{"id":7070,"date":"2026-07-24T00:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/docs\/smartsearchwp-technical-requirements-php-mysql-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:56:22","password":"","slug":"smartsearchwp-technical-requirements-php-mysql-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/docs\/smartsearchwp-technical-requirements-php-mysql-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartSearchWP Technical Requirements (PHP, MySQL, WordPress)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an FAQ entry for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/\">WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page lists the <strong>technical requirements<\/strong> for installing and running SmartSearchWP on WordPress.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Minimum version:<\/strong> WordPress 4.7+<\/li><li><strong>Tested up to:<\/strong> WordPress 7.0.2<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PHP<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Minimum version:<\/strong> PHP 7.4+ (PHP 8.1+ recommended for certain add-ons, e.g., Full Page)<\/li><li><strong>Extensions:<\/strong> cURL, JSON, mbstring (standard on most web hosts)<\/li><li><strong>Memory:<\/strong> 256 MB recommended for administration and embedding generation<\/li><li><strong>Network:<\/strong> Outbound HTTPS access to the OpenAI API (<code>api.openai.com<\/code>) \u2014 cURL enabled or  <code>allow_url_fopen<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Database<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MySQL<\/strong> 5.7+ or <strong>MariaDB<\/strong> 10.3+ (versions supported by your version of WordPress)<\/li><li>UTF-8 encoding (utf8mb4 recommended)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OpenAI<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An active OpenAI account, a valid API key, and credits or pay-as-you-go billing. 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