From e1265a3732eedaf6bf12f87b080e19ebd65a08a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Desrosiers <desrosj@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023 14:11:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Database: Raise the minimum required version of MySQL.

This raises the minimum version of MySQL required to run WordPress from 5.0 to 5.5.5.

MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 have long been unsupported and both reached end of life over 10 years ago. Combined usage for both versions sits at 0.4% of all WordPress sites.

Because 5.5 sits at just under 15% usage, 5.5 cannot be trimmed off at this time.

Of all sites running 5.5.x, 85% are running 5.5.5, and 100% are running 5.5.5 or higher. This makes it the logical landing spot.

Props johnbillion, sergeybiryukov, jorbin.
Fixes #60036.

git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@57173 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/readme.html             | 2 +-
 src/wp-includes/version.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/readme.html b/src/readme.html
index 4c76fd4c17..f0309df1e9 100644
--- a/src/readme.html
+++ b/src/readme.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 <h2>System Requirements</h2>
 <ul>
 	<li><a href="https://secure.php.net/">PHP</a> version <strong>7.0</strong> or greater.</li>
-	<li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.0</strong> or greater.</li>
+	<li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.5.5</strong> or greater.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3>Recommendations</h3>
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/version.php b/src/wp-includes/version.php
index ecd665df63..fca28144f5 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ $required_php_version = '7.0.0';
  *
  * @global string $required_mysql_version
  */
-$required_mysql_version = '5.0';
+$required_mysql_version = '5.5.5';