This guide shows you how to enable ionCube Loader in Plesk using the CloudLinux PHP Selector. IonCube Loader is required to run PHP applications that have been encoded with ionCube, and enabling it through the PHP Selector ensures it's available for your domain.

How to Enable IonCube Loader

  1. Step 1: Access Plesk

    Sign in to your Plesk account.

  2. Step 2: Open PHP Selector

    On the right-hand sidebar, click on "PHP Selector."

    PHP Selector menu in Plesk

  3. Step 3: Navigate to Extensions

    Select the "Extensions" menu.

    Extensions tab button

    Note: If the Extensions page displays an error related to the native PHP version, switch it to a non-native version first.

  4. Step 4: Enable ionCube Loader

    Check the box for "ioncube_loader." Once enabled, a success message will be displayed indicating that the ionCube Loader module has been saved.

    Enable ionCube Loader checkbox

    ionCube Loader enabled confirmation