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Updated: 01/27/2026
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Plesk Advisor is a built-in intelligence and recommendation system designed to help you optimize your server’s performance, security, and configuration. It analyzes your hosting environment and provides actionable suggestions in areas such as:
The Plesk Advisor makes it easier to maintain a healthy server by presenting recommendations in clear categories, allowing you to apply fixes with just a few clicks.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of accessing and using the Plesk Advisor tool.
First and foremost, please ensure you are logged in to your Plesk control panel. To do that, please enter your IP address, hostname, or domain name inside your web browser’s search bar and add “:8443” at the end. It should look something like: “https://yourdomain.com:8443”. By doing so, you will be prompted by a login form that requests your username and password.
After logging in with your username and password, Plesk will automatically display the “Websites & Domains” page, which will serve as the index page from where you can manage everything related to your websites and domains on Plesk.
To open the Advisor, please navigate to the “Tools & Settings” page using the left-hand side menu.
Once the above action is performed, please locate the “Advisor” functionality under the “Assistance and Troubleshooting” category.
When you open the Advisor, you will see a dashboard displaying various recommendations categorized by topic.
The Advisor interface typically displays recommendations under different categories, such as:
Each category includes specific suggestions that help improve your server or website.
In addition to categorizing all the advice and recommendations, at the top of the screen, you will see a score indicating exactly how tuned your server is at that point. In our case, the score is around the middle.
Going further into this tutorial, we will cover every category so you get a better understanding of them.
Each recommendation is grouped into the categories mentioned above and includes a title and an explanation. Typically, Pleks will also include a “fix” button on the right side of the recommendation itself. In addition, it will show how it will improve your server rating, adding a fun twist to the entire process.
In our case, the recommendation is to install the SpeedKit Extension. To proceed, please click on the “Install” button corresponding to the recommendation itself.
Plesk will automatically take the necessary steps to implement the fix.
Once installed, you will see a notification at the bottom of the page, and if you scroll up to the scoreboard, you will see that it has improved as well.
Note: Some recommendations may require manual configuration or installation of additional extensions.
Here are some typical recommendations you may see in the various advisor categories.
Under this category, you will see suggestions related to the server security and its overall protection status.
Under this category, you will see suggestions that will affect your website performance.
Under this category, you will see recommendations towards your backup & recovery schedules and how you can potentially improve them.
Under this category, you will see recommendations regarding vital server updates that aim to improve security, performance & stability.
Of course, these recommendations are absolutely optional; thus, if you do not want to install them, you may skip them or install an alternative you believe is better.
We will wrap up this tutorial by providing a few tips that can come in handy when using the Advisor tool in Plesk.
As you can see, the Plesk Advisor is a powerful and user-friendly tool that helps you maintain a secure, optimized, and up-to-date server environment. By regularly reviewing and applying its recommendations, you can enhance your server’s performance, improve security, and ensure reliable operation of your websites.
We hope this tutorial was helpful, and we kindly encourage you to check the Advisor tool from time to time to keep your hosting environment in excellent condition.
Nikola is an accomplished tech-savvy extraordinaire with over six years of experience in the web hosting field. He started as a customer care representative and quickly rose the ranks to become a support supervisor and, eventually - the head of the technical department in HostArmada. His deep understanding of the client's needs, combined with his technical knowledge, makes him the perfect man to create the ideal harmony between client satisfaction and professional problem-solving. You will often find him creating helpful tutorials, articles, and blog posts that help existing customers get around.
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