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Developer Advisory

Update to Action Scheduler Requirements

We plan on bumping the minimum requirements for Action Scheduler in an upcoming release. The Details Currently, Action Scheduler requires at least PHP 5.6 but, principally in order to add improved handling for certain error conditions, we are going to bump that requirement to PHP 7.0. How can I tell if this affects me? If […]

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Developer Advisory

Best Practices for Deconflicting Different Versions of Action Scheduler

tl;dr When two or more plugins are running side-by-side, but include different versions of Action Scheduler, there is an increased risk of conflict in some cases. The details Numerous plugins include the Action Scheduler library and, in the vast majority of cases, they will successfully run side-by-side without issue—even if each includes a different version […]

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Developer Advisory

Requirements Change for Action Scheduler

tl;dr In an upcoming release of Action Scheduler, we are planning to raise the minimum WordPress and PHP requirements needed to use the plugin. The details As of Action Scheduler 3.2.1 (the current release at time of writing), Action Scheduler requires: PHP 5.3 WordPress 4.7 We’ve decided the time is right to make some reasonable […]

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Action Scheduler 3.2.0 Released

A new version of ActionScheduler is now rolled out and available for download. This version will also be included with WooCommerce 5.5 (July release) and onwards. Notable changes in this release includes: Add a new index to the action table, reducing the potential for deadlocks. #695 Additional safeguards put in place against processing future actions […]