Title: PHP 5.3 support
Last modified: April 24, 2017

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# PHP 5.3 support

 *  Resolved [AleksCee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alekscee/)
 * (@alekscee)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-3-support/)
 * Hi Alex,
 * why did you stop supporting php 5.3. WordPress is supporting >=PHP 5.2.4.
    My
   Webserver is still running php 5.3 because of LTS of Ubuntu version. I will change
   this in the next case but the plugin has crash my page after the update. In the
   changelog on WordPress is no hint about the requirement of php >= 5.4. I have
   fixed it with a backup of the directory. I think, still the core of WordPress
   is compatible to php 5.3 the plugins should also support this?
 * Greetings, Alex

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 *  Plugin Author [gm_alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gm_alex/)
 * (@gm_alex)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-3-support/#post-9063392)
 * I don’t agree PHP 5.3 didn’t received any security updates since four years and
   was introduced eight(!!!) years ago. Even if WordPress still supports PHP 5.2.4
   doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to use a ridiculous out dated version of a software.
   Even for ubuntu 12.04 PHP 5.6 is available via ppa. So there is no reason to 
   not update your PHP version.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-3-support/#post-9063392)
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