{"id":7792,"date":"2026-02-09T08:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2026-02-09T08:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:35:11","slug":"how-to-convert-a-custom-php-website-to-wordpress-on-agency-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-convert-a-custom-php-website-to-wordpress-on-agency-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert a custom PHP website to WordPress on Agency plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&rsquo;ve manually installed WordPress or migrated your site using Custom PHP, you can now unlock powerful WordPress management features right from your hPanel dashboard.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By changing your website type to &ldquo;WordPress&rdquo;, you&rsquo;ll gain access to:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Faster site performance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> via LiteSpeed and Object Cache integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>WordPress-specific features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> like maintenance mode for seamless updates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Enhanced security<\/b> with managed WordPress core files<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"requirement\">Requirements<\/h2><ul>\n<li>WordPress version 6.2 or higher<\/li>\n<li>The website is working<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"steps\">Steps<\/h2><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Step 1 &ndash; When hPanel detects a WordPress installation on your Custom PHP site, a notification bar will appear at the top of your website dashboard:<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/wordpress-detected.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/wordpress-detected.png 1134w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/wordpress-detected-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/wordpress-detected-1024x243.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/wordpress-detected-768x182.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Step 2 &ndash; Click the <strong>Learn More<\/strong> button to proceed with the conversion.<\/p><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Step 3 &ndash; A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm the conversion. Review the information, then click <strong>Change.<\/strong><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/pop-up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/pop-up.png 591w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/pop-up-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Step 4 &ndash; Wait for the process to complete.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/convert-process.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1166\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/convert-process.png 1166w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/convert-process-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/convert-process-1024x241.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/convert-process-768x180.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1166px) 100vw, 1166px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">You can safely leave the page during the conversion &ndash; the process will continue in the background.<\/p><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\">Step 5 &ndash;&nbsp;Once the conversion is complete, you&rsquo;ll be able to manage your WordPress website directly from the hPanel dashboard without needing to re-upload files or make additional changes!<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_15-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_15-22.png 1137w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_15-22-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_15-22-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-09_15-22-768x471.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1137px) 100vw, 1137px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>Notes: <\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the conversion, your website will not be affected (no downtime).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\">The conversion is currently one-way only.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">If you encounter any issues during the conversion process, don&rsquo;t hesitate to contact our Customer Success team via live chat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&rsquo;ve manually installed WordPress or migrated your site using Custom PHP, you can now unlock powerful WordPress management features right from your hPanel dashboard.By&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agency-hosting-plans"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7861,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions\/7861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}