How to Enable Optional Module Imagick on cPanel

Updated:

March 13, 2023

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Meer Basit

Is your WordPress Site Health showing you the recommendation, “The optional module, imagick, is not installed, or has been disabled“? You’re in the right place.

In this tutorial, I will guide you step-by-step on how to enable the optional module imagick on cPanel and fix your WordPress Site Health’s notification, “The optional module, imagick, is not installed, or has been disabled“.

What is the Use of imagick PHP Extension?

PHP modules/extensions include improvements to things such as site performance, user-experience, and more. The imagick is an optional PHP extension that creates and modify images using the ImageMagick API. ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap (vector and raster) images. It can read, write, and convert images in over 100 formats such as JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, JPEG, DPX, EXR, SVG, TIFF, and many more.

How to Enable Imagick Module on cPanel

Follow the steps to enable the imagick PHP module/extension on your cPanel account.

Login to your cPanel account.
Go to SOFTWARE section and click the Select PHP Version.

Locate imagick extension and mark it as check.
The changes will be automatically saved.

If you don’t see the imagick extension, ask your hosting support to enable the extension. Some hosting providers particularly those powered by WHM (Web Host Manager) do not allow you to enable the imagick extension or other optional extensions.

Now go to your WordPress Site Health and check the Status, whether the notification is removed or not. Below you can see that the Site Health is not showing any recommendation or notification in the Status.

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Meer Basit

Meer Basit is the founder of Meer’s World. He’s been running the show since launching the blog back in 2018. By background he is a computer scientist. Primarily, he creates content around blogging (WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr), SEO, affiliate programs, earn-online, & eCommerce. In general, he likes traveling, gardening, watching movies, is a passionate cricketer, creative writer, and a GSD lover.