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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://lnkd.in/ditq-eHv #WordPressDevelopment

Planning your schedule for WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix? The organizers have put together 4 preplanned routes based on attendee type: beginner, freelance practitioner, modern developer, and WordCamp veteran. You can pick the one that fits and adjust from there. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-1ZJ #WCUS

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://lnkd.in/eg3cNVue #WordPressDevelopment

Pull up a chair for this one. 🪑 Where does open source go from here? Robert Jacobi and WordPress Co-founder Matt Mullenweg will close WordCamp US 2026 with a fireside chat about AI, the evolving web, community, and the future of WordPress, followed by 30 minutes of audience Q&A. https://lnkd.in/eeEC8EFR #WCUS

WordCamp US 2026 is 10 days away. If you are heading to Phoenix from August 16 to 19, you can now check the daily lunch menus, plan around the closing party on August 19, and stop by the WordPress Mercantile pop-up in the Sponsor Hall. Tickets are still available for $100. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-23V #WCUS

WordPress 7.0.3 is now available. This security release addresses 12 vulnerabilities, among them a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue on the login screen that could lead to PHP code execution. The fixes are being backported to every branch still eligible for security updates, and WordPress 7.1 RC2 carries them as well. If you manage WordPress sites professionally, updating now is the safest step. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5xZ #WordPress

Bo English-Wiczling will keynote WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix on Monday, August 17. She leads Global Developer Relations at PayPal, and she has spent 28 years building developer platforms at companies including Oracle, Amazon, and Best Buy. Her talk looks at what AI means for the daily work of developers. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-228 #WCUS

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://lnkd.in/eyseUxek #WordPressDevelopment

WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix includes hands-on WordPress workshops for beginners. The WP 101 sessions run across the first 3 days of the event, and you can attend more than once if you want extra time to build. No prior experience is needed, and everything runs in your browser through WordPress Playground. If you already have a ticket, you're all set to join. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-1Zw #WCUS

WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate 1 is now available for testing ahead of the scheduled August 19, 2026 release. This build includes more than 145 updates since Beta 4, among them a new Icons API for plugins to extend, shareable revisions for faster collaboration, and email notifications for @mentions. Plugin and theme authors should conclude compatibility testing and update their "Tested up to" values to 7.1. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5wI #WordPress