.
- Updates + security: CVEs get discovered fast… but fixes feel slow. And in between, you’re left patching holes with your own custom scripts just to keep things tight.
- DIY forever: Fixing loopholes and making things “production-safe” shouldn’t require custom scripts for half the stack, but here we are.
- DNS cluster (sorry): It’s not production-grade. I ended up writing my own DNS cluster scripts and they’ve been more stable and predictable than what I got out of the box.
My take (simple):
Open-source is amazing when it’s actively maintained and supported.
But if you’re running a business, charging clients, or your uptime matters, then support and accountability aren’t “luxury items.” They’re the basics.
So yeah… I finally did it. Moved on.
And honestly, if you’re reading this while firefighting the same stuff every week maybe you should consider it too.
No hate, no personal beef just facts from the trenches.
Wishing you all the best.
Logging off for good...
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Jaspreet Singh
can you please suggest me which control panel you are using now or plan to switch?
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I think they could at least put the forum behind some kind of DDOS protection like CloudFlare or whatever as a start. We can build form there ;D ;D ;D
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Forum downtime actually feels self-inflicted because of 503 gateway errors. Nginx could be updated & tuned better and for sure php-fpm starvation is the root of the problem -- PHP on a PHP-heavy forum needs greater resources, caching, increased timeouts, etc. But for sure CF turnstile would be a great addition for DDoS protection.
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What an irony 😄 — someone suggested that the CWP forum should be hosted on Cloudflare instead of running on CWP itself… and yet it still keeps going down from time to time.
You’d think the CWP developers, of all people, would have PHP tuned rock-solid so the forum stays up consistently if php resources were the issue.
Also, the change logs still aren’t being updated. Without clear change logs, it’s really hard for users to confirm — or properly audit — what’s being changed, whether from a functionality or a security standpoint. A bit more transparency here would go a long way to stop users abandoning the project in the short term.
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There is no DDoS attack agains the forum. There is a CWP team that have no interest in fix the server where the forum is. That is a FACT.
The DDoS is a excuse. There is no record of a ddos attack anywhere. More, there is no record in HISTORY of a DDoS attack that goes by months... or now CWP is so special that even get to beat history of the internet? :P
The server where the forum is hosted is outdated, with security issues and with misconfigurations. CWP team doesn't fix the issues because they have no interest in doing so. as with the CWP itself... and we can continue to discuss this, but there is no point.
CWP envangelist will ignore ALL the points made, and and continue to say that everything is fine even if CWP Team itself confirm that the panel is dead.
@Starburst will continue to provide guides in how to "fix this and that", in hope to get some attention - just look how this guy now have a forum dedicated to "help" cwp users. is trying to became somehow of a "god" to save CWP, but failing in that.
Many more continue to be here, where not even the CWP team is online, just in hope that something change, because they have all they business around CWP, and they cannot change that fact. So CWP must survive... must continue, or all they work will go by the drain. And they don't know more in how to fix that... When the time arrives, will be too late...
Many more continue to flock from CWP. There are MANY cwp alternatives, better, updated and strong. Free or paid.
CWP was unique, was great. Was. That is the word, is not anymore.
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There is no DDoS attack agains the forum. There is a CWP team that have no interest in fix the server where the forum is. That is a FACT.
The DDoS is a excuse. There is no record of a ddos attack anywhere. More, there is no record in HISTORY of a DDoS attack that goes by months... or now CWP is so special that even get to beat history of the internet? :P
The server where the forum is hosted is outdated, with security issues and with misconfigurations. CWP team doesn't fix the issues because they have no interest in doing so. as with the CWP itself... and we can continue to discuss this, but there is no point.
CWP envangelist will ignore ALL the points made, and and continue to say that everything is fine even if CWP Team itself confirm that the panel is dead.
@Starburst will continue to provide guides in how to "fix this and that", in hope to get some attention - just look how this guy now have a forum dedicated to "help" cwp users. is trying to became somehow of a "god" to save CWP, but failing in that.
Many more continue to be here, where not even the CWP team is online, just in hope that something change, because they have all they business around CWP, and they cannot change that fact. So CWP must survive... must continue, or all they work will go by the drain. And they don't know more in how to fix that... When the time arrives, will be too late...
Many more continue to flock from CWP. There are MANY cwp alternatives, better, updated and strong. Free or paid.
CWP was unique, was great. Was. That is the word, is not anymore.
What service have you found to better?