Install ImageMagick and Imagick on a cPanel Server

Updated: 11 October 2026 · Applies to: cPanel & WHM 138 (EasyApache 4, AlmaLinux 9)

ImageMagick is a program for converting and editing images; imagick is the PHP extension that lets PHP use it (WordPress, for example, uses it for better image resizing). On cPanel & WHM 138 with AlmaLinux 9 you install both in two steps.

1. Install ImageMagick

dnf install epel-release
dnf install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel
convert -version

2. Install the imagick PHP extension

cPanel & WHM server (root): PHP PECL

1. In WHM, open Software › Module Installers and click Manage next to PHP PECL.
2. Choose the PHP version (for example ea-php83).
3. Enter imagick in Install a PHP PECL and click Install Now.
4. Repeat for each PHP version your sites use.

From SSH the same is /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/pecl install imagick. PHP-FPM is restarted for you when you use WHM; after a command-line install, restart it with /scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm.

3. Check

/opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php -m | grep imagick

In WordPress, Tools › Site Health › Info › Media Handling then shows ImageMagick as the image editor.

cPanel account (CloudLinux PHP Selector)

If your hosting shows Software › Select PHP Version in cPanel, open it, go to Extensions, and tick imagick. The change applies at once.

Note: On Ucartz shared and reseller hosting you cannot install server software yourself. If an extension is not available in Software › Select PHP Version or Software › MultiPHP INI Editor, open a ticket and our support team will check it for you.