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title: Technical Requirements for PublishPress Plugins
description: "In order to provide you with the best and most secure software, we do have minimum requirements to run PublishPress plugins. --- ## PHP recommendations We highly recommend that any website using PublishPress plugins also uses PHP 7.4 or higher.…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/technical-requirements/"
updated: "2026-10-15"
category: PublishPress.com Questions / Getting Started
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# Technical Requirements for PublishPress Plugins

In order to provide you with the best and most secure software, we do have minimum requirements to run PublishPress plugins.

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## PHP recommendations

We highly recommend that any website using PublishPress plugins also uses PHP 7.4 or higher.

Ideally, your site should use PHP 8.

[WordPress officially recommends that you use PHP 7.4](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/) as a minimum.

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## MySQL and Server recommendations

- **Database**: MySQL version 5.7 or greater or MariaDB version 10.2 or greater.
- **Server**: We recommend [Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) or [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) as the most robust and secure servers for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL should work.

For the official WordPress recommendations, [please check here](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/).

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## Does my site meet the requirements?

If you are unsure of what version of PHP and other software that your site is using, you can go use this tip:

- Go to Tools > Site Health in your WordPress admin menu.
- After installing the Health Check plugin, go to Dashboard, then “Health Check”. This screen will give any important news about your PHP version.

![WordPress recommendations](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/php-info-notices-1024x422.png)

- You can also find the specific details of your server version by clicking the "Info" tab:

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/info-tab.png)

- Scroll down to the "Server" area for all the details:

![WordPress server details](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/php-info-area-1024x460.png)