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by kijin 3991 days ago
The latest version of WordPress is still compatible with PHP 5.2.4 and above, so anyone who builds a WordPress site is effectively shipping a PHP 5.2 app.
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spdionis 3991 days ago
They do recommend php 5.4 though, and afaik they do try to push the community to upgrading.
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kijin 3991 days ago
It still means they can't depend on any feature introduced in PHP 5.3 or later. No closures, no namespaces.

Ditto for any theme or plugin that tries to be compatible with all versions of PHP that WordPress itself supports.

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