tnx 4 reply:
YES – direct admin as a control panel, current site is an html site, direct admin is the control panel on my server – customer says direct admin is too difficult to use, & since I have several users that are happy with WP, I would like to convert his html site to WP & add plugins: wordfence which blocks logins from IPs that are not on safe list, and Akismet blocks spammers, and some other plugins that I’ve personally found successful add ons..