Title: PHP Update Causing Website Clone Issues
Last modified: July 25, 2025

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# PHP Update Causing Website Clone Issues

 *  Resolved [sm5987](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sm5987/)
 * (@sm5987)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-causing-website-clone-issues-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m wanting to update a website’s PHP, so I created a clone using UpdraftClone
   to test this out. When I log into the clone site, WP still tells me the PHP is
   out of date (7.4–I know, super old), but when I go into the Updraft account, 
   it says the clone’s PHP is 8.4. I notice that on the clone, a few pages of the
   website are not showing up like they should. I assume this is from the PHP update,
   but is there any way to fix these pages? I realize there may be a myriad of issues
   causing this. Or am I just going to have to find a way to re-create them? (Not
   a pro developer here, so sorry for any dumb questions.) Because the PHP obviously
   needs to be updated no matter what.
    1. How do I know for sure what the PHP is on my clone site?
    2. How do I update the PHP on my clone site? (It doesn’t appear on our webhost 
       account.)
    3. Is there a way to fix those webpages so they appear as they should, with updated
       PHP?
 * Thanks everyone.

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 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-causing-website-clone-issues-2/#post-18571952)
 * Hi there,
   Thank you for your message.WordPress rules strictly prohibit us from
   providing support for our paid services here.Could you please contact us via 
   our paid support service? You can get in touch here: [https://teamupdraft.com/support/premium-support-form/](https://teamupdraft.com/support/premium-support-form/)
   Best regards,Nick
 *  Thread Starter [sm5987](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sm5987/)
 * (@sm5987)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-causing-website-clone-issues-2/#post-18574621)
 * Thank you, I will do that.
 *  Plugin Support [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * (@nrobertsudp)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-causing-website-clone-issues-2/#post-18574711)
 * Hi there,
   Thank you, I’m happy to have helped.Best regards,Nick

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## Tags

 * [clone](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/clone/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [php 7.4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-7-4/)
 * [php compatability](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-compatability/)
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 * Last reply from: [nrobertsudp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nrobertsudp/)
 * Last activity: [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-causing-website-clone-issues-2/#post-18574711)
 * Status: resolved