Dropping support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3

Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0, currently scheduled for release in April 2026. The minimum recommended version of PHP will remain at 8.3, but the new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.4.0.

The minimum supported version of PHP was last raised in July 2024 to 7.2.24. Since then usage of PHP 7.2 and 7.3 has dropped below 4% of monitored WordPress installations.

Historically, the project has used 5% as the baseline usage percentage that a PHP version must fall below before it can be considered for a well-earned retirement. Now that usage