SmartSearchWP Technical Requirements (PHP, MySQL, WordPress)

This is an FAQ entry for the WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin.

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.