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WordPress 7.1 Release Schedule
1w ago00:07:26Tap to summarizeIn just over a month and a half, WordPress 7.1 will launch, and its release has already been scheduled, starting with beta on July 15. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d3e5d89"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8154","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"WordPress 7.1 Release Schedule","subtitle":"In just over a month and a half, WordPress 7.1 will launch, and its release has already been scheduled, starting with beta on July 15.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:07:26.206","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/55\/181104190787bc132622e50f510c53\/wordpress-7-1-release-schedule_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/wordpress-7-1-release-schedule\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/369\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e146.mp3","size":"7261752","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/369\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e146.mp3","size":"7261752","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8154", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen this program from: <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="512" height="512" ...
Transcribe →Say Goodbye to the Classic Editor
2w ago00:04:43Tap to summarizeSince WordPress 5.0 and the launch of the block editor, the classic editor has been there… but now the countdown to its farewell has begun. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d40194f"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8149","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"Say Goodbye to the Classic Editor","subtitle":"Since WordPress 5.0 and the launch of the block editor, the classic editor has been there... but now the countdown to its farewell has begun.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:04:43.349","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/f4\/1298a289682f1962449e01f54fe438\/say-goodbye-to-the-classic-editor_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/say-goodbye-to-the-classic-editor\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/368\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e145.mp3","size":"4592136","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/368\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e145.mp3","size":"4592136","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8149", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from June 22 to 28, 2026. The first concrete step in the gradual disappearance of the Classic block has been confirmed: starting with WordPress 7.1, the Classic block no longer appears in the block inserter by default. This doesn’t affect anything you already have: the block remains registered, any existing Classic block keeps working and being editable exactly as before, and the traditional Classic editor — whether through the Classic Editor plugin or in post types that don’t use the block editor — is not affected at all. The only thing that changes is you can no longer add a new Classic block from the menu, block library, or slash commands. The underlying reason is architectural consistency: the Classic block is the only Core block that doesn’t behave like a block, but rather as opaque HTML rendered through an embedded TinyMCE editor, which forces it to be treated as a special case in much of the work done on the block system. <p class="wp-bloc...
Transcribe →The WordPress 7.1 Team and Everything That's Coming
3w ago00:11:33Tap to summarizeThe team preparing WordPress 7.1 is already in place, and at the same time a clear roadmap of what the version will include has been revealed. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d40b6f7"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8146","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"The WordPress 7.1 Team and Everything That's Coming","subtitle":"The team preparing WordPress 7.1 is already in place, and at the same time a clear roadmap of what the version will include has been revealed.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-06-23T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:11:33.595","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/ee\/79bc0837d3b83251d9b036c1552c4c\/144-the-wordpress-7-1-team-and-everything-thats-coming_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/the-wordpress-7-1-team-and-everything-thats-coming\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/367\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e144.mp3","size":"11279688","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/367\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e144.mp3","size":"11279688","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8146", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from June 15 to 21, 2026. We have a date and team for WordPress 7.1. The release is scheduled for August 19, 2026, coinciding with WordCamp US, and Anne McCarthy will lead the entire cycle as Release Lead. It’s not a casual choice: Anne has spent years being the person who gathers and prepares information for each new WordPress version, the one who writes the roadmaps, organizes the updates, and connects the work of dozens of teams into a coherent narrative for the entire community. If you’ve ever wanted to know what was coming in a WordPress version before it shipped, you’ve probably read something written or coordinated by her. Having her now lead a full cycle is simply the natural continuation of that work, and few people know the project’s pulse better. The team follows the reduced squad model that’s been used in recent cycles, relying heavily on the representatives of each Make team to distribute the workload. As for <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/06/19/roadmap-...
