Tabled below is a list of PHP dependencies for WordPress and some of its more popular plugins. Interestingly, the plugin PHP dependencies are not well documented anywhere.
WordPress & Plugins | PHP Dependencies | References |
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WordPress 5.5.1 and higher | php, curl, dom, exif, fileinfo, json, mbstring, mysqli, pecl-libsodium, openssl, pecl-imagick, xml, zip, filter, gd, iconv, pecl-mcrypt, simplexml, xmlreader, zlib, ftp, pecl-ssh2, sockets | 1. WordPress Hosting Handbook Server Environment. 2. Use php -m in the WordPress jail to list compiled modules. |
Akismet Anti-Spam | – | |
Jetpack | ctype, xmlrpc | Jetpack support forum thread Blog token is missing |
Pen | – | |
UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore | session, xmlwriter | 1. UpdraftPlus support forum thread Unexpected response 2. xmlwriter is required if Amazon S3 is chosen as remote storage. |
Wordfence Security | – | |
WordPress Importer | – | |
Yoast SEO | – |
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