
cPanel & WHM Version 136 Upgrade Checklist for Hosting Admins
cPanel & WHM v136 is available with CSF update-pipeline changes, SSL management updates, MariaDB 11.8 support, Ubuntu 22.04 final support notes, and security-release checks.

cPanel & WHM v136 is available with CSF update-pipeline changes, SSL management updates, MariaDB 11.8 support, Ubuntu 22.04 final support notes, and security-release checks.

Serve HLS playlists and video segments with Nginx, set the right MIME types, plan cache behavior, and understand when NGINX Plus or a streaming module is needed.

Install Certbot for Nginx, request a Let’s Encrypt certificate, test renewal, reload safely, and avoid common hosting-panel mistakes.

CISA added PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 to KEV after limited exploit attempts. Check GlobalProtect authentication override cookies, mitigate, patch, and verify VPN logs.

WooCommerce AI Product Advisor is available as a public beta. Use this install, privacy, review, and rollback checklist before testing it on a store.

WP Maps Pro CVE-2026-8732 is a critical unauthenticated admin account creation flaw. Update to 6.1.1+, review admin users, and verify site changes.

WordPress 7.0 has a publishing panel hotfix path for Classic Editor and affected custom publishing workflows. Update Classic Editor to 1.7.0 or use Hotfix 1.4 where needed, then verify publishing.

LiteSpeed Cache CVE-2026-3375 is patched in 7.8. Update the WordPress plugin, check CSS optimization settings, purge cache, and verify CDN origin exposure.

Windows Delivery Optimization and DoSvc can use your upload bandwidth for update sharing. Here is how to stop it now and lock it down permanently.

WooCommerce 10.8.1 fixes a 10.8 upgrade fatal error and a WooPayments onboarding crash. Use this store-owner checklist before updating.