[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.3 or 7.4 (was: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.3)

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#62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.3 or 7.4
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 Reporter:  justlevine   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58719#comment:58 My most recent
 opinion on this ] is that we'll be in a position to increase the minimum
 supported version of PHP to 7.4 in WordPress 6.9 in summer 2025.

 [https://johnbillion.github.io/wp-stats/php.html I've published some very
 roughly projected stats here] which support this, with usage of 7.2 and
 7.3 combined looking to drop below 5% around March 2025. Matt and Josepha
 have in the past been rightly concerned that bumping the minimum supported
 version too frequently means that in theory we could drop 15% of users
 across the three releases within a year, which is too much. One bump per
 year of 5% or less has worked well in recent years.

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