MariaDB 10.3.7 -VS- MariaDB 10.4 Recommendation

  • Hello,

    I’ve had to hold off on updating WordPress and a lot of plugins due to SEO work being actively done on our e-commerce site. I did not set up the site and now my tasks are mixed but I’m still required to make the site better and keep it in a working state. Now we’re required to update our plugins but have to update WordPress first of course.

    When I updated to WordPress 6.3 on my staging site, I’m seeing that the recommended MariaDB version is 10.4 – ours sits at version is 10.3.7 and I’d rather not start a process to update our database at this time if it isn’t absolutely necessary – we are pressed for time with SEO partner work which is already paid for and also I haven’t done this kind of thing before.

    I’m just wondering if it’s absolutely necessary to update now, or are alright with what’s we have for the time being?

    Our host has a function where we could make a backup of our database and whilst doing so also changing the version with a few clicks – but testing it will take a lot of time which I don’t have and being less than a layman at that it’ll take more time than for an experienced individual.

    TLDR;
    WordPress 6.3 recommends to use?MariaDB 10.4.
    I have?MariaDB 10.3.7. Is that close enough to keep on rolling for another 6 months?

    Critical ones being
    – WordPress
    – Elementor
    – Elementor Pro
    – WooCommerce (+3 paid plugins)
    + a whole slew of smaller plugins.

    Thank you for reading or giving me some insight
    Best Regards,

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  • Moderator Yui

    (@fierevere)

    永子

    This recommendation is based on MariaDB release lifetime, older than recommended releases are EOL and will not receive further updates and support from upstream.
    You will not encounter any issues running WP on older MariaDB.

    Thread Starter swmkii

    (@swmkii)

    @fierevere
    Thank you so much for that confirmation. So running on older databases in these cases are more just a liability issue when it comes to security?

    Moderator Yui

    (@fierevere)

    永子

    We can’t recommend software which have reached the end of their lifetime

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Yui.
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