WordPress Lifecycle: End Of Life And Support Status
Last updated on April 18, 2024
By definition, WordPress is an open-source Content Management System (CMS) for the web platform. This CMS is ideal for those with no or limited coding experience since it is based on plugins and templates, known as themes, with little to no coding required.
Of course, WordPress does support coding when needed.
It is one of the most popular and user-friendly CMS available today.
Support status guide
End of life (EOL) is the end of a product’s useful life. When a product reaches the end of its life cycle, the manufacturer no longer supports it. The following table explains the different phases of a product’s lifecycle. Testing status is when the product is initially released and EOL is when product support is no longer offered. The time between these two points is the support timeframe.
Testing
The software is not yet publicly available. It is in testing phase i.e., alpha, beta, release preview etc.
Active
The software is actively supported by the vendor.
Phasing Out
The software will soon reach its end of life. You need to look for upgrade or migration options. The software will automatically go into phasing out status 2 months before end of life.
End Of Life
The software is no longer supported by the vendor. You need to make sure your system and environment are safe.
Version
Released
Active Support
An older WordPress version is no longer supported as soon as a newer one is available. This means that at a time, only one (latest) WordPress version is supported.
WordPress receives security support, which means that security vulnerabilities are patched. However, there is no precise definition of when a new release will be made, or whether or not a supported version will receive a security update or not. It all depends on the needs of the software.
The WordPress community ensures the users that a security update will automatically be backported to older releases, except for version 4.1 and older.
EOLs
