Title: PHP Compatibility Checker
Author: WP Engine
Published: <strong>29 de junio de 2016</strong>
Last modified: 14 de diciembre de 2023

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Este plugin **no se ha probado con las últimas 3 versiones mayores de WordPress**.
Puede que ya no tenga soporte ni lo mantenga nadie, o puede que tenga problemas 
de compatibilidad cuando se usa con las versiones más recientes de WordPress.

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# PHP Compatibility Checker

 Por [WP Engine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpengine/)

[Descargar](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/php-compatibility-checker.1.6.3.zip)

 * [Detalles](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/#description)
 * [Opiniones](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/#installation)
 * [Desarrollo](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/)

## Descripción

The WP Engine PHP Compatibility Checker can be used by any WordPress website on 
any web host to check PHP version compatibility.

This plugin will lint theme and plugin code installed on your WordPress site and
give you back a report of compatibility issues as reported by [Tide](https://wptide.org)
for you to fix. Compatibility issues are categorized into errors and warnings and
will list the file and line number of the offending code, as well as the info about
why that line of code is incompatible with the chosen version of PHP. The plugin
will also suggest updates to themes and plugins, as a new version may offer compatible
code.

**This plugin does not execute your theme and plugin code, as such this plugin cannot
detect runtime compatibility issues.**

**Please note that linting code is not perfect. This plugin cannot detect unused
code-paths that might be used for backwards compatibility, and thus might show false
positives. We maintain a [whitelist of plugins](https://github.com/wpengine/phpcompat/wiki/Results)
that can cause false positives. We are continuously working to ensure the checker
provides the most accurate results possible.**

**This plugin relies on [Tide](https://wptide.org) that constantly scans updated
versions of plugins and themes in the background. Your scan results should be near
real-time, but if not that just means Tide has not yet scanned your specific plugin
or theme version. Please be patient as this may take up to 10 minutes for results
to be returned from Tide. Please see the [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/faq/)
for more information.**

#### Update to PHP 7.4

 * Use this plugin to check your site for compatibility up to PHP 8.0!
 * As of [July 2022](https://wordpress.org/about/stats/), 8.52% of WordPress websites
   run a PHP version older than PHP 7.0.
 * These versions of PHP have been [deprecated and unsupported](https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php)
   for over 2 years.
 * Only 7.1% of WordPress websites run PHP 8, the current main version of PHP.

#### Disclaimer

_While this plugin is written to detect as many problems as accurately as possible,
100% reliable detection is very difficult to ensure. It is best practice to run 
comprehensive tests before you migrate to a new PHP version._

The plugin was created by WP Engine to help the WordPress community increase adoption
of modern PHP versions. We [welcome contributors](https://github.com/wpengine/phpcompat)
to this plugin, and are excited to see how developers and other WordPress hosts 
use this plugin.

To disclose security issues for this plugin please email WordPress@wpengine.com.

## Capturas

 * [[
 * Main screen: compatibility checker options
 * [[
 * Compatibility results screen

## Instalación

_Note: Go to ‘Plugins’ > ‘Add New’ in the WordPress admin and search for “PHP Compatibility
Checker” and install it from there._

To manually install:
 1. Upload `phpcompat` to the `/wpengine-wp-content/plugins/`
directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

You will find the plugin options in the WP Admin `Tools => PHP Compatibility` menu.
Once you click `run` it will take a few minutes to conduct the test. Feel free to
navigate away from the page and check back later.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### 1. Will this work outside of the WP Engine hosting account?

Yes, this plugin can be used any ANY WordPress website on ANY host.

### 2. Are there WP-CLI commands available?

As of the 1.6.0 release this plugin no longer includes the `phpcompat` WP-CLI command.
If you still require use of that command, then please run version 1.5.2 or older
of this plugin as those versions extend WP-CLI and provide commands.

### 3. A plugin I created is listed as not compatible, what should I do?

We maintain a [whitelist of plugins](https://github.com/wpengine/phpcompat/wiki/Results)
that cause false positives. If your plugin shows up as incompatible but you think
that is wrong, please open a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/wpengine/phpcompat/issues/new)
on the project, or email wordpress@wpengine.com with info about your plugin and 
why you know it is compatible (you have automated tests, the failure is on backwards
compatibility code paths, etc).

### 4. Can I use this to test non-WordPress PHP Projects?

Yes! While you cannot use this WordPress plugin to test your non-WordPress projects,
you can use the [Open Source PHPCompatibility Library](https://github.com/wimg/PHPCompatibility)
that this plugin is built on.

### 5. Why was my plugin/theme skipped?

If your plugin or theme is not available on WordPress.org, then [Tide](https://wptide.org)
will not be able to scan or return results of that plugin or theme.

    ```
    If your plugin or theme is available on WordPress.org, but Tide is not immediately returning results than it likely means Tide has not yet audited that plugin or theme and within a few minutes results should be available once Tide completes its audit.
    ```

### 6. The scan is stuck, what can I do?

As of version 1.6.0 of this plugin, there should no longer be issues of the scan
getting stuck as it no longer runs on your WordPress host server. If you are seeing
significantly slow or unresponsive results from a plugin or theme that is available
on WordPress.org, then please [open an issue](https://github.com/wptide/wptide.org/issues/new/choose)
with those details for the Tide team to investigate why that specific plugin or 
theme version is not appearing in the Tide results.

