Hi @meerkmen ,
Which MariaDB version are you using now?
By the way, it’s better to use the latest (stable) version to ensure that hackers will not take advantage of the security holes in the older versions.
You can also discuss the problem with your hosting provider.
Hope it makes sense to you.
I don’t know frankly. My hosting provider said it wouldn’t be a problem. :/
What follows applies to MySQL/MariaDB 5.5. If you’re using MySQL 5.1 or earlier, please update to a newer version!
MySQL is perhaps the best example of where the overall “sky is falling” wording in WP Site Health borders on fear-mongering.
MySQL/MariaDB 5.5 is extremely stable and secure, and it has a noticeably lower memory/CPU footprint than MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB 10.0+.
The only security issues in MariaDB have been in 10.2 or later, and there have been a couple serious security issues in the more recent versions.
Due to the large number of people continuing to use MariaDB 5.5 (myself included, on low-memory installations), it is unlikely WordPress will drop support for it in the forseeable future. So if you are using MariaDB 5.5, my suggestion is to ignore the message in Site Health.
