As of April 2019, the minimum version of PHP you should be using on your website is version 5.6. Later this year in December 2019, the minimum version of PHP will be 7.0. It’s recommended that you upgrade to 7.0 or more now to avoid any problems with your website. Remember to make sure that all of your themes & plugins are not only up-to-date, but compatible with the newer PHP versions.

Updating Your PHP Version

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. Scroll down to the section called “Software” and click on “PHP Configuration”. If you can locate it, type it in the search.
3. In the available drop-down menu, where it says “Use PHP Version”, choose PHP 7.0 or greater.
4. Click “Update”.

That’s it! You have successfully updated to the latest PHP Version. After the update, it is highly recommended that you launch your WordPress website to see if everything is still functioning correctly. If for some reason your website get’s “broken”, toggle between PHP versions to see which one works for your website or upgrade your website’s themes and or plugins.

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You receive a 404 “Not Found” error page when going to the WordPress login URL. You tried accessing the WordPress Admin through the Plesk Dashboard and / or tried going to the page directly by entering the direct login URL.

Depending on the web hosting provider and version of Plesk you have, the WordPress installer may be pre-configured to install a certain number of plugins. One of those plugins is called “Easy Hide Login” which changes the login URL to your WordPress Admin Dashboard. Because the login URL is changed, you may have difficulty using the default URL such as example.com/wp-login.php.

Solution

1. To fix this problem, login to your Plesk administrative panel.
2. On the left side navigation, click on WordPress.
3. Towards the middle of the screen, look for then click on tab called “Plugins” (Next to Themes tab).
4. Look for the plugin “Easy Hide Login” or any other login changers, then change the state to “Off”. This will deactivate the plugin.
5. Go into your web browser and type in your website login URL (example.com/wp-login.php) to test access.

This problem is common with newer WordPress Installers that have plugins already preloaded. To avoid problems going forward with any plugin, it’s usually best to run a fresh install with no plugins. This way you can access your dashboard and manually install what you need.

If you have any questions, feel free to sound off below.

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