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WordPress 7.1 Responsive Block Styles Land in Global Styles

August 6, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 adds responsive block styles and configurable viewports to Global Styles and theme.json. Here is what shipped and how I would migrate....

Background Gradient Block Support Ships in WordPress 7.1

July 27, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 adds background.gradient block support that finally layers over images. Five core blocks adopt it. Here is what to do....

WordPress 7.1 Client-Side Media Processing With wasm-vips

July 23, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 moves client-side media processing to the browser via wasm-vips. What Chromium gets, what Safari does not, which hooks stop firing....

WordPress 7.1 Icons API: The v15 Breaking Change You Missed

July 21, 2026• Category: Blog • Plugins • WordPress Guides

The @wordpress/icons v15 flip to fill=currentColor and the new register_icon() surface in the WordPress 7.1 Icons API rewrite plugin CSS. Here is what breaks....

WordPress 7.1 Iframed Post Editor: What Breaks in Blocks

July 20, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 enforces the iframed post editor on every block theme. Here are the five failure modes in custom blocks and how to fix them....

WordPress 7.1 Makes the 40px Component Default Permanent

July 18, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 hard-deprecates the __next40pxDefaultSize prop across ten core components. Here is the audit I would run this week....

WordPress 7.1 Beta 1: What Shipped and What to Test

July 16, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 is out. Notes, responsive styling, media, and the toolbar all moved. Here is what to test this week before WooCommerce 11.0....

WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release: 31 Bug Fixes Before 7.1

July 13, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.0.1 maintenance release ships 31 bug fixes across Core and the Block Editor. Update before 7.1 Beta 1 pins trunk on July 15....

Classic Block Stays in the WordPress 7.1 Inserter

July 12, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 reverses course: the Classic block stays fully available in the inserter, and here is what the reversal tells us about TinyMCE and migrations....

WooCommerce 10.9.4 Fixes VAT Exempt Bug on Block Checkout

July 11, 2026• Category: Blog

WooCommerce 10.9.4 fixes an is_vat_exempt regression that overcharged logged-in B2B customers on Block Checkout since 10.9.0....

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