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> It is often stressed in WordPress circles that plugins and themes
> should be compatible to obsolete 5.2 version of PHP programming
> language.

> Why?

> Because otherwise you will break people's sites.

> Why?

> Because people still run their sites on PHP 5.2.

> Why?

> Because they don't know they should update.

> Why?

> Because we won't tell them.

> Why?

> Because they don't have to know.

> Wait, what?

> It took me a long time to grasp that "they don't have to know" is one
> of the most important and least obvious WordPress principles. I don't
> agree with that.

Hard, cold, sad WordPress truth. And I fully agree with it. "You have to
know." But how to do make people care? They will only want to know if
they care about their site.

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