{"id":22,"date":"2016-03-13T03:41:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T03:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:53:03","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wplook.com\/docs\/wordpress-basics\/getting-started-wordpress-basics\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before installing a WPlook theme, make sure your hosting environment meets the following requirements. Most modern WordPress hosts already cover these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"server-requirements\">Server Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHP<\/a> version 7.4 or greater (PHP 8.1+ recommended)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysql.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MySQL<\/a> version 5.7 or greater, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mariadb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MariaDB<\/a> version 10.4 or greater<\/li><li>HTTPS support (SSL certificate)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/httpd.apache.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apache<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/nginx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nginx<\/a> as the web server. 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