This plugin scans your installed plugins and themes for potential PHP compatibility issues when upgrading to newer PHP versions.
As of April 2026, BrightLeaf Digital PHP Compatibility Scanner is a WordPress php plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 754 times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
PHP Compatibility Scanner helps you assess whether your site’s code (plugins and themes) is likely to run on newer versions of PHP. It performs static analysis using PHP_CodeSniffer and the PHPCompatibilityWP ruleset to flag code patterns that are incompatible with the selected target PHP version.
What the plugin does (at a glance):
– Compares your current runtime PHP (baseline) to a selected target PHP version (8.0–8.4).
– Scans plugins and themes, then highlights only the new issues that would appear on the target version (the “delta”).
– Shows results in a clear report on the Tools screen and adds small badges on the Plugins list screen.
– Lets you pause, resume, or stop a running scan.
Important limitations of static analysis:
– Static analysis can miss i…
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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