Abandoned widget fails on PHP 7.4 and PHP 8
The widget is abandoned and breaks or warns on PHP 7.4 and PHP 8, forcing site owners to replace it or pay for old PHP.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
6 public reports · first reported 9 July 2012 · last reported 8 July 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners report that the Query Posts widget has not been maintained for years and throws deprecated-code warnings or fails on PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.