From db712dc7e3fd1d808ec7928ad912595f122f4855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Paul Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 08:24:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update Maintaining.md --- _includes/markdown/Maintaining.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/_includes/markdown/Maintaining.md b/_includes/markdown/Maintaining.md index 1044f08..f4f03a0 100644 --- a/_includes/markdown/Maintaining.md +++ b/_includes/markdown/Maintaining.md @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ In general we follow the [Version Control guidelines from the 10up Engineering B Our defined minimum supported versions for WordPress and PHP are set as follows: -- The active major version of WordPress from one year prior (e.g. when [6.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2022/05/arturo/) was released this would mean [5.7](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/03/esperanza/) is minimum supported version) -- PHP version 7.4 +- WordPress L-2 support method where we support the current major version and the prior two major versions (e.g. when [6.0](https://wordpress.org/news/2022/05/arturo/) was released this would mean [5.8](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/03/esperanza/) is minimum supported version) +- PHP version 8.0 -The WordPress minimum can be updated with each subsequent [major version release](https://wordpress.org/about/history/), noting that depending on the release velocity of the prior year that the minimum may not change or may increase by more than one version. +The WordPress minimum should be updated with each subsequent [major version release](https://wordpress.org/about/history/), but may be increased for specific projects where fixing a bug or adding a new feature is specifically more simpler by not supporting as many WordPress versions. -We expect to review the PHP minimum heading into 2023 and bump that to 8.0 (with the coming end-of-life support of 7.4 and increase in [WordPress core support for 8.0+](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-compatibility-and-wordpress-versions/)). PHP supported versions and end-of-life timelines can be viewed on the [PHP Supported Versions page](https://www.php.net/supported-versions). +We expect to review the PHP minimum heading into 2025 and bump that to 8.2 (with 8.1 already in the "security only fixes" support level and increase in [WordPress core support up to 8.3](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/references/php-compatibility-and-wordpress-versions/)). PHP supported versions and end-of-life timelines can be viewed on the [PHP Supported Versions page](https://www.php.net/supported-versions).