Requirements
Recommended:
- Latest stable release of WordPress
- PHP 7
- MySQL 5.0 or MariaDB 10.0
- HTTPS
Required:
That’s really it. We recommend Apache or Nginx as the most robust and featureful web servers for running bbPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. We try to test every possible environment, and each of the suggested WordPress.org hosts supports the above and more with no issues.
If you’re not sure your host meets these requirements, here’s a letter you can send to your host. Just copy and paste!
I'm interested in running the open-source bbPress <https://bbpress.org/> forum software and I was wondering if my account supported the following:
* PHP 7.9 or greater
* MySQL 5.0 or greater
* The mod_rewrite Apache module