{"id":18424,"date":"2026-09-29T23:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/knowledgebase\/upgrade-cpanel-whm\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:51:16","password":"","slug":"upgrade-cpanel-whm","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/upgrade-cpanel-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade cPanel and WHM to the Latest Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hy-tldr\" style=\"background:#f6f7fb;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 20px;line-height:1.8\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> To upgrade cPanel to the latest version: in WHM go to cPanel, then Upgrade to Latest Version, and click Click to Upgrade, or run \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/scripts\/upcp over SSH. Take a backup before upgrading. Only use Force a reinstall to repair a broken installation.<\/div>\n<h2>Why upgrade?<\/h2>\n<p>New cPanel versions are released to fix security vulnerabilities, add new features and improve the interface. Keeping cPanel up to date is one of the most important steps to keep your server secure.<\/p>\n<h2>Upgrade from WHM<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Log in to WHM at <strong>https:\/\/your-server-ip:2087<\/strong> with your username and password.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/04\/whm.png\" alt=\"WHM login\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Go to <strong>cPanel<\/strong> in the menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/12\/upgrade-cpanel1.png\" alt=\"cPanel section in WHM\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click <strong>Upgrade to Latest Version<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/12\/upgrade-cpanel2.png\" alt=\"Upgrade to Latest Version\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Click <strong>Click to Upgrade<\/strong>. You only need <strong>Force a reinstall even if the system is up to date<\/strong> if your cPanel installation is broken and needs reinstalling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/zasogooh\/2018\/12\/upgrade-cpanel3.png\" alt=\"Click to Upgrade\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Upgrade from the command line<\/h2>\n<p>Connect over SSH (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-connect-to-a-server-via-ssh\/\">how to connect to your server over SSH<\/a>) and run:<\/p>\n<pre>\/usr\/local\/cpanel\/scripts\/upcp<\/pre>\n<p>You can set automatic updates in WHM, then Server Configuration, then Update Preferences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hy-svc-link\" style=\"background:#fff5f7;border-left:4px solid #d83954;border-radius:10px;padding:14px 18px;margin:20px 0;line-height:1.8\"><strong>Related service:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/server-management\/\">Hyyat Host server management<\/a> keeps cPanel and your server up to date, with 24\/7 support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: To upgrade cPanel to the latest version: in WHM go to cPanel, then Upgrade to Latest Version, and click Click to Upgrade, or run \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/scripts\/upcp over SSH. Take a backup before upgrading. Only use Force a reinstall to repair a broken installation. Why upgrade? New cPanel versions are released to fix security vulnerabilities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2734],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18424","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-whm-cpanel-control-panels"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":187,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"ahmed fathy","author_nicename":"ahmed-fathy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/author\/ahmed-fathy\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"whm\/cpanel control panels","term_url":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/kb\/whm-cpanel-control-panels\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/18424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=18424"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyyat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=18424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}