The project is dropping the “beta” label on PHP version support. It created the wrong impression and was prompting some users and hosting providers to avoid updating to new versions.

They have done a good job of integrating AI and navigating the contributor hurdles. Starting their own new venture.

Roger Montti provides a brief overview of the new AI feature areas in WordPress 7.0.

WordPress 7.0 is scheduled for release in a week on May 20th. This is the official “field guide” listing the new features and changes. It is a great summary of what will be included. The ability to create blocks with PHP and the ability to register AI clients via core are two features I’m looking forward to.

An interesting article that discusses the recent merge into Gutenberg of the ability to create Custom Post Types. The technical details are examined along with the usage data and competitor profile. Among other questions it is asked why Custom Post Types, and not SEO, security, or caching?

There are still too many issues, so the decision was made to drop it from this release. The 7.0 release date has not changed.

Jamie Marsland reports that a method for creating Custom Post Types was merged into the Gutenberg plugin.

They have restarted the beta testing phase to account for the need for hosting providers to test different collaboration options.

WordPress now has a core dev environment toolkit. It is a desktop app available on Mac, Windows, or Linux and comes with everything needed to work on core. Details and some video demos on the make blog.