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How do I use memcached on my hosting account?

All shared, semi-dedicated, and reseller hosting plans include a free memcached instance. Memcached is enabled through cPanel’s Server Application Manager.

Enabling memcached

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  1. Log in to cPanel and search for Server Application Manager (or “memcached”).

    cPanel search results showing the "Server Application Manager" tool highlighted with a red rectangle.

  2. Click the Server Application Manager icon.

  3. Find memcached in the list and click Enable under the Actions column.

    Server Application Manager interface showing Memcached and Redis as offline, with a red box highlighting the "Enable" action.

  4. It can take up to 5 minutes for your memcached instance to start. Refresh the page until the status changes to Online.

    Server Application Manager screen showing Memcached status as "Online" highlighted in a red box.

  5. Once online, your memcached socket path will be displayed. Use this socket path when configuring your application.

    Server Application Manager screen showing the file path in the "Socket" column highlighted with a red box.

Using memcached with your application

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When configuring your CMS or application to use memcached, use the Unix socket path shown in the Server Application Manager — not localhost or 127.0.0.1. For WordPress with LiteSpeed Cache, see Configuring Redis or Memcached socket with LSCache for WordPress.

If you have any issues starting memcached or configuring your application, contact our support team .