Plugin compatibility test reports max PHP version 7.3 for plugins but 7.4

  • Resolved w-sky

    (@w-sky)


    3 years, 11 months ago

    Hello, I am not sure what to do.

    The plugin compatibility test reports latest supported PHP version 7.3 for most of our plugins, some 7.2, and is unable to determine for the rest. But we are using 7.4 and if we switch back to 7.3 or 7.2 the Health Check will report an outdated PHP version.

    The plugins reported with 7.3 are some most common plugins, i.e. Jetpack, Contact Form 7, Loco Translate

    Now which PHP version should we use? The site is running with latest WordPress version 5.5.3 and all plugins are up to date. We can use either PHP 7.3.25 or 7.4.13

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  • The tool “Plugin Compatibility” retrieves compatibility info (a JSON response) from the WPTide server(s), specifically looking at/for the contents (array) of “compatible_versions” and selects/displays the highest compatible PHP version. From the look of things, it may be the case that no compatibility tests were run against v7.4, but you will have to confirm this with the folks responsible for WPTide (see Tide for info about this group, as well as Feedback and Support info).

    For plugins that display “Could not be determined” either there isn’t a response record or the “compatible_versions” info (array) is missing. As for plugins that report v7.2 as the highest version, it could be that the last time those plugins were tested by WPTide was with v7.2 or it is possible they failed the v7.3 test but, again, you should check with the folks from WPTide.

    As for which installed PHP version you should use, is up to you or what’s available to you, however; the recommended version is, currently still, 7.4, therefore; you probably should be using v7.4.13.

    Thread Starter w-sky

    (@w-sky)

    Yes I thought so that 7.4 is preferable. Furthermore, I’ve heard that PHP 8 is coming too. ?? Thanks a lot!

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