WordPress 7.0 was delayed. Here’s the new May 20 date and what changed.
WordPress 7.0 was supposed to ship on April 9, 2026. It didn’t. On April 22, the WordPress release squad (the contributor team responsible for shepherding each major version through to General Availability) announced a new date: May 20, 2026. The reason given by release lead Amy Kamala on the Make WordPress Core blog was straightforward. […]