ZDNet

Around 62 percent of all Internet sites will run an unsupported PHP version in 10 weeks

But on December 31, 2018, security support for PHP 5.6.x will officially cease, marking the end of all support for any version of the ancient PHP 5.x branch. This means that starting with next year, ...
ZDNet

WordPress to show warnings on servers running outdated PHP versions

The WordPress open-source content management system (CMS) will show warnings in its backend admin panel if the site runs on top of an outdated PHP version. The current plan is to have the warnings ...
Threat Post

As End of Life Nears, More Than Half of Websites Still Use PHP V5

Support for PHP 5.6 drops on December 31 – but a recent report found that almost 62 percent of websites are still using version 5. Almost 62 percent of all websites are still running PHP version 5 – ...
Searchenginejournal.com

7 Things to Know Before Updating to WordPress 5

It’s been less than a week since WordPress 5 has been released. Anecdotal reports indicate there are many successful upgrades. But I am also aware of many sites that have experienced issues. After ...