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0 pointsadlpz3y ago0 comments

You are doing it right.

7.4 just ended its security support so you might argue that you should be at least on 8.0 just in case a bug is found and not backported.

Truth is: it's not likely.

But in any case theres no need whatsoever to use the latest version and even less when you are using WordPress which is notoriously bad at keeping up with PHP releases.

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radiojasper3y ago

When I tried updating my network of 200+ WordPress websites to 8.0, more than 40 websites broke directly. It's a bit better on 8.1 but in no way is WordPress ready for 8.x at this point.

PHP 8 is in "beta support" currently, but that's just Core. A lot of plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems:

https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-comp...

josefresco3y ago

> It's a bit better on 8.1 but in no way is WordPress ready for 8.x at this point.

WP Core is absolutely compatible. Its the themes, plugins and custom code (usually in functions.php) that isn't.

radiojasper3y ago

I actually said that! A base install runs fine on 8.1, but plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems.

> but that's just Core. A lot of plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems.

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0 pointsadlpz3y ago0 comments

You are doing it right.

7.4 just ended its security support so you might argue that you should be at least on 8.0 just in case a bug is found and not backported.

Truth is: it's not likely.

But in any case theres no need whatsoever to use the latest version and even less when you are using WordPress which is notoriously bad at keeping up with PHP releases.

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radiojasper3y ago

When I tried updating my network of 200+ WordPress websites to 8.0, more than 40 websites broke directly. It's a bit better on 8.1 but in no way is WordPress ready for 8.x at this point.

PHP 8 is in "beta support" currently, but that's just Core. A lot of plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems:

https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-comp...

josefresco3y ago

> It's a bit better on 8.1 but in no way is WordPress ready for 8.x at this point.

WP Core is absolutely compatible. Its the themes, plugins and custom code (usually in functions.php) that isn't.

radiojasper3y ago

I actually said that! A base install runs fine on 8.1, but plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems.

> but that's just Core. A lot of plugin developers are lightyears behind it seems.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse