WordPress wants to build Block Editor Handbook pages straight from block.json at build time. That would kill doc drift and give core blocks a reference that matches the code you are actually running.
WordPress 7.0 stopped hardcoding which blocks support Block Bindings and Pattern Overrides. Support is resolved through a filter now, so any lookup table you were trusting is out of date. Also new: a native Accordion block and an Icon block.
WordPress 7.0 lands May 20, 2026, and RC3 on May 8 is now being treated as the new Beta 1. The experimental Presence API gets its own wp_presence table with a 60-second TTL for tracking who is editing what.
WordPress.com’s new short-form blogging theme stores micro-posts as ordinary WordPress posts, so replies stay comments and reblogs keep their attribution. Here is what that buys you over renting space on a social platform.
Version 0.7.0 of the experimental AI plugin adds content classification, bulk alt text generation, and hooks for changing system instructions before results are saved. Here is what holds up, what to watch on a slow host, and what 0.8.0 has queued.
The WordPress documentation team has triaged close to 800 GitHub issues and closed more than 200. Most of the remaining work sits with the DevHub parser and the theme and plugin handbooks, which is also where outside contributors are most useful.
WordPress 7.0 ships the MCP adapter as a separate plugin and leans on reversible decisions while contributor time is short. What that changes for dependency management, plus how to register a custom ability.
WordPress 7.0 now ships May 20, 2026. Notes on why the schedule moved, why the release squad is treating RC3 as a new Beta 1, and the jump to PHP 7.4 as the minimum version.
The Presence API feature plugin gives the WordPress admin real-time awareness of who is editing what, using a dedicated ephemeral table on a 60-second TTL instead of hammering wp_options. Here is what ships with it, and where it still gets confused.
The WordPress 7.0 Beta is live for Business and Commerce plans, and the change worth having is a one-click Deactivate button on the fatal error screen, instead of an SFTP session or a recovery mode email that never arrives.