Originally published at https://monstermegs.com/blog/wordpress-hosting-php-requirements/ If your hosting environment still defaults to PHP 7.2 or 7.3, you have fewer than 30 days before that becomes a live problem. WordPress 7.0 officially launches on May 20, 2026, and the updated WordPress hosting PHP requirements for this release set a hard floor that every site owner, developer, and hosting provider needs to act on now. The WordPress hosting PHP requirements are not a soft advisory – they are technical cutoffs that will block upgrades outright on non-compliant stacks. The WordPress core team confirmed the May 20 date after an extended review period pushed the original April target back by several weeks. The delay addressed unresolved issues with the new real-time collaboration feature, but it changed nothing about the infrastructure demands the release carries. With the window narrowing, this is the moment to confirm where your stack actually stands.…