{"id":279,"date":"2024-11-14T02:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/about\/requirements\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T02:41:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:11:58","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/about\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--edge-space);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--edge-space)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Requirements<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>To run WordPress, it\u2019s recommended your host supports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/\">PHP<\/a> version 7.4 or greater.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysql.com\/\">MySQL<\/a> version 8.0 or greater OR <a href=\"https:\/\/mariadb.org\/\">MariaDB<\/a> version 10.5 or greater.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2016\/12\/moving-toward-ssl\/\">HTTPS<\/a> support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s really it. <a href=\"https:\/\/httpd.apache.org\/\">Apache<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/nginx.org\/\">Nginx<\/a> is recommended as the most robust and featureful server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. That said, for the smoothest experience in setting up\u2014and running\u2014your site, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/hosting\/\">each host on the hosting page<\/a> supports the above and more with no problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For detailed PHP extension recommendations, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/hosting\/handbook\/handbook\/server-environment\/\">Hosting Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: If you are in a legacy environment where you only have older PHP or MySQL versions, WordPress also works with PHP 7.2.24+ and MySQL 5.5.5+. However, these versions have reached their official End Of Life and <strong>may expose your site to security vulnerabilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ask your host to run WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re unsure whether or not your host can already run WordPress, here\u2019s a request you can copy and paste to send them! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-charcoal-4-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-inter-font-family has-normal-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019m interested in running the open source WordPress &lt;https:\/\/wordpress.org\/&gt; web software, and I was wondering if my account supported the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PHP 7.4 or greater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MySQL 8.0 or greater OR MariaDB 10.5 or greater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nginx or Apache with mod_rewrite module<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HTTPS support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not required, but recommended for better security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosting is more secure when PHP applications, like WordPress, are run using your account\u2019s username instead of the server\u2019s default shared username. Ask your potential host what steps they take to ensure the security of your account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements To run WordPress, it\u2019s recommended your host supports: That\u2019s really it. Apache or Nginx is recommended as the most robust and featureful server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. That said, for the smoothest experience in setting up\u2014and running\u2014your site, each host on the hosting page supports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5911429,"featured_media":0,"parent":270,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-requirements","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5911429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/353"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mya.wordpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}