Title: Minimum setup to install WordPress ?
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# Minimum setup to install WordPress ?

 *  Anonymous User 12851872
 * (@anonymized-12851872)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimum-setup-to-install-wordpress/)
 * Hi,
    On the page, [https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Installation](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Installation)
   We can read this
 * > MySQL or MariaDB[edit]
   >  Do I really need MySQL/MariaDB?[edit] You certainly
   > need the MySQL or MariaDB database servers to power your WordPress blog. In
   > fact, WordPress only supports the MySQL and MariaDB database servers. Listed
   > are the PHP and MySQL/MariaDB requirements:
   > WordPress server requirements for Version 3.2+:
   >  PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
   > MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater or any version of MariaDB (Optional) (Required
   > for Multisite) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)
 * Is this always the minimum setup to install WordPress?
    Or is the page not up
   to date? Thank you

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimum-setup-to-install-wordpress/#post-10408606)
 * That’s the minimum for core, but it’s not really going to work, as many plugins
   now require PHP 5.6 or 7.x, and themes are following along. You also need a version
   of MySQL that supports multibyte strings.
 * For a secure and fast site, you should be using the latest versions of both PHP
   and MariaDB.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 12851872
 * (@anonymized-12851872)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimum-setup-to-install-wordpress/#post-10408611)
 * Hi,
    Thank you for your reply. I explain, I indicated, by mistake, on a forum
   that the minimum configuration was the one indicated there [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
   and kindly, one person told me the other link and especially the part I put in
   my previous post. Honestly, I find the other configuration, obsolete. PHP version
   5.2.4 or greater MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater
 * Do not update the page So?

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minimum-setup-to-install-wordpress/#post-10408611)
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