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WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8 Compatibility

WordPress is updating soon to version 5.6 which aims to be compatible with PHP 8. However, WordPress cautioned that it should be considered “beta-compatible” and explained why upgrading to PHP 8 ...
ZDNet

WordPress to show warnings on servers running outdated PHP versions

The WordPress open-source content management system (CMS) will show warnings in its backend admin panel if the site runs on top of an outdated PHP version. The current plan is to have the warnings ...
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WordPress Proposes Plan for 61% of WP Sites Using Outdated PHP

PHP is the underlying scripting language that WordPress runs on. The most current version is PHP 7.3.7. PHP is continually updated to make it more efficient and to patch security issues. Except ...
Bleeping Computer

WordPress Update Process Puts a Quarter of All Sites on the Internet at Risk

Scott Arciszewski, Chief Development Officer at Paragon Initiative Enterprises, is warning about a series of security issues that affect the update mechanism used by the WordPress CMS. The developer ...
TechRadar

Update WordPress now to fix this significant security flaw

WordPress has released a new version - 6.4.2, that fixes a remote code execution vulnerability. Used in pair with another flaw, hackers could run arbitrary PHP code on a WordPress website, and as ...