Title: does WordPress work on php5?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

---

# does WordPress work on php5?

 *  [TomJohnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomjohnson/)
 * (@tomjohnson)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-work-on-php5/)
 * Does WordPress work on PHP5? I want to move my account so that I can install 
   active collab, and that application requires php5. The technies said that they
   can’t guarantee integration of wordpress with php5 (i guess i’m currently on 
   php4). Any recommendations? Thanks,
 * Tom

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/)
 * (@spencerp)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-work-on-php5/#post-483573)
 * As far as I know, it works just fine on PHP5, however.. I don’t think some plugins
   do though…? =/ Someone else could explain better though.. Good luck!
 * spencerp
 *  [shirohagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirohagen/)
 * (@shirohagen)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-work-on-php5/#post-483740)
 * I modified by .htaccess file to enforce PHP5 and my entire site turned to gibberish
   and code fragments. I took this to mean that WordPress didn’t run in PHP5, but
   if it does, then something else awfully strange was going on…
 * ®
 *  [futurix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futurix/)
 * (@futurix)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-work-on-php5/#post-483741)
 * WordPress (I tested versions 2.2.3, 2.3, and 2.3.1) works just fine with PHP5(
   5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5). No issues whatsoever – in fact it is officially supported
   configuration!
 * Shirohagen, you obviously messed up somewhere. From your description it sounds
   like you actually turned off PHP at all!

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘does WordPress work on php5?’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)
 * [php4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php4/)
 * [php5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php5/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [futurix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futurix/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-work-on-php5/#post-483741)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics