WordPress says I need to update my .php but it’s at 8.1

  • Hi, I’m having two issues.

    1. WordPress keeps flashing that I need to update my .php and it tells me certain themes won’t work because my.php isn’t up to date. I checked and I’m running 8.1. Is there a way to let WP know that?

    I have three sites and it happens on all of them
    mikkihalpin.com
    shutupfoodies.com (excuse the mess)
    mikkipedia.net (redirects to mikkihalpin.com)

    2. On shutupfoodies.com I installed Espied (same theme as my other site) but it isn’t giving me the portfolio option when I go to Settings>>Writing. This is a really old site I am just now trying to make look nice, but it has the most up-to-date wordpress and plug ins, etc, and has Jetpack.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It may be that your web server is configured to use a different version of PHP; multiple versions may be installed. Please contact your host.

    Thread Starter mikkipedia

    (@mikkipedia)

    Thank you Steven. They are insistent that it’s 8.1, I’ll try again, though.

    Ramona

    (@nextend_ramona)

    Ask your host to scan your server for .htaccess files that possibly modify the PHP version. I’ve seen cases when certain folders (like the wp-admin) were downgraded using .htaccess, resulting the backend and frontend running a different PHP version.

    Thread Starter mikkipedia

    (@mikkipedia)

    Thanks Ramona! I think I will have to do that myself, they aren’t very helpful, but I will look and see if anything pops out. Would I just delete .htaccess files or should I modify them in some way?

    Thread Starter mikkipedia

    (@mikkipedia)

    (I realize you are giving me help on something that is not a wordpress issue although it affects my ability to use wordpress, I appreciate it, and understand you may have gone as far as you want to :))

    Ramona

    (@nextend_ramona)

    Deleting the .htaccess is probably not a good idea as it might contain rules that WordPress itself and some of your plugins need. Instead you should delete (or comment using the # sign at the start of the line) PHP version modifying code.

    Try looking for something like AddHandler application/x-httpd-php in the .htaccess file. This thread lists a couple of possibilities:
    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12561203/how-to-change-php-version-in-htaccess-in-server

    Thread Starter mikkipedia

    (@mikkipedia)

    Thanks so much Ramona!!!! I’m going to try this on the weekend, just in case it sucks me into something really time-consuming

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