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Matt Mullenweg Weighs in on PHP 7 and SSL

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Mr. Mullenweg blogs today “We’re at a turning point: 2017 is going to be the year that we’re going to see features in WordPress which require hosts to have SSL available.”

Google uses SSL as a ranking factor and Chrome will soon flag sites that are unencrypted. Therefore it’s time to move your site to SSL.

Mr. Mullenweg also weighs in on PHP 7: “We will consider whether hosts use PHP7 by default for new accounts next year as well.”

This site moved to PHP 7 and wished we’d made the move sooner. It’ll be nice when more hosting services require PHP 7 – allowing developers to take advantage of the new PHP 7 features.

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  1. Layne Heiny

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    Nice.

    PHP 7 adoption on WordPress.org stats is less than 5%: https://wordpress.org/about/stats/

    If WP takes the lead and pushes 7 then hosting companies will change.

    Also, @LPH, is it correct to assume that XenWord is 100% compatible with PHP 7?

    Yes. This site is 7. PHP 5.3 is the minimum and if XF2 goes to 5.4 then I’ll shift up 😉

  2. robru

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  3. sgr

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    Nice.

    PHP 7 adoption on WordPress.org stats is less than 5%: https://wordpress.org/about/stats/

    I would think shared hosts using php 5 have a lot to do with the stats and hope many people shift to PHP 7 in the coming months.

    Also, @LPH, is it correct to assume that XenWord is 100% compatible with PHP 7?

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