How to Host a Django Website on cPanel

Can Shared Hosting Run Django? (Yes, via Passenger)

Yes — via Passenger, the application server cPanel's Setup Python App feature runs behind. The panel provisions a virtualenv, binds your app through passenger_wsgi.py, and serves it over the same Apache/LiteSpeed stack as your PHP sites — no root, no VPS, no extra bill. The honest ceiling: Passenger's entry-process limits suit portfolio sites, dashboards and low-concurrency tools, not high-traffic APIs.

1. Create the app: cPanel → Setup Python App → Create, pick the Python version, name the virtualenv.
2. Upload code and pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. Point passenger_wsgi.py's import at your project's WSGI application.
4. Set ALLOWED_HOSTS, run migrations and collectstatic from the panel terminal.
5. Restart and verify.

Full instructions follow below; when concurrency outgrows the entry-process ceiling, the same code moves to a VPS server unchanged — see Python hosting for that path. The cPanel hosting plans all carry Setup Python App.

Step 1: Create the Python App in cPanel

Two practical notes on Django: it interacts directly with caching and database response, and misconfiguration is the most common cause of 'hosting is slow' tickets. WebJi® support checks it as part of standard migrations.

Step 2: Upload Code and Install requirements.txt

Upload Code and Install requirements.txt. Do this on one site or a staging copy first, then check the public URL in a private window so cache does not hide the result. Stop if the page errors, and email support@webji.services with the step name and the exact error before you repeat it on every account. WebJi® support mail is staffed 24/7 in Hindi and English; the phone line +91 141 4941811 is business hours only.

Step 3: Configure WSGI and ALLOWED_HOSTS

Configure WSGI and ALLOWED_HOSTS. Do this on one site or a staging copy first, then check the public URL in a private window so cache does not hide the result. Stop if the page errors, and email support@webji.services with the step name and the exact error before you repeat it on every account. WebJi® support mail is staffed 24/7 in Hindi and English; the phone line +91 141 4941811 is business hours only.

Step 4: collectstatic and Static URL Mapping

collectstatic and Static URL Mapping. Do this on one site or a staging copy first, then check the public URL in a private window so cache does not hide the result. Stop if the page errors, and email support@webji.services with the step name and the exact error before you repeat it on every account. WebJi® support mail is staffed 24/7 in Hindi and English; the phone line +91 141 4941811 is business hours only.

Run Migrations and Create a Superuser

Two practical notes on requirements.txt: it interacts directly with caching and database response, and misconfiguration is the most common cause of 'hosting is slow' tickets. WebJi® support checks it as part of standard migrations.

Common 500-Error Causes and Fixes

For “Common 500-Error Causes and Fixes”, change one thing at a time and reload in a private window. Note the exact error text, the URL, and what you changed last — that is what support needs. If the site was fine before an update or a DNS edit, undo that edit first. Email support@webji.services (24/7, Hindi and English) or open a ticket at https://billing.webji.in/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=10. A 2 a.m. fault goes to email, not to the phone line.