{"id":30,"date":"2020-10-20T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/requirements\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:27","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/installation\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t UsersWP is constantly tested on the latest versions of all technologies. It is recommended to always use the latest stable versions when possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t If you already have UsersWP installed, you can visit the status page at&nbsp; <strong>UsersWP &gt; Status.&nbsp;<\/strong>The status page will alert you to any issues.\n<\/p>\n<h3>WordPress Version<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recommended: 5.3 or greater<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Minimum: 4.7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PHP Version<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recommended: 7.3&nbsp;or greater<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Minimum: 5.6.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MySQL Version<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recommended: 5.6 or greater<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Minimum: 5.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <em>Or <\/em><em>MariaDB version 10 or greater.<\/em> <\/p>\n<h3>WordPress \/ PHP Memory Limits<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t Memory limit requirements depend very much on your website&nbsp;content, theme, and all plugins installed.&nbsp;As your listings increase you may have to increase the below limits.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recommended: 512mb or greater, <\/strong><em>this value may rise dependent on the amount of content.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Minimum: 128mb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>HTTPS Support<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t Certain features used by UsersWP require the use of HTTPS.&nbsp; <strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">Not using HTTPS can result in a diminished user experience.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recommended: Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>WordPress REST API<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t UsersWP uses the WordPress API for several features such as AJAX&nbsp;paging requests. <strong>If the API is disabled on your website UsersWP will not function correctly.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Required: Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hosting<\/h3>\n<p> <strong>UsersWP was built from the ground up to run on any hosting and with any caching system.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\n\tOur hosting of choice is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudways.com\/en\/?id=750643\">Cloudways<\/a>, in particular their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudways.com\/en\/pricing.php#vultrHF?id=750643\">Vultr High-Frequency option<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\tWe use it for our demos and also for some personal projects and we are very happy with their performances.<\/p>\n<p>\tFor websites with regular traffic, the first option (1GB) is more than enough and you can always upgrade when needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UsersWP is constantly tested on the latest versions of all technologies. It is recommended to always use the latest stable versions when possible.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you already have UsersWP installed, you can visit the status page at&nbsp; UsersWP &gt; Status.&nbsp;The status page will alert you to any issues. WordPress Version Recommended: 5.3 or greater Minimum: 4.7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[56,66],"article\/categories":[9,3],"class_list":["post-30","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-userswp","gd_place_tags-system-requirements","gd_placecategory-installation","gd_placecategory-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}