In reply to Terence Milbourn.

Realistically, you're putting the cart before the horse here.

Just because WordPress still supports 5.2 doesn't mean that no action has been taken. We have worked with hosts for years to up the ante and to bring everything up to speed, regardless of the minimum version supported.

Not everything is done through code, and definitely not through browbeating them by holding users hostage, like some want to do. You may think it's okay to leave some of the little people in the dust to achieve change. I do not, and I'm proud of the efforts of the team over the years to reduce the number of old php versions in the stats. They did great work by merely talking to hosting services, and that should be commended.