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One of the biggest challenges WordPress developers face is ensuring their themes and plugins work across different WordPress and PHP versions. Since we launched Studio, our free and open source local development app, last year, you’ve asked for more flexibility in version selection—and now you have it.

As of today, WordPress and PHP version selection is now available in Studio, giving you even more control over your local development environment and testing processes.

How to Select WordPress and PHP Versions in Studio

With this update, you can now select your preferred WordPress and PHP versions at two key moments:

• When creating a new site: Previously, you had to create a site with default settings and change versions later. Now you can select the exact versions you need when you create a Studio site.
• For existing sites: Do you need to test your site against an older WordPress version or with a different PHP environment? Go to your Studio site settings to…