WordPress have issued a newsletter today advising all of their 45 million users to be aware that the version update of WordPress from 3.1.x to 3.2 will have upgraded system requirements.

The main changes are :

PHP version 5.2.4 +
MySQL 5.x

You can check your PHP version and MySQL version through your cPanel or you can contact our support team for assistance.

There is also a plugin available to make sure your server supports the latest version of WordPress, it’s called “health Check” and can be downloaded from the WordPress plugin section of your wp-admin.

If you are currently using an outdated browser a yellow box will appear in your admin advising you to update your browser to the latest version, however if you are using Internet Explorer 6 the admin area will highlight this in a red box and the admin area will not function properly.

For the official WordPress news release please click here