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Six MariaDB versions, one real difference: the only reason to leave 10.6 is the July 2026 clock
A rebuilt WordPress rig tested 10.6.28 through 13.0.1-RC on identical data. Nearly every query difference was noise, and one UPDATE plan got twice as slow from 11.4 onward.
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- Hype gap−12
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