is_wp_version_compatible() │ WP 5.2.0

Checks compatibility with the current WordPress version.

1 time — 0.000001 sec (speed of light) | 50000 times — 0.03 sec (speed of light) | PHP 7.2.16, WP 5.2

No Hooks.

Return

true|false. True if required version is compatible or empty, false if not.

Usage

is_wp_version_compatible( $required );
$required(string) (required)
Minimum required WordPress version.

Notes

  • Global. String. $wp_version The WordPress version string.

Changelog

Since 5.2.0 Introduced.

Code of is_wp_version_compatible() WP 6.0

wp-includes/functions.php 
function is_wp_version_compatible( $required ) {
	global $wp_version;

	// Strip off any -alpha, -RC, -beta, -src suffixes.
	list( $version ) = explode( '-', $wp_version );

	return empty( $required ) || version_compare( $version, $required, '>=' );
}

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