And WordPress, which is hated even by PHP devs, continues to grow now powering 37.3% of all websites [1]. Until last year, it maintained compatibility with PHP

And WordPress, which is hated even by PHP devs, continues to grow now powering 37.3% of all websites [1]. Until last year, it maintained compatibility with PHP 5.2 essentially relying on PHP of the 2007 (now bumped to 5.6 which was released in 2014). [1] https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management