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WordPress 7.1 Release Party Schedule: What Ships When

July 4, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The WordPress 7.1 release party schedule is on the record: six Slack checkpoints from Beta 1 to General Release on August 19, 2026....

Connector Field Registry Proposed for WordPress 7.1

July 1, 2026• Category: Blog

Gutenberg PR #79373 proposes a PHP connector field registry that closes the api_key-only gap left by the 7.0 Connectors screen....

Classic Block Hidden from Inserter in WordPress 7.1

June 26, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 hides the Classic block from the block inserter by default. Existing content stays editable; one filter brings it back....

WordPress Knowledge Post Type Proposed for 7.1 Core

June 23, 2026• Category: Advanced Solutions • Blog • WordPress Guides

Greg Ziolkowski has proposed merging the WordPress Knowledge custom post type into 7.1 core, with Guidelines as the first feature on top....

Gutenberg 23.4 Lands Resilient Media Uploads

June 22, 2026• Category: Blog

Gutenberg 23.4 resilient media uploads pause offline, resume online, retry with exponential backoff, and gate very large images out of client-side processing....

WordPress 7.1 Roadmap: AI, Notes, and an Honest RTC Note

June 19, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The WordPress 7.1 roadmap is here. AI Client streaming, Notes upgrades, three new blocks, and an honest 'pending' note on real time collaboration....

WordPress 7.1 Release Squad Sets August 19 Target

June 18, 2026• Category: Blog

The WordPress 7.1 release squad is set, with Anne McCarthy leading and an August 19 target. Here is what every agency should plan this week....

WordPress libvips Image Editor: 18x Faster Than Imagick

June 17, 2026• Category: Blog

A new Core Trac proposal would add a WordPress libvips image editor backend with major CPU and memory wins over Imagick. What it means....

WordPress Core Committers Meeting at WCEU 2026: What Changed

June 16, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The WordPress Core Committers meeting recap from WCEU 2026 reveals real changes on Gutenberg-Core sync, real-time collaboration, and beta testing....

WordPress Unicode Email Addresses Land in 7.1 Trunk

June 15, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress merged initial Unicode email address support in trunk: new WP_Email_Address class, updated is_email(), opt-out filters before 7.1....

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