WordPress 7.0 launched on May 20, 2026 — and it's the most significant infrastructure update to the platform in years. In this video, Matt Chrust, Director of Business Development at AHosting, breaks down every hosting requirement that changed: the PHP 8.3 recommendation, the MySQL 8.0 hard minimum, the 512MB memory requirement for AI features, and why a dedicated IP address matters more than ever for the new WP AI Client.
If you manage WordPress sites, this is your pre-update checklist.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction — what changed in WordPress 7.0
01:30 PHP version requirements and the EOL crisis
04:00 MySQL 8.0 — why 5.7 breaks the new admin
06:30 512MB memory and the WP AI Client
08:00 Why dedicated IP matters for AI features
10:00 Step-by-step upgrade path
12:30 AHosting WordPress plans overview
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