
Available disk space is critically low means PHP reported under 20 MB free on the filesystem that holds wp-content. On shared hosting that filesystem belongs to the whole server, not to your plan, so the warning can be wrong in either direction. Read the Disk Usage meter in cPanel instead. Near its limit: clear old backups, logs and unused plugins before updating. Plenty of room: the warning is a measuring problem, not a full site.
The WordPress PHP version error is a pre-boot fatal, not an admin notice. Raise PHP in cPanel to clear it, but do not stop at the number in the message: WordPress enforces 7.4 and recommends 8.3 or greater.

Slow FFmpeg encoding on shared hosting is usually a CPU cap, not a bad command. Time one encode, divide user seconds by your plan’s cores, and you have the floor no flag can beat.

WooCommerce Black Friday hosting is decided by one number: entry processes divided by checkout execution time. Measure it in September, rehearse it in October, freeze the site in November.
