Title: PHP 8 Compatibility
Last modified: May 4, 2021

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# PHP 8 Compatibility

 *  Resolved [richieps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richieps/)
 * (@richieps)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/)
 * Hi,
 * I note that on WordPress.org the The SEO Framework plugin (and Extension Manager)
   is indicated as requiring PHP 5.6.0 or higher. Are you able to confirm whether
   or not the plugin is currently compatible with PHP 8.0?
 * Much appreciated.
 * Thanks,
    Richie
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-8-compatibility-28%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/#post-14398666)
 * Hi Richie,
 * I see you’ve kind of spammed the WordPress.org forums with this question. Before
   doing that, it might be best to educate yourself on the matter, for you’ve now
   costed multiple developer’s cumulatively more time than it would take to educate
   yourself. In any case…
 * PHP is mostly forward compatible. This means that — not even hyperbolically —
   most code written 10 years ago for PHP 5.2 still works perfectly on PHP 8.0.
 * For TSF and Extension Manager current releases, we validated everything to work
   without issue from PHP 5.6 through PHP 8.0. When there are errors with future
   PHP versions, we’ll definitely spot (and address) them before anyone uses the
   updated PHP versions in production. This holds true for most popular WordPress
   plugins.
 * I hope this helps! Have a nice day 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [richieps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richieps/)
 * (@richieps)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/#post-14398786)
 * Hi Sybre,
 * Oops, that certainly wasn’t my intention. I thought it would be less trouble 
   to ask individual developers about their own plugins rather than asking one about
   multiple plugins. I see now that that may not have been appropriate.
 * I’m always looking to educate myself where I can. Are there any resources in 
   particular that you would recommend (I had searched but not found anything useful–
   perhaps I wasn’t using the correct search terms).
 * Thank you for taking the time to explain things to me. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/#post-14399101)
 * Hi Richie,
 * It’s OK 🙂
 * Since you seem to be fiddling with cutting-edge hosting technologies, I think
   you’ll fancy Kinsta’s blog: [https://kinsta.com/blog/](https://kinsta.com/blog/).
   They seem to be vigilant about updating older posts for correctness, which I 
   think is admirable.
 *  Thread Starter [richieps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richieps/)
 * (@richieps)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/#post-14399608)
 * Thanks, Sybre. I’ll take a look.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-8-compatibility-28/#post-14399608)
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