We’re all looking forward to WordPress 3.2. Personally I’m looking forward to Distraction Free Writing, which I’ve been having fun testing out on my local WordPress installation. There’s no doubt it’s going to make my life as a regular blogger a million times better so I’m pretty excited.
However, before you update you need to look carefully at the WordPress 3.2 requirements. Specifically, these:
To run WordPress your host just needs a couple of things:
- PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
- MySQL version 5.0 or greater
You may be totally oblivious to it, but WordPress 3.1 runs on PHP 4.3 and MySQL 4.1.2 so the change is a major one. Here’s what will happen if you don’t have the correct versions of PHP and MySQL:
Scary!
Most major hosting companies are running versions of PHP and MySQL that will work with the latest update but to be on the safe side you should check your own site.
How do I check?
Like most things WordPressy, there’s a plugin just for this. I totally recommend Ryan Duff’s WordPress 3.2 Requirement’s Check. Install and activate and it will tell you straight away whether you are up to date or not (while making you hungry at the same time):
Once you’ve checked you can uninstall and remove the plugin.
I don’t meet the requirements! What do I do?
Contact your host. That should always be your first step. You need to convince them to update PHP and/or MySQL. Here’s an email you can use:
I run WordPress <http://wordpress.org/> on my website and would like to upgrade to the latest version when it’s released. It has the following requirements:
PHP 5.2.4 or greater
MySQL 5.0 or greater
Can you please make sure that my PHP and MySQL are up-to-date ahead of the WordPress update?
Thanks!
Copy and paste into your email and send to your host. And good luck :)
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June 20, 2011 
This is huge! Thanks for making this part of your news.
I have a feeling that a lot of WordPress users will be frustrated due to their hosts slow upgrade policies =/
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Thanks for the useful info! I’ll inform all my team about this because we’re supporting tons of WP-based sites :)
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I’ve alerted my host as well – I’m glad I found this too! I would be patient upgrading older sites if I had to wait for my host to upgrade their PHP, their PHP is JUST a bit behind (MySQL is fine) but I would be frustrated starting new sites with old WP installers. I resell my hosting so obviously I don’t jump ship easily!
I have an awesome host so I’m positive at this point!
Thanks!
Been using the beta and RC — I’m stoked about the huge increase in speed. The interface is nice as well.
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