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System Requirements & Compatibility

2026-02-155 min read

System Requirements & Compatibility

Minimum Requirements

All Sera plugins share these minimum requirements:

RequirementMinimumRecommended
WordPress6.0+6.4+
PHP8.0+8.1+
MySQL5.7+8.0+
MariaDB10.3+10.6+
PHP Memory128 MB256 MB

Server Configuration

PHP Extensions Required

  • json β€” JSON parsing (usually enabled by default)
  • mbstring β€” Multibyte string handling
  • curl β€” HTTP requests for license validation and AI API calls
  • openssl β€” Secure connections
  • dom β€” XML/HTML parsing (used by AI Sitemap)
  • zip β€” Plugin updates

PHP Configuration

ini
max_execution_time = 300
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_size = 64M

Plugin Compatibility

Tested Compatible

  • Page Builders: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, WPBakery, Gutenberg
  • Caching: WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Super Cache
  • SEO: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO (AI Sitemap has built-in conflict detection)
  • Security: Compatible alongside Wordfence, Sucuri (though Sentinel provides equivalent features)
  • eCommerce: WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads

Known Conflicts

  • Other sitemap plugins: AI Sitemap will detect and warn about conflicts with Yoast, Rank Math, or other sitemap generators. You should disable their sitemap features when using AI Sitemap.
  • Aggressive caching: Some caching plugins may cache the Sera admin dashboard. Add /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sera* to your cache exclusion rules.*

Hosting Compatibility

Sera works on all major WordPress hosts including:

  • Shared hosting (Bluehost, SiteGround, Hostinger)
  • Managed WordPress (WP Engine, Kinsta, Flywheel)
  • VPS/Dedicated (DigitalOcean, Linode, AWS)
  • Localhost (XAMPP, Local by Flywheel, MAMP)

Note: Some shared hosts may have restrictive PHP limits. If you encounter issues, contact your host about increasing memory_limit and max_execution_time.