The WordPress ecosystem is the one place we need this the most. Adding a plug-in to your wp instance is always a gamble because you know it's gonna break something else.<p>Kudos to the author for helping solve a real problem.
The fact that WordPress and other large projects still support PHP 5.* is one of the major things holding PHP back. Supporting PHP 5.* in 2018 is like supporting IE8 in 2018.