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PHP 8.2 Support Ends in December: Audit Your CMS Estate

Illustrated infographic summarizing: PHP 8.2 Has 103 Days Left: Audit the CMS Estate

PHP 8.2 security support ends on December 31, 2026. Audit your WordPress and Drupal sites, choose a supported runtime, and plan testing and rollback.

WordPress 7.0's React 19 Upgrade Makes Custom Block QA a Paid Compatibility Job

WordPress 7.0 shipped on May 20, 2026. Then, on May 27, the React 19 migration note clarified what custom WordPress teams need to hear plainly: if you run custom blocks or admin UIs, compatibility testing now belongs in a proper engineering budget, not on a casual post-update checklist.