Most of the WordPress blogs run on a shared hosting environemnt and a small percentage of blogs which are big run either on VPS or dedicated servers. Majority of the webmasters are not aware of what version of PHP or mysql their blog runs on their host. As wordpress 3.2 is nearing its release which marks a major change in terms of Server requirements from previous WordPress versions. Is your WordPress blog and webhost is ready for this change?
What is Changing?
PHP and MySQL
Starting with WordPress 3.2, you must have PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0 or newer versions being installed on your server for running your blog smoothly. If your host is running lower versions of PHP and MySQL, then you need to ask your webhost to upgrade. If your webhost is unable to do it, then perhaps its time to find a new webhost if you want to run WordPress 3.2 or above.
How to check if your Blog webhost is ready for wordpress 3.2:
You can find out if you’re ready for 3.2 with the Health Check plugin. In your dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New and search for “health check” (it should be the first result). Install it, activate it, and it will tell you if you need to update anything.
IE6 and Outdated Browsers
WordPress 3.2 will come without any support for the outdated Internet Explorer 6 web browser. This simply mean that your themes and plugins can get rid of IE 6 compatibility codes.
Via: WordPress News
