Hosting Be Aware of PHP Extended Support: An Extra Cost To Your Web Hosting Bill

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Many web hosts have something called PHP Extended support. This is added on to your account if one of your websites is using an outdated PHP version (currently anything below 8.1).

Their response to this is to charge you around an extra $5/month for this extended support.

Yeah, sure, $5/month isn't a lot to some, but that adds up to an extra $60/year you could've saved.

So How Do You Get Rid of It?
Most web hosts will automatically remove this add-on from your account once you update the PHP versions of all of your websites. This happened for me within 24 hours.

If they don't remove it automatically, you can contact your web host's support and ask them if your account is eligible to remove it.

One Final Warning
Don't just force a PHP update for a site as you could end up breaking the website. This is especially the case for old WordPress websites where any of the themes and plugins you have could be the culprit.

 

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Never seen that one before among the countless hosts I`ve tried, you got any examples of hosts that uses this add-on method? Would love to see.

 

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Never seen that one before among the countless hosts I`ve tried, you got any examples of hosts that uses this add-on method? Would love to see.

GoDaddy - PHP Extended Support

We’ve partnered with CloudLinux to provide PHP Extended Support as a paid add-on for Web Hosting (cPanel) and Web Hosting Plus plans.

www.godaddy.com

https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004672631-PHP-Extended-Support

PHP Extended Support | IONOS

Run older PHP versions with updates and security checks by IONOS. Utilize your apps and scripts stably, and upgrade at your convenience.

www.ionos.com

https://www.hostafrica.com/php-extended-support/

 

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GoDaddy - PHP Extended Support

We’ve partnered with CloudLinux to provide PHP Extended Support as a paid add-on for Web Hosting (cPanel) and Web Hosting Plus plans.

www.godaddy.com

https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004672631-PHP-Extended-Support

PHP Extended Support | IONOS

Run older PHP versions with updates and security checks by IONOS. Utilize your apps and scripts stably, and upgrade at your convenience.

www.ionos.com

https://www.hostafrica.com/php-extended-support/

Ok, so money hungry hosts, never used any of them as I don`t like their business vibe. Thanks for the links though, one is never to old to learn something new .. =)