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title: SmartSearchWP Technical Requirements (PHP, MySQL, WordPress)
description: "This is an FAQ entry for the [WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin](https://www.smartsearchwp.com/en/). This page lists the **technical requirements** for installing and running SmartSearchWP on WordPress. ## WordPress - **Minimum version:** WordPress 4.7+ - **Tested up to:** WordPress 7.0.2 ## PHP -…"
url: "https://www.smartsearchwp.com/en/docs/smartsearchwp-technical-requirements-php-mysql-wordpress/"
updated: "2026-07-23"
category: Technical
---

# SmartSearchWP Technical Requirements (PHP, MySQL, WordPress)

This is an FAQ entry for the [WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin](https://www.smartsearchwp.com/en/).

This page lists the **technical requirements** for installing and running SmartSearchWP on WordPress.

## WordPress

- **Minimum version:** WordPress 4.7+
- **Tested up to:** WordPress 7.0.2

## PHP

- **Minimum version:** PHP 7.4+ (PHP 8.1+ recommended for certain add-ons, e.g., Full Page)
- **Extensions:** cURL, JSON, mbstring (standard on most web hosts)
- **Memory:** 256 MB recommended for administration and embedding generation
- **Network:** Outbound HTTPS access to the OpenAI API (`api.openai.com`) — cURL enabled or `allow_url_fopen`

## Database

- **MySQL** 5.7+ or **MariaDB** 10.3+ (versions supported by your version of WordPress)
- UTF-8 encoding (utf8mb4 recommended)

## OpenAI

An active OpenAI account, a valid API key, and credits or pay-as-you-go billing. SmartSearchWP does not include OpenAI credits.

If your web host is blocking `/wp-json/`, see the WAF FAQ (403 error on retrieve-prompt) in the Technical category.