HyperDB breaks after WordPress or PHP upgrades
HyperDB throws fatal errors or stops working after WordPress or PHP upgrades, and site owners fear it is abandoned.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
6 public reports · first reported 11 March 2021 · last reported 17 November 2023
What's going wrong
Multiple site owners report HyperDB failing right after they upgrade WordPress or PHP. Errors include undefined functions, deprecation warnings for the core database file, critical errors on older WordPress versions, and undefined constants on PHP 8.0. Some owners also noticed debug output that exposed database login details. Others asked whether the plugin is still maintained at all. Agencies and multisite owners depend on it for scaling and are stuck choosing between upgrades and working sites. A compatibility watch with pre-release testing would tell them before they update.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
HyperDB.
Related problems
Who has this problem
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