There are 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Because it is a security release it is recommended to update sites immediately.

This review of the challenges and possible solutions to collaborative editing in WordPress explains why the feature was removed from 7.0 and talks about some experimental solutions.

Core is moving away from naming themes by year. This one is supposed to be a minimalistic blog theme that is easily customizable.

The WordPress security team received 773 reports of security vulnerabilities in August, up from around 20-30 a month last year. The team starts to put some new limitations on what they will accepts via the HackerOne disclosure program.

This article from The Repository provides information about the new Accessibility Lab plugin, which will be a testing ground for accessibility changes before they are added to core.

WordPress 7.1 is available. I updated 12 sites without issue.

From the release notes: “An authenticated Author+ remote code execution issue via malicious file upload on sites that use Imagick and Ghostscript reported by the team at pwn.ai”

The field guide is a quick way to see what will be included in the upcoming release.

This is interesting, WordPress 7.1 will include a theme framework with CSS variables. It will be available for plugins to use for creating a consistent UI.