Updated: 28 September 2026 · Applies to: cPanel & WHM 138 (Jupiter theme)

Yes. wget and curl are available in Terminal (Advanced › Terminal) and over SSH on our cPanel hosting, for example to download a release file into your account:

cd ~/public_html
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip

Note: Use them to download files you need for your website. Using the account for general file storage or backups is not allowed on shared hosting (see our Acceptable Use Policy).

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