This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 You can test WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 in any of the following ways: […]
Performance Chat Summary: 20 October 2026
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared that, as of r64585, eliminating script/style concatenation has landed in WordPress and is included in the 7.2-beta1 release. This retires the use of load-scripts.php and load-styles.php and closed more than 10 Trac tickets, several of which were over 10 years old. Script/style […]
WordPress 7.1.3 Maintenance and Security Release
This security and maintenance release features 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.3 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update […]
Performance Chat Summary: 6 October 2026
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared that prefetching has finally been committed in changeset 64120. The next step is to default script and style concatenation to off outside development environments in PR #13090. After that, the plan is to remove load-scripts.php and load-styles.php, along with the concatenation and […]
WordPress Version 7.1.3 Released
On October 6, 2026, WordPress 7.1.3 was released to the public. WordPress Version 7.1.3 Details Installation/Update Information To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://wordpress.org/download/releases/. For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress: Updating WordPress If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin […]
Presence API: What’s new
An update on the Presence API feature plugin, announced in April. Here’s everything that’s shipped since then. Current version: 0.14.0. Requires WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4. Post locks live in the presence table, so refreshing one no longer bumps the posts cache key. In this post What’s new since April Recording and privacy Multisite Post locks Every post […]
WordPress 7.1.2 Release
This security release features a fix for a critical severity security vulnerability. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process […]
Performance Chat Summary: 22 September 2026
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared the tickets in the next major and minor milestones for reference. He noted that #57548 is still high on his radar. @mukesh27 asked @westonruter if he had a chance to review #66057 @westonruter responded that he had not reviewed it yet. Performance […]
WordPress Takes Its Turn Leading the Open Website Alliance
I’m happy to announce that I am now serving as president of the Open Website Alliance (OWA), representing the WordPress Foundation. The Alliance brings together the community organizations behind Drupal, Joomla!, TYPO3, and WordPress to advocate for open source and share practices that benefit their projects. I represent the WordPress Foundation in this role, which rotates among the […]
WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release
This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes on Core, 19 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 11 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you […]
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