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Instant Programming Compatibility Scanner for PHP 8

Finds PHP 8.0–8.4 incompatibilities in your plugins and theme, and produces a report a non-developer can read.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.6 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update9 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

Repository metrics are context, not quality scores. Active installations measure adoption and can strongly reflect a plugin’s age and historical popularity. Ratings, recent updates and “Tested up to” metadata also do not guarantee modern code, error-free operation, security, feature completeness or suitability for a particular site. Why active installs don’t tell the whole story →

WP PlugIndex currently records Instant Programming Compatibility Scanner for PHP 8 version 1.0.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

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Findings are separated into fatal breakage (the site stops loading) and silent failure — code that raises no visible error while a contact form or a checkout stops doing its job. The two need different responses, so the report keeps them apart.

The scan detects, among other things:

  • functions removed in PHP 8 ( create_function, each, mysql_*, mcrypt_* …) and pre-PHP 7 relics;
  • removed syntax that prevents a file from loading at all ( $string{0} offsets, unparenthesized nested ternaries);
  • $this in static context, static calls to instance methods, PHP 4-style constructors silently ignored by PHP 8;
  • optional parameters declared before required ones, implicit nullable types (PHP 8.4), dynamic properties (PHP 8.2), null passed to non-nullable internal functions (PHP 8.1).

Every issue is classified by severity, explained in plain language, located (file + line) and given a fix-time estimate. The report can be printed to PDF from your browser.

Privacy and safety. The analysis is static: your site’s code is never executed. The plugin modifies no files and makes no network requests to any external service.

Nothing leaves your server.

Free scanner, optional repair service. The scanner is and stays fully functional and free — nothing is locked. If a scan finds issues that automatic patches can cover, it shows a single dismissible suggestion for WP Rescue Repair, our separate paid service: verified patches applied with a safety net (canary that rolls back by itself, targeted snapshots, out-of-WordPress rescue page).

Hide the suggestion once and it stays hidden.

The plugin is fully translated into French (français).

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • compatibility
  • deprecated
  • migration
  • php
  • php8
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.6 · PHP 7.4
Update activity9 Sept 20261mo ago

“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.

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