PHP Compatibility Index

Is Smart Slider 3 compatible with PHP 8?

Version 3.5.1.39 · 800,000+ active installs · requires PHP 7.0

Works on PHP 8.0–8.5, with deprecation notices from 8.5

No removed PHP features found in Smart Slider 3 3.5.1.39. It uses 1 deprecated feature(s) that only log notices today.

PHP 8.0
✓
PHP 8.1
✓
PHP 8.2
✓
PHP 8.3
✓
PHP 8.4
✓
PHP 8.5
⚠ 1

✓ no problems · ⚠ deprecation notices only (still works) · ✗ uses something removed in that PHP version

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Deprecated (works today, logs notices)

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Nextend/SmartSlider3/Application/Admin/Help/ControllerHelp.php:63Function curl_close() is deprecated since PHP 8.5

Removed long ago or protected by a check (code that most likely never runs on PHP 8)

File:lineWhat
Nextend/Framework/Url/UrlHelper.php:117Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated since PHP 7.4 and removed since PHP 8.0
Nextend/Framework/Url/UrlHelper.php:216Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated since PHP 7.4 and removed since PHP 8.0
Nextend/SmartSlider3/Generator/AbstractGeneratorGroupConfiguration.php:65Extension 'mcrypt' is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use openssl (preferred) or pecl/mcrypt once available instead
Nextend/SmartSlider3/Generator/AbstractGeneratorGroupConfiguration.php:65Function mcrypt_create_iv() is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2; Use random_bytes() or OpenSSL instead
Nextend/SmartSlider3/Generator/AbstractGeneratorGroupConfiguration.php:65The constant "MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM" is deprecated since PHP 7.1 and removed since PHP 7.2

Plugin page on WordPress.org: smart-slider-3