PHP Compatibility Checker for WordPress Plugin Directory
By WP Engine
PHP Compatibility Checker is a WordPress app, with a 2.7 average rating from 131 reviews, as of Jul 17, 2026.
PHP Compatibility Checker is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by WP Engine. With a rating of 2.7★ from 131 reviews.
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PHP Compatibility Checker is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Php category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 131 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by WP Engine — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (2.7★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
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How PHP Compatibility Checker works
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The WP Engine PHP Compatibility Checker can be used by any WordPress website on any web host to check PHP version compatibility.
This plugin will lint theme and plugin code installed on your WordPress site and give you back a report of compatibility issues as reported by Tide for you to fix. Compatibility issues are categorized into errors and warnings and will list the file and line number of the offending code, as well as the info about why that line of code is incompatible with the chosen version of PHP. The plugin will also suggest updates to themes and plugins, as a new version may offer compatible code.
This plugin does not execute your theme and plugin code, as such this plugin cannot detect runtime compatibility issues.
Please note that linting code is not perfect. This plugin cannot detect unused code-paths that might be used for backwards compatibility, and thus might show false positives. We maintain a whitelist of plugins that can cause false positives. We are continuously working to ensure the checker provides the most accurate results possible.
This plugin relies on Tide that constantly scans updated versions of plugins and themes in the background. Your scan results should be near real-time, but if not that just means Tide has not yet scanned your specific plugin or theme version. Please be patient as this may take up to 10 minutes for results to be returned from Tide. Please see the FAQ for more information.
Update to PHP 7.4
Use this plugin to check your site for compatibility up to PHP 8.0!
As of July 2022, 8.52% of WordPress websites run a PHP version older than PHP 7.0.
These versions of PHP have been deprecated and unsupported for over 2 years.
Only 7.1% of WordPress websites run PHP 8, the current main version of PHP.
Disclaimer While this plugin is written to detect as many problems as accurately as possible, 100% reliable detection is very difficult to ensure. It is best practice to run comprehensive tests before you migrate to a new PHP version.
The plugin was created by WP Engine to help the WordPress community increase adoption of modern PHP versions. We welcome contributors to this plugin, and are excited to see how developers and other WordPress hosts use this plugin.
To disclose security issues for this plugin please email [email protected].
Category rankings
As of Jul 17, 2026- Compat#0of 1Top 1%
- Php#0of 30Top 1%
- Php7#0of 2Top 1%
- Php 7#0of 1Top 1%
- Php 8#0of 1Top 1%
- Version#0of 13Top 1%
- _browse_popular#269of 509Top 53%
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Keyword rankings
PHP Compatibility Checker ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
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Competitors & alternatives
PHP Compatibility Checker doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked php apps on WordPress:
Where PHP Compatibility Checker stands in the Php category
PHP Compatibility Checker ranks #0 of 30 apps in the Php category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is PHP Compatibility Checker?
PHP Compatibility Checker is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 2.7-star rating from 131 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Php category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by WP Engine.