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This week, WordPress released WordPress 3.2 the latest release of WordPress has a couple of requirements that are critical to have in place BEFORE you upgrade from your current version of WordPress to WordPress 3.2.
In other words, DO NOT UPGRADE until you confirm that your hosting account meets the new requirements listed below.
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With this upgrade, your hosting account will be required to be running the following:
- PHP 5.2.4 or greater (BEFORE this Upgrade the requirement was PHP 4.3 or greater)
- MySQL 5.0.15 or greater (BEFORE this Upgrade the requirement was MySQL 4.1.2 or greater)
The easiest way to ensure that your hosting company is up to date and running the PHP and MySQL at the minimum requirements for this latest version of WordPress 3.2 is to install the WordPress Plugin – Health Check plugin and it do the heavy lifting for you!
The plugin is designed to check your current hosting and will immediately let you know via message in your dashboard if your are good to go or not. If the plugin warns you that your hosting is not compatible, DO NOT PERFORM THE 3.2 upgrade until your host gets up to date with their own upgrades!
As you know, keeping up to date with the latest WordPress updates keeps your website safe from possible security threats, so it is important that you upgrade to this latest version of WordPress 3.2, but not before ensuring that your hosting accounts meet these new requirements.
If you try to upgrade without meeting these two requirements first, it WILL crash your site.
