How to Volunteer as WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers
Are you ready to step up? Learn how to join the team of WordPress 7.1.x release managers, coordinate minor updates, and triage core bugs.
21
Aug
Tag Archives: WordPress 7.1
20
Aug
Exploring WordPress 7.1 Features: Responsive Design, Browser-Side Media, and Developer Tools
Discover the new WordPress 7.1 features, including responsive styling, client-side media cropping, interactive button states, and advanced developer APIs.
19
Aug
Mastering the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API
Master the WordPress 7.1 Icon Registration API with this guide. Learn function signatures, PHP enum architectures, SVG rules, and template rendering.
03
Aug
Iframed Editor Changes in WordPress 7.1: Complete Developer Guide
WordPress 7.1 completes the transition to an iframed editing environment across all core contexts. Discover why conditional fallback was removed and how to update block scripts using ownerDocument and useRefEffect.
01
Aug
Filtering Site Editor Screens in WordPress 7.1: DataViews and DataForm API Hooks
Discover how WordPress 7.1 introduces four new entity filters (get_entity_view_config_postType_*) to programmatically configure DataViews and DataForm in the Site Editor.
01
Aug
How to Interleave Editable Blocks Inside the Custom HTML Block in WordPress 7.1
WordPress 7.1 introduces the ability to interleave editable blocks directly inside the Custom HTML block. This hybrid approach lets developers lock down complex HTML structures while keeping specific content areas fully editable in the editor.
01
Aug
Design System Theming in WordPress 7.1: Tokens, ThemeProvider, and Admin UI Integration
WordPress 7.1 introduces foundational design system theming for administrative interfaces, featuring standardized CSS design tokens via the wp-theme stylesheet and a React ThemeProvider component.
01
Aug
WordPress 7.1 Abilities API Improvements: Validation, Tracing, and REST Coercion
WordPress 7.1 significantly refines the Abilities API by adding custom validation filters, early execution telemetry, typed input coercion for REST endpoints, and expanded schemas across core abilities.
01
Aug
JSON Schema Preparation for Client Compatibility in WordPress 7.1
WordPress 7.1 introduces a centralized schema preparation layer via wp_prepare_json_schema_for_client(). Discover how it normalizes internal schema conventions, strips PHP callbacks, and ensures Draft 4 compatibility for REST API, MCP tools, and AI integrations.
30
Jul
Optimizing WordPress Core CI: Inside the PHPUnit Test Suite Streamlining for WordPress 7.1
To resolve Continuous Integration bottlenecks across WordPress core repositories, contributors implemented boundary testing, asset caching, and Docker retry logic. Here is how these infrastructure improvements reduced PHPUnit job-minutes by 54% ahead of WordPress 7.1.