WordPress 7.0 RC4 is the last release candidate before the May 20, 2026 launch. It locks the hard string freeze and fixes bugs in DataViews and the WP AI Client. Here is how to test it on staging with WP-CLI.
WordPress AI 0.9.0 adds a comment moderation experiment, bulk alt-text generation over WP-CLI, and per-feature model controls. Here is what each one does and how to test it before the 1.0.0 release.
WordPress 7.0 ships the WordPress AI Client, a standardized PHP API for generative AI in plugins. This guide builds a provider-agnostic image generation tool for the Media Library using the prompt builder, support checks, and a REST endpoint.
The Titanic dataset is the classic first project in data science. Using Python, Pandas, and Seaborn, this walkthrough shows how gender, passenger class, and family size shaped who survived, and what that teaches developers about reading data.
WordPress 7.0 real-time collaboration has been pulled from the release. Matt Mullenweg cited race conditions, memory use, and bugs found in fuzz testing. Here is why holding it back was the safer technical call.
Most AI agent projects fail because of weak evaluation, not weak models. These are the 12 metrics I run against every response, grouped into retrieval, generation, agent behavior, and production health, with PHP and Python examples.
WordPress 7.0 development lost real-time collaboration this month over race conditions and load concerns. What’s left for the May 20 release: a native content types system, the @wordpress/grid package, and HEIC and per-block CSS fixes.
Most rotateY() flip cards don’t actually flip, they just shrink and grow. Here’s how perspective, transform-style, and a proper 3D stage give you flip cards and carousels with real depth instead of a squashed 2D look.
The rotateX() CSS function adds real 3D depth, but only when the parent has a perspective value. This covers the syntax, the perspective gotcha that flattens your rotation, and examples like 3D flip cards and unfolding accordions.
A walk through the CSS rotate function: the syntax and angle units, why transform-origin trips people up, independent transform properties, and how to stop rotations from jittering on the main thread.