Wasp edges closer to production as PHP test pass rate climbs

Wasp has cleared an important hurdle on its path to becoming a practical tool for moving PHP sites on to Internet Computer infrastructure. The team says the system now passes 766 of the official 833 PHP tests, giving it a 92 per cent success rate across the full suite. When looking only at tests that are compatible with WebAssembly environments, the figure rises sharply. The 67 tests it does not pass rely on features such as threads and networking that WebAssembly does not support, so the team views the effective pass rate as 99.6 per cent.

According to the developers, the focus is shifting towards production readiness. Interest is already coming from people asking whether they will eventually be able to migrate existing websites without rebuilding them from scratch. The response from the project team is that this is exactly what they are working towards. The plan is to offer a plugin that handles the move automatically once the system is ready, with DNS changes completing the process.

Before any wider rollout, Wasp will go through further internal testing. The team intends to invite members of its community, known as the Wasp swarm, to register interest as they begin phased access to the Wasp nest where WordPress sites can be run. Early users will be able to test how the system behaves under real workloads and help shape the next round of improvements.

Wasp’s progress reflects a broader effort to expand the range of tools and languages that can be deployed on-chain through WebAssembly. If the project continues to meet its targets, it may lower the barrier for developers and site owners considering a shift to decentralised infrastructure.