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PHP Compatibility Checker
v1.6.3
Make sure your plugins and themes are compatible with newer PHP versions.
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- Rank
- #271 24h 0 · 7d 2
- Est. installs
- 230,873 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 3.1M all time
- Rating
- 2.7 ★ 131 reviews
- Official installs
- 200,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.4.13 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
3 months ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.6.3
- Requires WP
- 5.6
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- On WP.org since
- 2016
About PHP Compatibility Checker
PHP Compatibility Checker is a WordPress plugin by WP Engine, first published on WordPress.org in 2016. It has 200,000+ active installations and 3,066,925 downloads in total, and ranks #271 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 2 places. Users rate it 2.7 out of 5 across 131 reviews. Version 1.6.3 was released 3 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 6.4.13 and requires WordPress 5.6 and PHP 5.6 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under compat, php, php 7, php 8 and version. Plugins with a similar focus include WP Rollback, WP Downgrade and PHP Code Widget.
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