Title: Not compatible with PHP 8
Last modified: June 16, 2021

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# Not compatible with PHP 8

 *  Resolved [mgmtaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgmtaf/)
 * (@mgmtaf)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/)
 * Throwing an error that looks like:
    [cgi:error] [pid 16747:tid 140179476072192][
   client 24.59.255.157:65325] AH01215: thrown in /home/tempvs/mydomain.com/wp-content/
   plugins/php-code-widget/execphp.php on line 62: /dh/cgi-system/php80.cgi
 * Is this plugin still being updated/maintained?

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 *  Thread Starter [mgmtaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgmtaf/)
 * (@mgmtaf)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-14564125)
 * Related to other thread: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-deprecated-4/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-deprecated-4/)
 *  [ghost994](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghost994/)
 * (@ghost994)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-14598129)
 * check my reply here
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-details-php-code-widget/#post-14598125](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-details-php-code-widget/#post-14598125)
 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-14641395)
 * Technically, I could fix this.
 * Realistically, please stop using this plugin already.
 * More here: [http://ottopress.com/2017/on-the-topic-of-that-pesky-widget/](http://ottopress.com/2017/on-the-topic-of-that-pesky-widget/)
 *  [emgb_520](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emgb_520/)
 * (@emgb_520)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-14660488)
 * If this plugin has been abandoned and you are telling people to stop using it,
   why not remove it from the repository? So people don’t keep using and encountering
   issues?
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-15121864)
 * The plugin is not abandoned, and it is supported, however it will not be updated
   to be future compatible with PHP 8. This is so that people stop relying on it
   and look for alternatives. Preferably those plugins which do not store executable
   PHP code in the database.
 * Plugins like this one made sense 14 years ago. They don’t make sense anymore,
   and people should move on to better and less dangerous solutions.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-php-8/#post-15121864)
 * Status: resolved