npx @buildinternet/releases get wordpressWordPress 7.1 adds four filters — one each for Pages, Templates, Parts, and Patterns — that let developers configure DataViews and DataForm components, including default layout, sort order, visible fields, sidebar views, and quick edit forms.
Trimmed PHPUnit matrix to boundary PHP versions, dropping redundant database combinations, slashing per-run jobs by ~52% and job-minutes by ~54%. Fetching the Gutenberg build once per run and bounding retries on Docker image pulls roughly halved rerun rates from ~68% to ~36%.
WordPress 7.1 updates jQuery UI from 1.13.3 to 1.14.2, dropping support for all versions of Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy. Backward compatibility is maintained via jQuery.uiBackCompat = true, though $.fn._form, $.ui.ie, $.ui.safeActiveElement, and $.ui.safeBlur have been removed.
Beta 4 includes 114 fixes and updates, including 51 in the editor and 63 in core. Notes now remain reliably tied to their referenced passage, and tagged people are displayed cleanly.
DataViewsPicker adds Shift+Click range selection for picker-table, picker-grid, and picker-activity layouts. Fixed floated blocks overlapping sticky blocks, cursor position during forward delete of empty blocks, and page scrolling on caret moves within tall blocks. Plus dozens more fixes across the block editor, post editor, and components.
Four new filters allow plugins to short-circuit ability execution, transform normalized input, apply additional authorization rules, and transform execution results. The existing wp_before_execute_ability and wp_after_execute_ability actions remain available for observation.
WordPress is piloting a developer track for the WP Credits program, with a call for community input on shaping the next chapter of contributor recognition.
WPCS updated to 3.4.1 with a security fix; older repositories should upgrade. Work progressing on accurate Gallery block image sizes. A minor patch improves the dev environment for performance testing.
New Dev Notes detail client-side media processing, media library infinite scroll enabled by default, text shadow support in global styles, and editable blocks inside the Custom HTML block. React 19 is punted beyond 7.1 and will be experimental in Gutenberg first.
WordPress 7.1 introduces a new background.gradient block support that stores its value at style.background.gradient and renders through the background-image longhand property, allowing gradients to layer over background images instead of overriding them. The Gradient, Accordion, Pullquote, Post Content, and Quote blocks opt in by default, and safecss_filter_attr() is updated to allow combined gradient + url() values.
WordPress 7.1 introduces a minWidth dimension block support, letting blocks opt in to setting a CSS min-width value through the Dimensions panel, following the same pattern as the existing minHeight support.
WordPress 7.1 introduces a public API for registering and rendering SVG icons, including icon collections, the wp_get_icon() PHP function, and REST API endpoints. The Icon block picker now groups icons by collection with an "All" tab for cross-collection search.
WordPress 7.1 will not include the React 19 upgrade, which was reverted after incompatibilities emerged. The Gutenberg plugin now offers an experimental toggle to enable React 19 on a site for testing plugin compatibility.
Form controls use a 40px default height unconditionally, making the __next40pxDefaultSize prop obsolete. The deprecated Navigation component and __experimentalApplyValueToSides utility are removed. An Emotion-to-SCSS migration begins in @wordpress/components, affecting View, Flex, and others.
Custom HTML blocks can now contain regular, editable inner blocks alongside static markup, with the inner blocks locked in place. A new innerContent field on block variations lets developers ship preset markup shells with editable slots as inserter items.
Infinite scrolling in the Media Library grid view is now enabled by default, replacing the Load more button. Users can opt out individually from their profile page, and the media_library_infinite_scrolling filter still takes precedence over all settings.
WordPress 7.1 introduces a textShadow property under styles.typography in theme.json, allowing themes to apply text shadows globally, per block, and on elements like links without custom CSS. The value maps directly to the CSS text-shadow property. Block inspector and Global Styles interface controls are planned for the next release.
WordPress 7.1 processes image compression, resizing, format conversion, and thumbnail generation in the browser using WebAssembly, removing PHP memory limits and server-side library dependencies. Thumbnails are uploaded individually via a new REST API, and animated GIFs can be converted to MP4 or WebM video. The editor now enables SharedArrayBuffer for WASM-backed features.