Before installing Influenzic, verify that your hosting environment meets the following minimum requirements. Running below these specifications may result in degraded performance, missing features, or failed installations.
Server Requirements
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| PHP | 8.0 | 8.2+ |
| WordPress | 6.0 | Latest stable |
| MySQL | 5.7 | 8.0+ |
| MariaDB | 10.3 | 10.11+ |
PHP memory_limit |
256 MB | 512 MB |
PHP max_execution_time |
120 s | 300 s |
PHP post_max_size |
20 MB | 64 MB |
Required PHP Extensions
- curl — payment gateway API calls and social account bio verification
- json — all REST API communication
- mbstring — multi-byte string handling for international content
- openssl — HTTPS connections and payment webhook signature verification
- pdo_mysql or mysqli — WordPress database driver
- zip — plugin and update extraction
How to check your extensions: In WordPress admin navigate to Tools → Site Health → Info → Server to see all active PHP extensions and current ini values.
WordPress Memory Limit
Add the following to your wp-config.php before the line that reads /* That's all, stop editing! */:
define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );SSL Certificate
A valid SSL certificate (HTTPS) is required for Stripe webhook delivery and strongly recommended for all production sites. Most managed hosts provision this automatically.
Recommended hosting: Influenzic is tested on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS Lightsail, Kinsta, WP Engine, and Cloudways. Shared hosts work but verify memory limits and whether external HTTP requests are allowed.