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September 14, 2026

WordPress 7.1.1 RC Is Out: 16 Core Fixes, 22 Gutenberg PRs

WordPress 7.1.1 Release Candidate 1 is out, with the final bug-fix-only release set for 17 September. It covers 16 Core tickets and 22 Gutenberg pull requests, and it lands after Contributor Day surfaced a performance regression in 7.1.

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July 9, 2026

WordPress 7.0.1 Ships 31 Bug Fixes for the Late 7.0 Release

WordPress 7.0.1 arrived on 9 July 2026 with 31 bug fixes across Core and the block editor. It is the first point release for 7.0 "Armstrong", the AI-heavy version that shipped six weeks late.

Core & Releases