Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0, currently scheduled for release in April 2026. The minimum recommended version of PHP will remain at 8.3, but the new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.4.0. The minimum supported version of PHP was last raised in July 2024 to 7.2.24. Since…

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WordPress 7.0, scheduled for April 2026, will drop support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3, raising the minimum supported version to 7.4.0 while keeping the recommended version at 8.3. This decision follows usage of PHP 7.2 and 7.3 falling below 4% of monitored installations, well under the historical 5% threshold. Sites running older PHP versions will remain on WordPress 6.9 and continue receiving security backports as a courtesy. The change aims to improve long-term maintainability across the WordPress ecosystem, including plugins, themes, and developer tooling.

Dropping support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3