Keeping up with the latest PHP versions is essential if you want to have fast and secure code. PHP 8 is a major and highly anticipated update, but before upgrading, ...

The most current version is PHP 7.3.7. PHP is continually updated to make it more efficient and to patch security issues. Except versions that have reached “End of Life” status (EOL).

The WordPress team would like to officially modify the WordPress CMS minimum PHP version requirement from PHP 5.2 (the current) to PHP 5.6 by April 2019.