# Wordpress Considers Dropping Support for Internet Explorer 11

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**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wordpress-considers-dropping-support-for-internet-explorer-11/175328 "2021-03-14T14:39:30Z")\
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Bleeping Computer reports:

_The most well-known and popular blogging platform, WordPress, is [considering dropping support for Internet Explorer 11 as the browser’s usage dips below 1%](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/wordpress-plans-to-drop-support-for-internet-explorer-11/). Using three metrics to determine the number of people still using IE 11, WordPress has found that its cumulative usage is below 1%…_

 

_WordPress is not alone in dropping support for IE 11. In August 2020, Microsoft announced that they would [no longer support Internet Explorer on the Microsoft Teams web app](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-really-wants-you-to-stop-using-internet-explorer/), and Microsoft 365 would no longer support it starting on August 17th, 2021._  
“Dropping support would result in [smaller scripts, lower maintenance burden, and decrease build times](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/03/04/discussion-dropping-support-for-ie11/),” notes a post on the Wordpress blog. "For instance, a recent exploration [by @youknowriad](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/27685) demonstrated that not transpiling the scripts to IE11 immediately resulted in a net reduction of nearly 84kB in the Gutenberg JavaScript [Wordpress Editor interface] built files, representing a 7,78% total decrease in size; these scripts have seen a size contraction up to 60%, with an average reduction of 24%…

“Moreover, dropping support would ultimately make WordPress’ [currently included polyfill script](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php#L94) obsolete, decreasing the enqueued scripts size up to 102kB more.”