WordPress News & Coverage
WordPress 7.0 RC3 removes the real-time collaboration feature from core after technical challenges delayed its launch. The feature will continue as a plugin while the core release focuses on stability.
Matt Mullenweg has removed real-time collaboration from WordPress 7.0, citing engineering difficulties and the impact of Automattic's legal dispute with WP Engine on development priorities.
Gutenberg 23.1 introduces faster image uploads, an experimental custom taxonomies UI, a new media editor with freeform cropping, and enhanced UI primitives for developers.
WordPress 7.0 will not include real-time collaboration due to unresolved technical issues affecting stability, server load, and reliability. The feature will be revisited after broader testing post-release.
Comprehensive testing of WordPress's Real Time Collaboration storage strategies identifies custom-table-with-transients as the superior method, offering up to 52% faster REST dispatch times and broad hosting compatibility.
The WordPress core performance team reported a 10% regression in TTFB for WordPress 7.0 versus 6.9, with ongoing efforts to optimize script loading and real-time collaboration ahead of release.
WordPress 7.0 launches with native AI integration, real-time collaboration, and new developer tools, marking a major leap in platform capabilities for agencies and site owners.
WordPress contributor Joe Fusco has released an experimental Presence API plugin that shows who is logged into the admin and their activity, improving real-time collaboration.
WordPress 7.0 release postponed to redesign real-time collaboration database handling. A plugin supply chain attack exposes risks as WordCamp Europe 2026 unveils a packed schedule.
WordPress 7.0 has a new release date of May 20, 2026, with beta and release candidate stages scheduled earlier in May. Hosting providers are invited to test the key real-time collaboration feature ahead of launch.
