Does cPanel update my PHP versions automatically?

Question

Does cPanel perform automatic updates to my PHP versions?

Answer

cPanel updates PHP by applying security fixes and minor improvements to the versions already installed on your server, but it does not upgrade PHP to a newer major version (for example, PHP 7.4 is not automatically changed to PHP 8). When updates run, cPanel only checks for new builds of your current PHP version. New major PHP releases do not replace existing versions, since cPanel supports running multiple PHP versions and assigning them per domain. Newer PHP versions can be installed and managed manually through EasyApache and the MultiPHP Manager.

Additional Resources

Managing packages via EasyApache 4 (EA4)

MultiPHP Manager for WHM | cPanel & WHM Documentation