WordPress News & Coverage
Tickets are now available for WordCamp US 2026, scheduled for August 16–19 at the Phoenix Convention Center. This flagship event offers sessions, Contributor Day, and showcases for WordPress professionals at all levels.
Learn how to build a WordPress plugin using the new AI Client to generate images directly in the Media Library. This tutorial covers prompt building, REST API integration, and media uploads.
WordPress 7.0 removes default title attributes from author link functions to simplify markup and improve accessibility, offering developers new parameters and filters for customization.
WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4 is now available for final testing before its scheduled launch on May 20, 2026. This release candidate focuses on stability and bug fixes.
WordPress 7.0 delivers major developer enhancements, AI integration with the WP AI Client, a modernized dashboard, and new APIs for interactive block development.
The WordPress Core team finalized the RTC custom table introduction for WordPress 7.0 and announced Release Candidate 3 for May 8, urging hosts to test RTC before launch.
WordPress 7.0 is approaching with key developer updates including a new Content Types system, expanded revisions, and a postponed real-time collaboration feature.
The WordPress Core team’s May 13 dev chat will focus on WordPress 7.0’s final release preparations, including deferring real-time collaboration and discussing Gutenberg 23.1 updates.
WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 3 is now available for testing, with over 140 fixes since RC2 and Real Time Collaboration postponed to 7.1. The final release is scheduled for May 20, 2026.
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.
