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PHP or Hypertext Preprocessor is essential to the way WordPress works, and thus, having the latest version brings multiple benefits. Editing HTML and CSS on WordPress makes it look pretty and organized. In contrast, PHP, an open-source scripting language, adds functionality behind the scenes, hence why it runs on the server side i.e., on the…
Opened your website frontend and saw the “your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress” error message? Although things look grim, don’t panic. Unlike messages that manifest similarly such as s “This site is experiencing technical difficulties“, this one isn’t as tough to figure out with a little…
Upgrading PHP to a newer version has multiple perks: speed and performance increase, resource usage reduction, support for newer functions, and most importantly, better security of your website. Unfortunately, if some of the currently used functions aren’t supported by the newer PHP version, you run the risk of breaking your website. While that can be…
