WordPress 7.1 will bring responsive block styles to Core on August 19. You can define tablet and mobile styles in Global Styles or theme.json, and themes can configure their own breakpoints. RC2 is available now, so there is still time to test your plugins and themes. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6352
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Passing a typed event object to do_action() instead of loose arguments gives you named payloads, collision-free hook names via fully-qualified class names, and filter-like mutation without a return value to forget. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6338
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The WordPress Developer Blog has a new tutorial that walks through building an AI-powered plugin from scratch. It covers how the Abilities API, the WordPress AI Client, and the MCP Adapter work together in a single project. If you’ve been curious how these Core AI features fit together in practice, this is a good place to start. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6323
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Block themes in WordPress show a plain maintenance message by default. This tutorial shows how to replace it with a branded template designed and toggled entirely in the Site Editor using a single hook. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/07/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes/
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The July 2026 WordPress developer roundup covers the 7.1 beta cycle starting July 15, responsive styling now open for testing, React 19 compatibility tooling in Gutenberg 23.4, and a deprecation wave across @wordpress/components. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/07/whats-new-for-developers-july-2026/
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Block themes typically require separate templates to load different sidebars. The render_block_data filter lets you swap template part slugs at render time based on post category or page context, keeping your template count down. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6219
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The June 2026 WordPress developer roundup covers WordPress 7.0, client-side media processing testing, collaborative editing outreach for 7.1, and the React 19 compatibility situation after its temporary revert in Gutenberg. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6195
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WordPress 7.0 ships a built-in AI Client: a PHP API that routes image and text generation requests to whichever provider the site owner has configured. This tutorial walks through building a working image generation plugin on top of it. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6094
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The May 2026 WordPress developer roundup is out. You’ll find coverage of early work on a content types system, revisions support for templates and patterns, a new @wordpress/grid package, and a range of block fixes ahead of the WordPress 7.0 release. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6122
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The WordPress Developer Blog has a new guide on writing end-to-end (E2E) tests with Playwright. It covers setup with wp-env, testing block variations and patterns, and verifying front-end output using the REST API. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6048
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