WordPress 7.0 arrives without real-time collaboration, but its native AI infrastructure was always going to be the defining feature.
By SEJ STAFF Roger Montti
After weeks of delay, WordPress 7.0, named Armstrong, is finally released. The centerpiece feature was supposed to be real-time collaboration (RTC) but what is shipping is bigger: Native AI integration, a watershed moment in the content management system’s history. Native AI integration is what will carry WordPress into the future and put more distance between it and competitors.
This release includes improvements to the admin interface, design tools, mobile editing controls, and many other new features that expand what users and developers can do creatively with WordPress. The centerpiece of Armstrong however is the integration of AI because it is the most consequential change not just in this release, but quite possibly to any previous version of WordPress.