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Recommended setup

We recommend Linux with either the Apache or NGINX web-servers as the most robust platforms for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. If your host doesn't support one of these platforms, and mod_rewrite, you will probably be better off switching to one of the many hosting providers that do offer those choices.

It is also essential that your host allows remote connections, for many of the WordPress features to work. If your host blocks outgoing HTTP connections, many parts of the WordPress will not function.

Recommended server setup:

PHP version 5.2 or greater

MySQL version 5.0 or greater

Some other Issues might apply, for Details, see my technical Installation Checklist.

Hosting providers

Hosting is a commodity these days and with a little digging it's easy to find a host that supports the above. If you're looking for hosting suggestions, please try:

WordPress Recommended Hosts - these hosts support WordPress, in more ways than one.

Searching the WordPress support forums for recommendations

To run WordPress your host just needs a couple of things:

PHP version 4.3 or greater

MySQL version 4.1.2 or greater

That’s really it. We recommend Apache or Nginx as the most robust and featureful server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. That said, we can’t test every possible environment and each of the hosts on our hosting page supports the above and more with no problems.

Ask for it

Here’s a letter you can send to your host; copy and paste!

I'm interested in running the open-source WordPress <http://wordpress.org/> blogging software and I was wondering if my account supported the following:

PHP 4.3 or greater
MySQL 4.1.2 or greater
The mod_rewrite Apache module

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