Avada Theme Server and Environment Software Operation Requirements

Avada theme host, server and environment software There are certain requirements. If you do not know the relevant knowledge in advance, you may fail to open the website and use a function because you do not meet the Avada theme requirements. Wei Aisi's notes share the official requirements of Avada theme for running host, server and environment software.

Old Wei was in WordPress+Avada Theme/Elementor Theme Host Environment Details After a brief introduction, this time we will share it based on the official requirements of Avada theme and the experience in actual operation. I hope it will be helpful to you.

1. Avada Theme Environment Software Version

• Use the latest version of WordPress.
• PHP 7.3 or later. (Note: Avada 7.2+is compatible with PHP 8.0)
• MySQL version 5.6 or higher (MariaDB version 10.1+).
• HTTPS is supported.
• Meet the minimum requirements for running WordPress.

The above is the official requirement of Avada theme. In the specific use, Lao Wei found that if you strictly follow this requirement, you may encounter various unexpected problems outside the Avada theme, which you cannot solve. Therefore, the recommended environment version after our flexibility is as follows:

• Use the next new version of WordPress. For example, the latest version 5.7.2, you can use 5.6 or 5.7.
• PHP 7.4 or later. It is recommended to use a version that is one lower than the current stable version.
• MySQL 5.6 or higher (MariaDB version 10.1+). For different sizes, it is recommended to use MySQL 5.5 with less than 2GB of memory.
• HTTPS is supported.
• Meet the minimum requirements for running WordPress.

2. Why is the required environment version lower than the official requirements of the Avada theme?

WordPress is a complex CMS website management system. Except for the theme, each website has several different plug-ins installed. The plug-ins do not necessarily fully support the functions and functions of the latest version of php and MySQL (such as php8.0). Also, webmasters manually add a lot of code to WordPress, which is easy to cause many unexpected problems.

It is recommended to use MySQL 5.6 in VPS and ECS with more than 2G memory, and MySQL 5.5 in VPS and ECS with less than 2G memory. Take the pagoda panel as an example. Deploying MySQL 8.0 requires a 2-core processor and a server with more than 8GB of memory. For most websites and programs, MySQL 5.5 and 5.6 are sufficient. You don't need to buy such a high configuration server; Besides, we also need to consider whether the software supports it!

3. For those low version environments, Avada can be used with PHP 5.6.20+and MySQL 5.0. However, the PHP and MySQL official have stopped updating these versions, which may cause the website to encounter security vulnerabilities. In particular, versions earlier than php7.3 are no longer supported and are not recommended.

4. Avada Theme Suggested PHP Parameters

You may encounter problems such as data import failure of demo demo, blank page, etc., which are related to PHP parameter restrictions.

The solution is to increase the PHP limit value. If you know how to modify it, you can also contact the host service provider to modify it

max_execution_time 180
memory_limit 128M
post_max_size 32M
upload_max_filesize 32M

If When importing Avada templates, php time limit, php max input vars, and PHP Memory Limit prompts appear , you can try to modify the parameters according to the method in this article.

5. View Avada theme php parameter information

Enter the WordPress background, click Avada>Maintenance>Status on the left navigation bar, and you can see it by sliding the mouse. If there is red ink, you can operate according to the above link prompts.