WordPress 3.2 and new requirements.

[kgun]

wordpress 3.2 was made available on July 4 2011. Note the new php and MySQL requirements for the 3.2 versus the 3.1 version.





Requirements Changes -

PHP (http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#PHP) 5.2.4 or greater (old requirement - since wordpress 2.5 (http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.5) was PHP 4.3 or greater)
MySQL (http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#MySQL) 5.0.15 or greater (old requirement - since wordpress 2.9 (http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.9) was MySQL 4.1.2 or greater)




Source: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.2

Also note that Internet Explorer 6 support has been dropped.

Related link.
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/

[AboutWeb]

I already updated in the same day the update came. And I don't care about IE6 users - I don't have so many. Even Microsoft said that IE6 is deprecated.

[kgun]

I already updated in the same day the update came.

And that upgrade was done seamless from the Dashboard or via file upload?
Have you experienced any problem with incompatible plugins and / or themes?

[HTMLBasicTutor]

I did 3 last night with no problems. That was after I double checked them with the Health check plugin mentioned in the Are You Ready for wordpress 3.2? (http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/are-you-ready-for-wordpress-3-2/) (Wordpress Blog) first, just to be sure.

[AboutWeb]

And that upgrade was done seamless from the Dashboard or via file upload?
Have you experienced any problem with incompatible plugins and / or themes?


1) Yes, I updated from the dashboard.
2) No problems for me, as I always update my wordpress and plugins.

I noticed that speed is a bit faster now, with the new WP.

[MrKap]

Anyone have an opinion for those hugging older versions of wordpress, such as 2.8 or lower? Will the advancing web (so to speak), put them at risk when the underlying php, and mysql softwares are upgraded to accommodate newer software?

[kgun]

I noticed that speed is a bit faster now, with the new WP.
If that is due to the fact that php 5.2.4 and greater is now required, there should not be much code reuse (OOP) in the earlier code. Then there should be great opportunities to speed up future versions even further by using object oriented features like object relational mapping (ORM) and similar php 5 / 6 features that now seems to be used in more and more frameworks: http://www.phpframeworks.com/

[Faglork]

Will the advancing web (so to speak), put them at risk when the underlying php, and mysql softwares are upgraded to accommodate newer software?

It is not so much the "advancing web" that poses risks, it's the security flaws of older versions. I strongly recommend to update ASAP.

BTW: Updated from the Dashboard without a hitch.

Cheers,
Alex

[seolyka2]

I also updated mine from the dashboard without getting any problems. I personally like it because it really works faster and the user-interface looks cleaner.