Title: Version Compatibility
Author: WordPress.org
Published: 2026-08-16

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# Version Compatibility

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ServerServer A server is a piece of computer hardware or software that provides 
functionality for other programs or devices. Typical servers are database servers,
file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application
servers. compatibility details for each WordPress release. Each page under this 
one records the PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting
language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on 
a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted
and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response., MySQLMySQL
MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). MySQL is 
free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License./
MariaDBMariaDB MariaDB is a fork of the MySQL relational database management system(
RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public
License. MariaDB intended to maintain high compatibility with MySQL, ensuring a 
drop-in replacement capability with library binary parity and exact matching with
MySQL APIs and commands. and web serverServer A server is a piece of computer hardware
or software that provides functionality for other programs or devices. Typical servers
are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game
servers, and application servers. versions that were available and receiving security
support at the time that version of WordPress shipped, together with the PHP compatibility
work done in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The
Core Team builds WordPress. for that release.

For the summary matrix across every release, see [WordPress Compatibility](https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/handbook/compatibility/).
Announcements for each release are published under [Release Compatibility](https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/category/release-compatibility/)
on the HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service
that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the
World Wide Web. Team blog.

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