Transcribe →Bring Your Local Community to the Global Chat
4w ago00:05:54Tap to summarizeIf you have your own local community and want to take advantage of the benefits of global communication, WordPress has already begun integrating multiple communities into the global Slack. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d41850e"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8141","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"Bring Your Local Community to the Global Chat","subtitle":"If you have your own local community and want to take advantage of the benefits of global communication, WordPress has already begun integrating multiple communities into the global Slack.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-06-16T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:05:54.229","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/60\/7458e13f6aa4d5fa17e4c0a38f834e\/bring-your-local-community-to-the-global-chat_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/bring-your-local-community-to-the-global-chat\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/366\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e143.mp3","size":"5767224","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/366\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e143.mp3","size":"5767224","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8141", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from June 8 to 14, 2026. The Core team has integrated into the WordPress 7.1 development branch the system that enables user registration with email accounts compatible with UTF-8 characters. The is_email() and sanitize_email() functions now natively accept these addresses, and a new WP_Email_Address class is added that allows access to both the ASCII representation of the address — useful for HTML attributes like the href of a mailto link — and the Unicode representation, designed to be displayed to the user. Support can be disabled via filters for cases where a plugin integrates with an external service that doesn’t yet support this type of address. Important notice for those using WP Now...
Transcribe →WordCamp Europe 2026
Jun 900:11:40Tap to summarizeFollowing the launch of WordPress 7.0, the largest WordPress event on the planet took place, bringing together 2,500 people from the ecosystem to review the state of WordPress and the upcoming WordPress 7.1 version. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d4240b0"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8135","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"WordCamp Europe 2026","subtitle":"Following the launch of WordPress 7.0, the largest WordPress event on the planet took place, bringing together 2,500 people from the ecosystem to review the state of WordPress and the upcoming WordPress 7.1 version.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-06-09T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:11:40.268","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/88\/3ac02bd55907271caaf3583191435f\/wordcamp-europe-2026_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/wordcamp-europe-2026\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/365\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e142.mp3","size":"11423496","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/365\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e142.mp3","size":"11423496","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8135", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from June 1 to 7, 2026. WordCamp Europe 2026 took place June 4-6 in Krakow, Poland, with 2,458 attendees from 81 countries, nearly a quarter of whom were attending their first WordCamp Europe. The event kicked off with Contributor Day, where all teams worked in parallel, with special focus on bringing new contributors on board through mentors and welcome tables. The opening keynote was delivered by the CERN team, the European laboratory where the World Wide Web was born, which announced that home.cern is now running on WordPress, automatically migrated to production that same day, with a custom platform that provisions new sites in Kubernetes in roughly a minute and plans to release as open source. WordPress 7.0 was the thread running through much of the program. A panel with launch contributors walked through ho...
Transcribe →WordPress Turns 23
Jun 200:06:12Tap to summarizeIt’s been 23 years since May 27, 2003, when version 0.70 of new software known as WordPress was released. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d42f89f"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8131","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"WordPress Turns 23","subtitle":"","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-06-02T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:06:12.252","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/4b\/64b9e44073019e52525f8b45dc679d\/wordpress-turns-23_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/wordpress-turns-23\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/364\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e141.mp3","size":"6059928","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/364\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e141.mp3","size":"6059928","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8131", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from May 25 to 31, 2026. WordPress celebrated its 23rd birthday on May 27, and Matt Mullenweg marked it with a post on the official blog reflecting on a year he describes as the strongest and most precarious in the project’s history. On the positive side, he highlights the launch of WordPress 7.0: within just seven days, 46% of all installations worldwide had already updated automatically and without incident. On the darker side, Matt spends much of the post on the legal conflict with WP Engine and its parent company Silver Lake, which he says is consuming time and energy from key project people and has reached the point of attempting to dissolve the WordPress Foundation. Matt publicly calls on Silver Lake to end the litigation, and closes the post on a very personal note, acknowledging the human cost it’s taking on him and those around him. The Core team has announced that WordPress 7.1 will upgrade React: moving from version 18 to 19, a change that will arrive first in the Gutenberg plugin in version 23.3 and will be integrated into Core with Word...
