This plugin scans your installed plugins and themes for potential PHP compatibility issues when upgrading to newer PHP versions.

BrightLeaf Digital

<p>PHP Compatibility Scanner helps you assess whether your site’s code (plugins and themes) is likely to run on newer versions of PHP. It performs static analysis using PHP_CodeSniffer and the PHPCompatibilityWP ruleset to flag code patterns that are incompatible with the selected target PHP version.</p>
<p>What the plugin does (at a glance):<br />
– Compares your current runtime PHP (baseline) to a selected target PHP version (8.0–8.4).<br />
– Scans plugins and themes, then highlights only the new issues that would appear on the target version (the “delta”).<br />
– Shows results in a clear report on the Tools screen and adds small badges on the Plugins list screen.<br />
– Lets you pause, resume, or stop a running scan.</p>
<p>Important limitations of static analysis:<br />
– Static analysis can miss issues in dynamic code paths and can generate false positives. Treat results as guidance, not guarantees. Always test site functionality on a staging environment before upgrading PHP in production.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Select a target PHP version (8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4)</li>
<li>Scan all plugins or select specific ones</li>
<li>Scan all themes or select specific ones, with an option to also scan a parent if a child theme is selected</li>
<li>Pause/Resume/Stop controls for long scans</li>
<li>Clear report of only the new issues between baseline (current runtime) and target</li>
<li>Plugin list badges showing a quick summary for the last scan</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>All analysis runs locally on your server. No data is sent to external services by this plugin.</p>


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