Title: Instant Articles for WP requires PHP 5.4 to function properly.
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Instant Articles for WP requires PHP 5.4 to function properly.

 *  [jtaylo49](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtaylo49/)
 * (@jtaylo49)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instant-articles-for-wp-requires-php-54-to-function-properly/)
 * Instant Articles for WP was working fine, then I upgraded wordpress today and
   now I get this error:
 * Instant Articles for WP requires PHP 5.4 to function properly. Please upgrade
   PHP or deactivate Instant Articles for WP.
 * What happened?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/fb-instant-articles/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fb-instant-articles/)

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 *  Thread Starter [jtaylo49](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtaylo49/)
 * (@jtaylo49)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instant-articles-for-wp-requires-php-54-to-function-properly/#post-7674413)
 * Anybody?
 *  [array064](https://wordpress.org/support/users/array064/)
 * (@array064)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instant-articles-for-wp-requires-php-54-to-function-properly/#post-7674473)
 * This means, one requirement of this plugin is PHP 5.4.
 * I hope in the future this plugin can also be run on PHP 5.3
 *  [Lee Juan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejuan/)
 * (@leejuan)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instant-articles-for-wp-requires-php-54-to-function-properly/#post-8554649)
 * I have the same issue

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/fb-instant-articles_8fa0a4.svg)
 * [Instant Articles for WP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fb-instant-articles/)
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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Lee Juan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejuan/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instant-articles-for-wp-requires-php-54-to-function-properly/#post-8554649)
 * Status: not resolved