Transcribe →WordPress 7.0: Louis "Armstrong"
May 26Tap to summarizeArguably one of the most complicated versions to launch, but it’s finally here. WordPress 7.0 is now a reality, and AI integration in WordPress is too. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d439a97"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8126","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"WordPress 7.0: Louis \"Armstrong\"","subtitle":"Arguably one of the most complicated versions to launch, but it's finally here. WordPress 7.0 is now a reality, and AI integration in WordPress is too.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-05-26T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:00:00.000","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/5f\/52bd6edb47a8bebe684275a0183ad1\/wordpress-7-0-louis-armstrong_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/wordpress-7-0-louis-armstrong\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/363\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e140.mp3","size":"7891656","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/363\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e140.mp3","size":"7891656","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8126", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from May 18 to 24, 2026. It’s here. On May 20, WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” was officially released, named in honor of Louis Armstrong, the jazz trumpeter who transformed the genre into a soloist’s art and introduced improvisation as a universal musical language. The launch was coordinated by Matias Ventura as release lead and involved more than 875 contributors from around the world, over 200 of them participating for the first time, resulting in more than 420 improvements and fixes. We’ve already covered this version’s updates in detail, so if you want to review them, check out the previous episode where we walked through everything thoroughly. And if you haven’t updated yet — now’s the time. The same day WordPress 7.0 shipped, the development branch was already open for WordPress 7.1, something that normally happens earlier, but was kept closed during this cycle to better manage the removal of real-tim...
Transcribe →What WordPress 7.0 Brings
May 1900:15:51Tap to summarizeWordPress 7.0 arrives on May 20 and brings many updates, though some of the most notable have been left out. Here’s a rundown of everything in this new version. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d444819"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8122","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"What WordPress 7.0 Brings","subtitle":"WordPress 7.0 arrives on May 20 and brings many updates, though some of the most notable have been left out. Here's a rundown of everything in this new version.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-05-19T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:15:51.515","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/0d\/184312ecc0c9e9ddba760a76a9606f\/what-wordpress-7-0-brings_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/what-wordpress-7-0-brings\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/362\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e139.mp3","size":"15486888","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/362\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e139.mp3","size":"15486888","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8122", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from May 11 to 17, 2026. This week, after the release of RC3 and RC4 that were actual release candidates, WordPress 7.0 ships, and it’s not just any release. With over four hundred closed tickets in Core, nearly five hundred editor improvements, and nearly five hundred bug fixes, it’s the most feature-packed launch since Gutenberg was integrated. Let’s run through everything it brings, starting with what users will notice first and ending with what matters to developers. The first thing users will notice when updating to 7.0 is that the WordPress admin has a fresh look. The default color scheme, called “Fresh,” has been replaced with a new one called “Modern”: cleaner, with better contrast, improved typography, and a look more consistent with the block editor. This change is purely visual — no structural changes or CSS class renames. Additionally, navigating between admin screens now includes smooth transitions ...
Transcribe →WordPress 7.0, Without Real-Time Collaboration
May 1200:08:38Tap to summarizeFinally, Real-Time Collaboration will arrive in WordPress 7.1 and not 7.0, given the performance issues and the changes needed for its new implementation. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d450a44"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8117","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"WordPress 7.0, Without Real-Time Collaboration","subtitle":"Finally, Real-Time Collaboration will arrive in WordPress 7.1 and not 7.0, given the performance issues and the changes needed for its new implementation.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-05-12T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:08:38.891","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/cache\/podlove\/17\/b6c9b308c29694fe4aeb85261b4c5f\/wordpress-7-0-without-real-time-collaboration_500x.png","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/wordpress-7-0-without-real-time-collaboration\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/361\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e138.mp3","size":"8452560","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/361\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e138.mp3","size":"8452560","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8117", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from May 4 to 10, 2026. The big news this week around WordPress 7.0 is that real-time collaboration will not be in the final release. Matt Mullenweg made the decision to remove it, citing attack surface problems, race conditions, server load, memory efficiency, and recurring bugs found in fuzz testing. It’s a difficult call given the work invested, but it’s made in the interest of shipping a stable release. The feature will be re-evaluated during the WordPress 7.1 cycle, and in the meantime remains available through the Gutenberg plugin for anyone who wants to keep testing it. The technical data behind that decision has also been published. Eight different hosting environments, including configurations with and without persistent object caching, participated in the performance tests. The analysis makes it fairly clear that a dedicated table storage str...
