Title: Internet Explorer Compatibility
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Internet Explorer Compatibility

 *  [steveowens2531](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveowens2531/)
 * (@steveowens2531)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internet-explorer-compatibility-4/)
 * Ok, I searched these forums and still can’t find a valid answer. I have [http://www.nickalligoodmusic.com](http://www.nickalligoodmusic.com)
   and trying to get it where it is compatible with all versions of IE. It looks
   fine on IE11 but not in 8… any suggestions?

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internet-explorer-compatibility-4/#post-4982997)
 * > trying to get it where it is compatible with all versions of IE
 * I laughed so hard at that milk came out of my nose. (Guess I shouldn’t drink 
   milk while working in the forums, lol.)
 * As you know, coding for IE is a _major_ pain in the neck, because Microsoft doesn’t
   feel the need to adhere to commonly accepted web standards. It’s to the point
   where I tell my viewers to get a different browser.
 * That’s not always an option, I realize, and when it isn’t, remember that IE compatibility
   is dependent (not entirely, but like 98%) on the theme that you are using. There
   are various techniques one can use to make a site look similar across various
   versions of IE, like using the [CSS PIE](http://css3pie.com/) or [html5shiv](https://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/)
   to replicate standards compatibility.
 * If your theme doesn’t use those technologies, you can switch themes, or add them
   yourself using a child theme. Yup, this involves some work.
 * And because it does, you need to consider the amount of work you are putting 
   into it versus how much service you are providing to your users. Two things to
   keep in mind here:
 * 1) No web site will look the same in all browsers (even among the latest versions
   of real browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Opera) because of differences in computers
   and user settings.
 * 2) IE8 is dying. See [http://theie8countdown.com/](http://theie8countdown.com/).
   IE9 is dying. See [http://theie9countdown.com/](http://theie9countdown.com/) (
   Both those sites present numbers which I find questionable, according to my server
   logs. Maybe they just haven’t been updated.) Even Google quit supporting IE8 
   back in 2012. (See [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409768,00.asp](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409768,00.asp))
 * Please don’t consider this a rant or a sermon. Just advice. Your question was
   really too broad to offer a specific suggestion.
 *  Thread Starter [steveowens2531](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveowens2531/)
 * (@steveowens2531)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internet-explorer-compatibility-4/#post-4983048)
 * No its all good. I just wasn’t sure. I know not everyone is moving forward with
   upgrading… especially with some companies out there. Just figured I would ask.

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