{"id":7698,"date":"2024-03-07T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f.technology\/blog\/wordpress-en\/mandatory-upgrade-to-php-8-1-on-kinsta\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:17:15","slug":"mandatory-upgrade-to-php-8-1-on-kinsta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.technology\/en\/blog\/hosting-en\/mandatory-upgrade-to-php-8-1-on-kinsta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory upgrade to PHP 8.1 on Kinsta"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7698\" class=\"elementor elementor-7698 elementor-5056\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759050bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"759050bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19dbfc61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19dbfc61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are one of our customers or manage a hosting space <strong><a title=\"Why choose Kinsta\" href=\"https:\/\/f.technology\/blog\/hosting\/perche-scegliere-kinsta\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kinsta<\/a><\/strong> you&#8217;ve undoubtedly received an important communication this week: it&#8217;s time to <strong>upgrade the PHP version of<\/strong> your site because active support for PHP 8.0 was <a title=\"PHP Supported Verions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/supported-versions.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>ended more than a year ago<\/strong><\/a>, and security support (patches to fix security issues) ended on November 26, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Kinsta will begin upgrading all sites remaining in PHP 8.0 to <strong>PHP 8.1. <\/strong>Here is the schedule:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, March 26<\/strong>: PHP 8.0 option for live sites will be dropped.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, April 23<\/strong>: PHP 8.0 option for Standard and Premium environments will be removed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, May 7<\/strong>: Sites still using PHP 8.0 will be upgraded to PHP 8.1.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6eea6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f6eea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ab03b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7ab03b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress sites are based on the PHP language and every year outdated versions of the language are replaced by newer versions.<br \/>\nWe strongly recommend that you update the PHP version of your site<strong>before March 26, 2024<\/strong> so that you do not run into possible <strong>disruptions<\/strong>.<br \/>\nYou can take action on your own by following the<strong><a title=\"guide to update PHP Kinsta\" href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.com\/it\/blog\/passare-a-php-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Kinsta step-by-step guide<\/a><\/strong> or by reading the advice below, or you can book an intervention with one of our specialized technicians who will follow you step by step through the upgrade! 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