How to manage permission of changing PHP handler and PHP version for Plesk users?

Anton Kuznetsov

Updated April 30, 2025 19:23

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Question

How to forbid or allow changing PHP handler and PHP version for Plesk users?

Answer

To manage permissions for all subscriptions of the Service Plan

To allow changing:

Login to Plesk
Go to Service Plans > [Service plan name] > Permissions tab
Enable "PHP version and handler management" option:
Click Update & Sync to apply new permissions to all subscriptions bound to this service plan.

To forbid changing the PHP handler and PHP version, disable the corresponding permission to the Service plan and sync all subscriptions:

To manage permission for one particular subscription

To allow changing:

Login to Plesk
Go to Subscriptions > example.com and press Customize link on the right-side panel
Switch to Permissions tab and enable "PHP version and handler management" option:
Click OK.

To forbid changing the PHP handler and PHP version, disable the corresponding permission to the Service plan and sync all subscriptions.