WordPress 7.0.x seeking release managers for maintenance updates

WordPress 7.0.0 was released May 20, 2026. While the work of a major release team includes people filling many different positions, maintenance release teams generally are considerably smaller, often 1–3 people. Minor release managers are responsible for:

• Triaging bugs in coordination with committers and component maintainers.
• Drafting announcements for the release.
• Preparing for and running release day activities.
• Updating the documentation on minor releases so that it gets better each time.

Members of the 7.0 release cohort are encouraged to stay on as release managers for maintenance releases, but it is not required to have been on a major release squad in order to be on a minor release team.

WordPress 7.0.1 is tentatively targeted for release later in June 2026.

If you are interested in volunteering to be a release manager for the 7.0.x maintenance releases, please comment on this post or message me directly.

Props to @annezazu, @audrasjb, @wildworks for reviewing this post before publication.

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