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PHP 8

Support for PHP 8.1 and 8.2 in plugins and WordPress

In December 2022, PHP 8.2 was released. PHP 7.4 has reached the End Of Life stage and is no longer officially updated or supported, with PHP 8.0 only getting securing fixes, making PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2 the only officially supported and updated releases.

GD Knowledge Base Pro 5.3

A new update for GD Knowledge Base Pro, version 5.3, is here, mainly dealing with the PHP-related updates, the integration of the new Dev4Press Library 3.9, updated blocks build packages, and some minor bug fixes.

GD Content Tools Pro 6.1

New version of the GD Content Tools Pro plugin brings a lot of updates and fixes, many related to PHP 8.x, some recently reported issues, changes related to the post type and taxonomy specifications, and updated libraries.

GD Rating System Pro 4.7

Brand new version of the GD Rating System Pro plugin, version 4.7, is here with many updates and fixes, improvements to rich snippets, improved compatibility with newer PHP versions, and more.

8 bbPress plugins updated

In the past few days, 8 plugins for bbPress have been updated, including 6 Pro plugins and 2 free plugins available on WordPress.org. This massive release effort covered many updates, PHP compatibility changes, and fixes.

Getting ready for PHP 8

Next major version of PHP, version 8.0, is scheduled for release later this month, and it represents a huge step from current PHP 7.x, but it also brings many breaking changes that would require changes to existing code to be able to run on new PHP.