Title: “Your PHP Version Requires An Update”
Last modified: September 27, 2019

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# “Your PHP Version Requires An Update”

 *  Resolved [ledgetechs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ledgetechs/)
 * (@ledgetechs)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/your-php-version-requires-an-update/)
 * When I check up on my site health it is telling me to update PHP, telling me 
   there is something wrong. But when I check the Dashboard updates it says PHP 
   and WordPress are up to date. What does “Your PHP Version Requires An Update”
   mean and how can I resolve this?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fyour-php-version-requires-an-update%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/your-php-version-requires-an-update/#post-11977673)
 * Hiya,
 * PHP can’t be updated from WordPress it self, this is either something your webhost
   needs to change, or an option in your hosts control panel.
 * What version of PHP are you currently using? I know that you will get this warning
   if you are using PHP 5.6 or older, and it’s recommended to use PHP 7.1 or higher(
   7.3 being the most recent version at this time). If you don’t know what version
   you are on, visiting the `Info` tab will ahve those details in the `Server` section.

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 * [update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/your-php-version-requires-an-update/#post-11977673)
 * Status: resolved