[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4

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#62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4
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 Reporter:  justlevine   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.9
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by samiamnot):

 Updated for early June 2025 based on [https://wordpress.org/about/stats/
 WordPress stats].

 7.2 + 7.3 that are slated to be the next PHP versions no longer supported
 by WordPress, dropped below the 5% threshold last month when it reached
 4.97%. It now dropped to 4.78%. We have at least 7 months until the next
 release and these numbers will continue to drop.

 ||='''Month/Year'''=||='''PHP 7.2'''=||='''PHP 7.3'''=||='''PHP 7.2 +
 7.3'''=||
 ||Jul 2023|| 6.48|| 8.16|| '''14.64%'''||
 ||Aug 2023|| 5.64|| 7.62|| '''13.26%'''||
 ||Sep 2023|| 5.55|| 7.18|| '''12.73%'''||
 ||Oct 2023|| 5.31|| 6.87|| '''12.18%'''||
 ||Nov 2023|| 5.20|| 6.51|| '''11.71%'''||
 ||Dec 2023|| 5.08|| 6.17|| '''11.25%'''||
 ||Jan 2024|| 4.79|| 5.90|| '''10.69%'''||
 ||Feb 2024|| 4.67|| 5.54|| '''10.21%'''||
 ||Mar 2024|| 4.30|| 5.11|| '''9.41%'''||
 ||Apr 2024|| 3.80|| 4.79|| '''8.59%'''||
 ||May 2024|| 3.63|| 4.52|| '''8.15%'''||
 ||Jun 2024|| 3.46|| 4.30|| '''7.76%'''||
 ||Jul 2024|| 3.33|| 4.10|| '''7.43%'''||
 ||Aug 2024|| 3.18|| 3.90|| '''7.08%'''||
 ||Sep 2024|| 3.05|| 3.73|| '''6.78%'''||
 ||Oct 2024|| 2.93|| 3.56|| '''6.49%'''||
 ||Nov 2024|| 2.83|| 3.40|| '''6.23%'''||
 ||Dec 2024|| 2.76|| 3.26|| '''6.02%'''||
 ||Jan 2025|| 2.68|| 3.14|| '''5.82%'''||
 ||Feb 2025|| 2.63|| 3.04|| '''5.67%'''||
 ||Mar 2025|| 2.50|| 2.93|| '''5.43%'''||
 ||Apr 2025|| 2.39|| 2.77|| '''5.16%'''||
 ||May 2025|| 2.30|| 2.67|| '''4.97%'''||
 ||Jun 2025|| 2.22|| 2.56|| '''4.78%'''||

 For historical reasons, here are the stats for no longer supported
 versions (as of WP 6.6) going back to PHP 5.2. This is not changing much
 and many are likely "abandoned" sites that are on old versions of WP. As
 we stand now, 4.38% of sites are on unsupported PHP versions, something
 that dropped 0.15% in the past month.

 ||='''Month/Year'''=||='''PHP 5.2'''=||='''PHP 5.3'''=||='''PHP
 5.4'''=||='''PHP 5.5'''=||='''PHP 5.6'''=||='''PHP 7.0'''=||='''PHP
 7.1'''=||='''Total'''=||
 ||Jan 2024|| 0.21|| 0.50|| 0.44|| 0.35|| 3.21|| 1.67|| 1.08||
 '''7.46%'''||
 ||Feb 2024|| 0.21|| 0.49|| 0.42|| 0.35|| 3.12|| 1.62|| 1.04||
 '''7.25%'''||
 ||Mar 2024|| 0.21|| 0.48|| 0.39|| 0.34|| 3.02|| 1.55|| 0.99||
 '''6.98%'''||
 ||Apr 2024|| 0.20|| 0.47|| 0.38|| 0.33|| 2.93|| 1.50|| 0.95||
 '''6.76%'''||
 ||May 2024|| 0.20|| 0.46|| 0.37|| 0.32|| 2.84|| 1.45|| 0.92||
 '''6.56%'''||
 ||Jun 2024|| 0.20|| 0.45|| 0.36|| 0.31|| 2.76|| 1.41|| 0.89||
 '''6.38%'''||
 ||Jul 2024|| 0.19|| 0.44|| 0.35|| 0.30|| 2.63|| 1.36|| 0.86||
 '''6.13%'''||
 ||Aug 2024|| 0.19|| 0.43|| 0.34|| 0.29|| 2.53|| 1.31|| 0.82||
 '''5.91%'''||
 ||Sep 2024|| 0.19|| 0.41|| 0.33|| 0.28|| 2.45|| 1.25|| 0.79||
 '''5.70%'''||
 ||Oct 2024|| 0.18|| 0.40|| 0.32|| 0.27|| 2.38|| 1.20|| 0.76||
 '''5.51%'''||
 ||Nov 2024|| 0.18|| 0.39|| 0.31|| 0.26|| 2.32|| 1.15|| 0.72||
 '''5.33%'''||
 ||Dec 2024|| 0.17|| 0.39|| 0.31|| 0.26|| 2.27|| 1.11|| 0.69||
 '''5.20%'''||
 ||Jan 2025|| 0.17|| 0.38|| 0.31|| 0.25|| 2.21|| 1.07|| 0.67||
 '''5.06%'''||
 ||Feb 2025|| 0.17|| 0.38|| 0.30|| 0.25|| 2.16|| 1.04|| 0.66||
 '''4.96%'''||
 ||Mar 2025|| 0.16|| 0.37|| 0.29|| 0.24|| 2.13|| 1.02|| 0.64||
 '''4.85%'''||
 ||Apr 2025|| 0.16|| 0.36|| 0.28|| 0.23|| 2.04|| 0.98|| 0.62||
 '''4.67%'''||
 ||May 2025|| 0.16|| 0.35|| 0.27|| 0.22|| 1.99|| 0.94|| 0.60||
 '''4.53%'''||
 ||Jun 2025|| 0.15|| 0.34|| 0.26|| 0.22|| 1.93|| 0.91|| 0.57||
 '''4.38%'''||

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