{"id":3206,"date":"2019-05-08T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2019-05-08T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:17:04","slug":"install-wordpress-5-1-x-for-php-less-than-5-6-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/install-wordpress-5-1-x-for-php-less-than-5-6-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress 5.1.x for PHP less than 5.6.20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the release of WordPress 5.2, PHP 5.6.20 is required to use WordPress 5.2 and higher branches. PHP 5.6.20 has been around for more than 3 years, however if your server still does not have this PHP version you should ask your web host for an update version of PHP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until you get PHP 5.6.20 or higher on your server you can install WordPress 5.1.x branch and then update to the latest version once you have PHP 5.6.20+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Softaculous will support WordPress 5.1.x branch and will also provide security and maintenance updates that will be released in this branch by WordPress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to install WordPress 5.1.x via Softaculous <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Login to your control panel and navigate to Softaculous enduser panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Choose WordPress as highlighted in the screenshot below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-1-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) Click on the <strong>Install<\/strong> tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-2-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3208\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4) Choose the WordPress version on the install form and hit the <strong>Install<\/strong> button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3-563x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3209\" width=\"563\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3-563x1024.png 563w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3-165x300.png 165w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3-768x1397.png 768w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3-1200x2182.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/install-wordpress-5.1-3.png 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5) That&#8217;s it ! Softaculous will install the latest version of WordPress in 5.1.x branch which will be compatible with PHP version lower than 5.6.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to contact us if you need any assistance with WordPress installation :<br><a href=\"https:\/\/softaculous.deskuss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/softaculous.deskuss.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the release of WordPress 5.2, PHP 5.6.20 is required to use WordPress 5.2 and higher branches. PHP 5.6.20 has been around for more than 3 years, however if your server still does not have this PHP version you should ask your web host for an update version of PHP. Until you get PHP 5.6.20&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/install-wordpress-5-1-x-for-php-less-than-5-6-20\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Install WordPress 5.1.x for PHP less than 5.6.20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,160],"tags":[114,181,183,92,167,5],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-tos","category-updates","tag-auto-install","tag-cpanel","tag-install","tag-php","tag-softaculous","tag-wordpress","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3210,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions\/3210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}