### 7. I found a bug, or have a suggestion, can I contribute back?

Yes! WP Engine has a public GitHub repo where you can contribute back to this plugin.
Please open an issue on the [Plugin GitHub](https://github.com/wpengine/phpcompat).
We actively develop this plugin, and are always happy to receive pull requests.

    ```
    The plugin was created by WP Engine to help the WordPress community increase adoption of modern PHP versions. We welcome contributors to this plugin, and are excited to see how developers and other WordPress hosts use this plugin.

    To disclose security issues for this plugin please email WordPress@wpengine.com.
    ```

## Reseñas

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/53b08e46728f7698e9fa9b7fe62b3df53c2ab9855d99af82b9ef2bb949f1a28f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Con WP5.1 y PHP7.4, falla](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/con-wp5-1-y-php7-4-falla/)󠁿

 [manare](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manare/) 21 de enero de 2026

Ell plugin no muestra versiones ni escanea

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/12228e1a85602993e2ec76bca84d0407198ee8f320e25d271f1bbe614dfaf72b?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Why is this recommended by WordPress?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-this-recommended-by-wordpress/)󠁿

 [cweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/calebweb/) 29 de septiembre de 2025

Over the years, I have tried to be careful to not install programs that are not 
kept up to date. Yet, Wordpress suggest that we install this outdated app that has
not been updated for over 2 years. Many have reported errors. All just to test for
the push that WP has for us to upgrade the version of PHP we are using. This doesn’t
make sense!I had tried to put a link to where WP suggest this, but strangely the
forums won’t even let me put a link to their own website.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a7d849ee7a8ee04533904069509295deaf656ed8e9763d145acb970c5d1883b4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Ironically not compatible with the latest PHP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ironically-not-compatible-with-the-latest-php/)󠁿

 [aodigitalau](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aodigitalau/) 6 de febrero de 2025

Either update the plugin or take it down.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e5ca569a7679f526f9a15e429da017c66711ce81d9c10da62fec860b42840d8?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Rubish, get it offline](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rubish-get-it-offline/)󠁿

 [Okoth1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/okoth1/) 27 de octubre de 2023

It hangs like many others say. No replies on the forum. You’re giving people false
hope.Just get it offline and focus on your other plugins (which are working very
well, btw); you’ll do yourself and many others a favor.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39ed6b59a08d2283b9bfc4d611bdd2a6e5d0e2479fab63a6834b39247feefd26?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[very buggy and hangs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-buggy-and-hangs/)󠁿

 [theozsnowman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theozsnowman/) 19 de mayo de 2023

ran the plugin on quite a few sites and most timeout after a couple of plugins are
tested. Lots of false positives and errors. surely there is a better plugin out 
there?

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea257bb7048ea247773df9108a1f94c2fbd213dbfe45e597defa3bb9ea74ce75?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[audit requested does not exist](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gives-404-error-and-hangs/)󠁿

 [elffuts](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elffuts/) 9 de mayo de 2023

Useless! Gives a 404 error on plugins that ARE PHP 8 compatible. and then hangs.
I’ve been waiting 30 minutes for it to unhang, and I finally gave up. It sure would
be nice if this thing worked as advertised. Here’s what I got: MaxButtons Pro 9.5.5
Response status: 404 Message: The audit requested does not exist. Am I supposed 
to know what that means? How do I fix it? Right now it’s completely useless, and
it hangs the software — never goes any farther to get to the rest of my plugins.
Not a bit of help as is.

 [ Leer todas las 131 reseñas ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/)

## Colaboradores y desarrolladores

Este software es de código abierto. Las siguientes personas han contribuido a este
plugin.

Colaboradores

 *   [ WP Engine ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpengine/)
 *   [ Jason Stallings ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/octalmage/)
 *   [ Steven Word ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevenkword/)
 *   [ Taylor McCaslin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/taylor4484/)
 *   [ Simon Prosser ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pross/)
 *   [ Jason ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jcross/)
 *   [ rfmeier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rfmeier/)
 *   [ Max Lyuchin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cadic/)
 *   [ Darin Kotter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dkotter/)
 *   [ Ankit K Gupta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ankit-k-gupta/)
 *   [ Jeffrey Paul ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/)

“PHP Compatibility Checker” ha sido traducido a 25 idiomas locales. Gracias a [los traductores](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/php-compatibility-checker/contributors)
por sus contribuciones.

[Traduce “PHP Compatibility Checker” a tu idioma.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/php-compatibility-checker)

### ¿Interesado en el desarrollo?

[Revisa el código](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/php-compatibility-checker/),
echa un vistazo al [repositorio SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/php-compatibility-checker/)
o suscríbete al [registro de desarrollo](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/php-compatibility-checker/)
por [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/php-compatibility-checker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Registro de cambios

#### 1.6.3

Fix issue where Buffer was not available to the scans.

