How To Update Bluehost PHP Version from cPanel - 2021 Edition

How To Update Bluehost PHP Version to PHP 7 from cPanel (2021)

Bluehost currently offers nothing above PHP 7.0 and they plan to launch it in the future, but they have declined to provide an ETA. Read my short chat with the support team:

if you are a WordPress blogger using Bluehost hosting and you missed my earlier post, click here and read that first.

In my earlier guide , I shared a ton of useful information for WordPress bloggers on

why you should be using PHP 7X over PHP 5.6.
How to check what version of PHP your site is running.
How to check if your plugins and WordPress theme are compatible with PHP 7.x.

This tutorial will help you significantly improve the performance of your WordPress blog on Bluehost hosting.

But before you start following this tutorial, you just need to do one thing:

Check that your existing plugins and theme are compatible with PHP 7. You can follow the process mentioned in the earlier tutorial to do that.

Once everything looks good, we’ll go ahead and speed up your WordPress blog with PHP 7.

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How to update the PHP version of Bluehost Hosting:

Note: For all new Bluehost WordPress customers, they add PHP 7 by default.

If you are still using PHP 5.6 then don’t worry as you can ask the Bluehost customer support to upgrade for you, or you can just follow this tutorial and do it yourself.

Again, if you are running more than one WordPress site on your Bluehost hosting account, make sure to check that all plugins and themes are compatible across all sites.

Also note, if something goes wrong, you can always downgrade to PHP 5.6 and everything will be fine.

I also recommend that you do a speed test before upgrading to PHP 7.3 to check the performance improvements.

To get started:

log into your Bluehost cPanel dashboard.
Click on cPanel at the top and go to Programming> PHP Config.

On this page you have the option to choose between different versions of PHP. In my case it was set to PHP 5.6 by default.

Now select the option “PHP 7.0 [Beta, check site functionality for compatibility after enabling]”.

Click Save Changes.

Within seconds, all files on your server with extension will be .php handled by the PHP 7.0 engine.

If you are using the display plugin for the PHP version, just refresh your WordPress dashboard to see the new version of PHP.

Here is the result of my WordPress blog after upgrading to PHP 7.0:

that’s it. With a few clicks, your WordPress blog will be running on PHP 7.0, which is much better than PHP 5.6.

Many shared hosting companies now add support for PHP 7.0 by default. However, if it’s not set up yet and if you have the option to do it yourself, make sure you get it done.

If your hosting does not offer PHP 7.0, Bluehost is currently an active special promo and you can purchase Bluehost hosting for a discounted price from the link below.

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Let me know what it was like to upgrade to PHP 7 on Bluehost hosting. Share your experience in the comments below!

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