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Late last week WordPress made major progress towards the goal of getting users to adopt newer versions of PHP. The ServeHappy API has been updated to set the minimum acceptable PHP version to 7.2, while the WordPress downloads page recommends 7.3 or newer.
Sergey Biryukov committed this change on the meta trac after Marius Jensen opened a ticket for it nine days ago. Previously, the ServeHappy dashboard widget was showing the upgrade notice to users of PHP 5.6 or lower.
“After discussing with the core Site Health team and the Hosting Team, it has come up that the most sensible next move is to show the upgrade notice to users of PHP <=7.1 (this means setting ACCEPTABLE_PHP to 7.2),” Jensen said.
“Looking at the numbers, we’re seeing roughly 25% of sites running a WordPress version that includes ServeHappy [that] would then get an upgrade notice.”
This change means that the majority of WordPress sites are using an acceptable version of PHP. Approximately 47% are running WordPress on older versions. Those who are on WordPress 5.2+ (when Site Health was introduced) will see the upgrade notices generated by the ServeHappy API.
This update also bumps the lowest branch of PHP which is actively supported to 7.3 and bumps the lowest branch of PHP that is receiving security updates to 7.2.
The Site Health team scheduled the change for last Friday, but Jensen noted that the API call is cached for a week in core. It should start popping up for users throughout this week.
In December 2018, PHP 5.6 and 7.0 reached End of Life (EOL) and stopped receiving security updates. This left approximately 83% of users on unsupported versions of PHP at the end of 2018. Today, with the progress encouraged by the Site Health project, 47% are on unsupported PHP versions. The update put in place last week should help significantly decrease this number before PHP 7.2 reaches EOL in November 2020.
Jenny Wong, who helped coordinate the project as part of the Site Health team, described how they got started and worked successfully across teams with design, Polyglots, and Hosting contributors to make this update possible.
“I remember going to WordCamp San Francisco and sitting down with Andrew Nacin and Mark Jaquith at lunch and asking them why WordPress supported such old versions and what the project was doing about it,” Wong said. “They told me the work that had been going on.
“They told me the issues, they took the time took explain it all to me and answer all my questions.”
Wong said she was grateful to be part of that initial discussion in 2014 and to have shared in the journey with dozens of contributors.
“To the polyglots who translated everything we threw at them, to everyone else who gave feedback, argued, fought, discussed and debated, to everyone who has shared ideas and patches, to every person who has listened to me complain, took my wild ideas and made them an reality – Thank you!” Wong said.
Given WordPress’ large share of the market, encouraging adoption of newer versions of PHP will help make the web more secure. Please note that this update means that 7.2 is now the lowest branch of PHP that is considered acceptable for use with WordPress, according to the ServeHappy API. Sites that are running on older versions may continue to work but WordPress will continue strongly urging users to upgrade.
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Do you want to put images side by side in your WordPress content?
Often beginners struggle to find how to put two pictures next to each other in their WordPress posts and pages.
In this step by step guide, we will show how to easily put images side by side in WordPress (without writing any code).
The easiest way to get your images side by side is to use the WordPress block editor.
The block editor has a special ‘Gallery’ block that lets you display images in rows and columns.
First, you’ll need to create a new post / page or edit an existing one to open the content editor. Once inside, click the (+) symbol to add a new block.
Next, you need to select the Gallery block and add it to your page. You can find the Gallery block in the Common Blocks section, or you can use the search bar to quickly locate it.
Now, you can easily add images to your gallery block, by dragging them into it or by using the Upload button. You can also select images from your WordPress media library.
As you can see, we’ve added 2 images to our Gallery block. WordPress has automatically positioned them side by side.
What if you want 3 images side by side? Here’s what happens if we add a third image. WordPress simply resizes the others to fit all 3 side by side:
If you upload a fourth image, then WordPress will place it beneath the others.
You can change the number of images WordPress should include side by side in a single column.
First, click on the Gallery block, if it’s not already selected. On the right hand side of the screen, you’ll see the Gallery’s block settings.
You can adjust the number of columns here to any number between 1 and 4. For instance, if you want two images side by side, and two more beneath them, you can set the Columns to 2.
It’s as simple as that!
If you want to change where an image is positioned in your gallery, just click on it. You’ll then see arrows that you can use to move it forward or backward in the gallery.
Here’s a finished gallery demo from our sample post:
If you’re using the old classic WordPress editor, or if you want to create more complex galleries than the default Gallery block, then you will need a WordPress gallery plugin.
We recommend using Envira Gallery because it is the best WordPress gallery plugin
For the sake of this tutorial, we will be using the free version of Envira, but you may want to get the Pro version to get powerful features like albums, image slideshows, etc.
First, you’ll need to install and activate the Envira Gallery plugin. If you’re not sure how, just check out our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Next, you can go to Envira Gallery » Add New in your WordPress dashboard.
You’ll need to give your gallery a title. We’ve called ours ‘Example Gallery’. Next, upload the images you want to use.
You can either drag and drop them into the upload box, or you can use one of the ‘Select Files’ buttons.
Here’s how the images look once they’ve been uploaded:
You may want to give your images a title and alt text here. The title appears below your image when the user brings their mouse cursor over it.
The title also appears below the image in the lightbox popup mode, which we’ll take a look at in a moment.
To edit the title and alt text, click the Edit button on an image in the gallery.
You can then change the title for your image. It defaults to the image’s filename.
You should also enter alt text, as this is helpful for your WordPress site’s SEO. If your title describes the image, then you can simply repeat it for the alt text.
Once you’re done, please make sure you click the ‘Save Metadata’ button before clicking the X to close the window.
To add your gallery on the site, you’ll first need to publish it. Go ahead and click the Publish button on the right hand side of the screen.
Now, edit a post or page, or create a new one. Inside the content editor, click (+) to add a block to your post, and select the Envira Gallery block. You can find it in the Common Blocks section, or you can use the search bar.
You’ll then need to click on the dropdown to select your gallery.
You should see your gallery in place in your post.
You can adjust the settings on the right-hand side of the screen. For instance, you might want to change the column layout, or the size of the margin between images.
We decided to set our gallery to always display in two columns. We also added a wider margin between the images.
The user can click on an image to see the full-sized version in a lightbox. They can scroll through the images using the lightbox, too.
If you want to add more images to your gallery, then you can go back to it by visiting Envira Gallery » All Galleries in your WordPress dashboard. Simply click on the name of your gallery to edit it.
Any changes you make to your gallery will appear wherever you’ve placed it in your posts, pages, or sidebars. You don’t need to add it to these again.
Tip: If you’re using the classic editor instead of the block editor, you can still use Envira Gallery.
You’ll see an ‘Add Gallery’ button above the classic editor that you can use to add an existing gallery to your post.
You can also create a new gallery by clicking the ‘Add Media’ button then ‘Create Gallery’.
We hope this tutorial helped you learn how to put images side by side in WordPress. You might also want to go through our guide on how to align images in the WordPress block editor, and our comprehensive list of the must have WordPress plugins (expert pick).
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