#### 1.6.2

 * Update packages.

#### 1.6.1

 * Fix issue on update where old files were included.

#### 1.6.0

 * Changed from running PHP Compatibility scans on your WordPress server to using
   scan data from [Tide](https://wptide.org).
 * Removed `phpcompat` WP-CLI command.
 * Update dependencies.

#### 1.5.2

 * Removed PHP 5.2 checks
 * Fixed PHP 8 issue where plugin cannot cannot be uninstalled.

#### 1.5.1

 * Added Smart Plugin Manager to whitelisted plugins.

#### 1.5.0

 * Added support for PHP 7.3 compatibility checks.

#### 1.4.8

 * Update dependencies.

#### 1.4.7

 * Better translation support.

#### 1.4.6

 * Switched to new PHPCompatibilityWP library to help prevent false positives.

#### 1.4.5

 * Use plugin version number to enqueue scripts and styles.

#### 1.4.4

 * PHP 5.2 Support & PHP 7.1 and 7.2 Lints.
 * Updated call to action sidebar depending on platform.

#### 1.4.3

 * Fixed Composer issue.

#### 1.4.1

 * Updated PHP_CodeSniffer to fix a security advisory.
 * Whitelisted a number of plugins.

#### 1.4.0

 * Updated UX for viewing PHP errors to be more intuitive and require less scrolling.
 * Added links for non-technical users who need assistance from developers to fix
   PHP errors or to test their site in PHP 7 enabled hosting environments.

#### 1.3.2

 * Added a “Clean up” button and uninstall.php.
 * Added phpcompat_phpversions filter.

#### 1.3.1

 * Whitelisted a number of plugins.

#### 1.3.0

 * Updated the PHPCompatibility library to latest version. Should fix many false
   positives.
 * Changed language and added help text to Admin UI.

#### 1.2.4

 * Fixed Composer issue.

#### 1.2.3

 * Updated the PHPCompatibility library to latest version.
 * Whitelisted TablePress.

#### 1.2.2

 * Whitelisted UpdraftPlus and Max Mega Menu.

#### 1.2.1

 * Updated the PHPCompatibility library to latest version.

#### 1.2.0

 * Updated the PHPCompatibility library to latest version.
 * Added support for PHP 5.6

#### 1.1.2

 * Fixed issue with WordPress notices breaking the plugin header.
 * Changed the way we send and parse JSON.
 * You can now restart an in progress scan.
 * Updated download.js to v4.2 for better Safari compatibility.

#### 1.1.1

 * Fixed bug with active job display.
 * Updated progress bar calculation.

#### 1.1.0

 * Test results now persist page reloads.
 * Failed tests will show an overview of the results.
 * The scan timeout is now configurable using a filter. See the FAQ for more details.

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixed a bug in the WP-CLI command.
 * Added a handful of PHP 7 compatible plugins to the whitelist.

#### 1.0.2

 * Added additional role protections.
 * Changed the UI colors to better understand output at a glance.
 * Exclude checking node_modules and tmp directories.
 * Added support for child theme’s parent theme.

#### 1.0.1

 * Updated compatibility library with a few bugfixes.
 * Added skip logic to prevent checker from hanging.

#### 1.0.0

 * Major update to add PHP 7 checking support.
 * Improved the UX of the progress bar.
 * Fixed bug with the way the plugin menu was registered.

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial version.
 * PHP 5.5, 5.4, and 5.3 Support.
 * Basic WP-CLI Commands.

## Meta

 *  Versión **1.6.3**
 *  Última actualización **hace 2 años**
 *  Instalaciones activas **200,000+**
 *  Versión de WordPress ** 5.6 o superior **
 *  Probado hasta **6.4.8**
 *  Versión de PHP ** 5.6 o superior **
 *  Idiomas
 * [Arabic](https://ar.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/), [Bosnian](https://bs.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/),
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   [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/),
   y [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/).
 *  [Traducir a tu idioma](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/php-compatibility-checker)
 * Etiquetas:
 * [compat](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/compat/)[php](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/php/)
   [version](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/version/)
 *  [Vista avanzada](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/advanced/)

## Valoraciones

 2.7 de 5 estrellas.

 *  [  46 valoraciones de 5 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  6 valoraciones de 4 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  2 valoraciones de 3 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  11 valoraciones de 2 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  66 valoraciones de 1 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/reviews/#new-post)

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## Colaboradores

 *   [ WP Engine ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpengine/)
 *   [ Jason Stallings ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/octalmage/)
 *   [ Steven Word ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevenkword/)
 *   [ Taylor McCaslin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/taylor4484/)
 *   [ Simon Prosser ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pross/)
 *   [ Jason ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jcross/)
 *   [ rfmeier ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rfmeier/)
 *   [ Max Lyuchin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cadic/)
 *   [ Darin Kotter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dkotter/)
 *   [ Ankit K Gupta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ankit-k-gupta/)
 *   [ Jeffrey Paul ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/)

## Soporte

Problemas resueltos en los últimos dos meses:

     0 de 1

 [Ver el foro de soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/php-compatibility-checker/)