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[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley.
Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, the risks of legacy PHP in WordPress and why upgrading matters for security.
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So on the podcast today we have Milan Petrović. Milan has been deeply immersed in the WordPress ecosystem since 2007, developing an array of plugins, especially for expanding bbPress forums, and running his own company, creating plugins before joining the Freemius team as a full stack developer. With nearly two decades of hand-on experience, Milan has witnessed firsthand the evolution of both the WordPress and PHP landscapes.
Many WordPress users may be only partially aware of PHP. Perhaps they’ve noticed version numbers in their hosting panel, but few of the millions of WordPress users understand the real impact that PHP versions have on the security and performance of their websites. Milan is here to shine a light on why embracing newer versions like PHP eight isn’t just good practise, but a crucial step for security and efficiency.
Milan begins by recounting his journey through WordPress development. The conversation gets into the heart of his recent WordCamp Europe presentation, which tackles how legacy PHP code exposes sites to thousands