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Could anyone point me some stats on wordpress version usage? For developing themes and a plugin, should I simply target and test on the latest version?
by diminish 13y ago
Could anyone point me some stats on wordpress version usage? For developing themes and a plugin, should I simply target and test on the latest version?
- tnorthcutt 13y agoHere's the stats page on wordpress.org: http://wordpress.org/about/stats/ http://wordpress.org/about/stats/ In short, depending on the purpose & features of your plugin, you may want to consider testing on older versions as well. With themes, it shouldn't be too big of an issue to ensure compatibility for a couple of versions back, at least. Edit: Probably not entirely accurate, see this tweet by a core dev: https://twitter.com/nacin/status/456516848763146240 https://twitter.com/nacin/status/456516848763146240
- krogsgard 13y agoIt's pretty acceptable for themes and plugins to expect people to be on the latest version of WordPress, or at worst maybe one version behind. The more complicated support metric is PHP version. Unfortunately, widely used plugins probably still need to support PHP 5.2, because so many hosts won't upgrade their client's PHP versions.