ext Confirm accuracy of required extensions

The list of required extensions originated at https://github.com/cftp/WP-Extension-Check.

I don't believe the filter extension is actually required to run WP, but it's certainly required to run some popular plugins such as Yoast SEO.

Are all the other "required" extensions accurate?

Dec 10 '17 21:12 johnbillion

Core doesn't require libxml either I think. We do.

Dec 10 '17 21:12 jdevalk

sockets is probably no longer required since Requests was merged in.

Dec 10 '17 22:12 johnbillion

See also https://github.com/ataylorme/WordPress-Hosting-Best-Practices-Documentation/blob/master/server-environment/server-environment.md#php-extensions

It might be nice to have aforementioned document link to the specific usage.

Dec 14 '17 14:12 danielbachhuber

Core doesn't require libxml either I think. We do.

Core uses libxml for some stuff if it is available, e.g. XML oEmbed responses.

Mar 19 '19 17:03 swissspidy

It turns out there is a core list: https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/handbook/handbook/server-environment/#php-extensions

This list is used in WP_Site_Health::get_test_php_extensions() in the new Site Health functionality in 5.2, unfortunately not very well abstracted.

Mar 25 '19 09:03 johnbillion

It turns out there is a core list:

I think the core list is simply a published version of https://github.com/ataylorme/WordPress-Hosting-Best-Practices-Documentation/blob/master/server-environment/server-environment.md#php-extensions

Which I put together originally. To the best of my knowledge, and may not be 100% accurate.

Mar 25 '19 12:03 danielbachhuber