Transcribe →Presence API
May 500:02:30Tap to summarizeWith the Presence API, a column of active editors appears in the post list, an indicator in the admin bar shows avatars of who is on that same screen, and a pair of dashboard widgets rounds out the feature. document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() { var player = document.getElementById("player-6a4cb2d45a23a"); podlovePlayerCache.add([{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/publisher\/8112","data":{"version":5,"show":{"title":"WordPress Podcast (English)","subtitle":"WordPress Community Information","summary":"Information, news, and interviews about the WordPress Community.","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6e65742f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032302f30382f7770706f64636173742d7371756172652e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/wordpress-podcast-english","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast"},"title":"Presence API","subtitle":"With the Presence API, a column of active editors appears in the post list, an indicator in the admin bar shows avatars of who is on that same screen, and a pair of dashboard widgets rounds out the feature.","summary":"","publicationDate":"2026-05-05T00:00:00+00:00","duration":"00:02:30.885","poster":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/image\/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7770706f64636173742e6f72672f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f73697465732f332f323032342f30352f6261636b67726f756e642e706e67\/500\/0\/0\/presence-api","link":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podcast\/presence-api\/","chapters":[],"audio":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/360\/s\/webplayer\/c\/website\/wordpress-podcast-en-e137.mp3","size":"2441184","title":"MP3 Audio (mp3)","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"files":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/podlove\/file\/360\/s\/webplayer\/wordpress-podcast-en-e137.mp3","size":"2441184","title":"WordPress Podcast","mimeType":"audio\/mpeg"}],"contributors":[{"id":"5","name":"Alicia Ireland","avatar":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIGNsYXNzPSJoLTYgdy02IiBmaWxsPSJub25lIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMjQgMjQiIHN0cm9rZT0iY3VycmVudENvbG9yIj4KICA8cGF0aCBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS1saW5lam9pbj0icm91bmQiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIgZD0iTTUuMTIxIDE3LjgwNEExMy45MzcgMTMuOTM3IDAgMDExMiAxNmMyLjUgMCA0Ljg0Ny42NTUgNi44NzkgMS44MDRNMTUgMTBhMyAzIDAgMTEtNiAwIDMgMyAwIDAxNiAwem02IDJhOSA5IDAgMTEtMTggMCA5IDkgMCAwMTE4IDB6IiAvPgo8L3N2Zz4K","role":{"id":"1","slug":"host","title":"Host"},"group":null,"comment":null}]}}, {"url":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/config\/default\/theme\/wppodcast-blocks","data":{"activeTab":"chapters","subscribe-button":null,"share":{"channels":[],"outlet":null,"sharePlaytime":false},"related-episodes":{"source":"podcast","value":null},"version":5,"playlist":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-json\/podlove-web-player\/shortcode\/podcast","theme":{"tokens":{"brand":"#15803D","brandDark":"#15803D","brandDarkest":"#15803D","brandLightest":"#fff","shadeDark":"#000","shadeBase":"#000","contrast":"#000","alt":"#fff"},"fonts":{"ci":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":800},"regular":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":300},"bold":{"name":"Outfit","family":["sans-serif"],"src":[],"weight":700}}},"base":"https:\/\/www.wppodcast.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/podlove-web-player\/web-player\/"}}]); podlovePlayer(player, "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/publisher/8112", "https://www.wppodcast.org/wp-json/podlove-web-player/shortcode/config/default/theme/wppodcast-blocks").then(function() { player && player.classList.remove("podlove-web-player-loading"); }); }); Remember that you can listen to this program from Pocket Casts, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts or subscribe to the feed directly. Program transcript Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community. In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 27 to May 3, 2026. The Core team has published an experimental plugin called Presence API, intended as a starting point for potential integration into WordPress core. The idea is straightforward: add a presence layer to the administration dashboard to know who is logged in, which screen each user is on, and which posts they are currently editing. Today, if two people are editing the same post simultaneously, WordPress gives no warning until a lock collision has already occurred — by which point work may have already overlapped. With the Presence API, a column of active editors appears in the post list, an indicator in the admin bar shows avatars of who is on that same screen, and a pair of dashboard widgets provides an at-a-glance overview. All of this is restricted to users with the capability to edit posts. On the ...
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