WordPress Core Abilities Expansion Proposed for 7.1

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The WordPress core abilities merge proposal for 7.1 adds three read-only primitives that give AI clients a canonical protocol....

WordPress 7.1 Release Party Schedule: What Ships When

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

Gutenberg Core Sync Guidelines Are Now Written Down

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Make/Core publishes the first formal Gutenberg core sync process: weekly cadence, locked beta/RC pinning, and a commit-message template....

WordPress Knowledge Post Type Proposed for 7.1 Core

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

WordPress 7.0.1 Release Schedule: Bug-Fix Plan for July 9

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WordPress 7.0.1 release schedule is set: bug scrubs through June, RC1 July 1, general release July 9. Four co-leads, narrow bug-fix scope....

WordPress libvips Image Editor: 18x Faster Than Imagick

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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

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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

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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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