How Do I Change PHP Settings in WordPress?

Changing PHP settings in WordPress is a fairly straightforward process. From the WordPress administration panel, head to the “Settings” menu and select “General”.

In the “General” section, you will find the “PHP” option, as seen in the screenshot below.

To change PHP settings in WordPress, you will first need to identify the PHP version that your site is running. To do this, open a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac) window and type the following command:

phpinfo();

This will output information about your PHP installation. If you are using a WordPress multisite setup, the PHP version will likely be different on each site.

In that case, you will need to change the PHP setting on each site.

Once you have identified the PHP version, you can change the settings using the “PHP” option in the “General” section of the WordPress administration panel. To change the PHP setting, click on the “PHP” option and select the version you want to use from the drop-down menu, as seen in the screenshot below.

Once you have selected the PHP version, you will need to configure the settings. To do this, click on the “Options” button and select the “General” option.

In the “General” section, you will find the “PHP” setting. To configure the PHP setting, you will need to input the following information:.

The path to the PHP executable file.

The path to the PHP configuration file.

The path to the MySQL database.

The path to the wp-config.php file.

The path to the theme’s functions.

The path to the theme’s style.css file.

The path to the images directory.

The path to the videos directory.

The path to the plugins directory.

The path to the cache directory.

The PHP limit.

The PHP memory limit.

The PHP socket limit.

The PHP Timeout.

The WordPress default PHP setting is set to “php = /usr/local/bin/php5”. You can change this setting to any other version of PHP by entering the version number in the “php” setting.

For example, if you want to use the version of PHP installed on your server, you would enter “php = /usr/local/bin/php7”.

Once you have configured the PHP setting, click on the “Save Changes” button to save the changes.

To test the changes, you will need to restart your WordPress site. To do this, click on the “Restart” button on the WordPress administration panel and then enter the appropriate information in the “Restart Options” field.

If you are using a WordPress multisite setup, you will also need to restart the individual sites. To do this, click on the “Restart All Sites” button on the WordPress administration panel and enter the appropriate information in the “Restart Options” field.

Once your site has restarted, you will be able to test the changes to your PHP settings.

If you are using a custom theme or plugin, you will need to make sure that the theme or plugin has been updated to support the new PHP setting.

Finally, if you are using a custom MySQL database, you will need to make sure that the database has been updated to support the new PHP setting.

If you have any questions about changing PHP settings in WordPress, feel free to contact your hosting provider or WordPress support team.