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- Mar 30, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 30, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 31, 2026
Pocket Casts iOs by Automattic
8.9.0.0
Pocket Casts iOs fixes download session race conditions and improves error states in the mini and full screen players.
Fix DownloadManager sessions racing conditions #4080
Show error states or full screen player #4053
Show playback errors for the mini player #4094
Show error states on full screen player #4053
- Mar 26, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 26, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 27, 2026
WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 2
Wordpress releases WordPress 7.0 RC2 for download and testing, marking a key milestone in the 7.0 release cycle. It highlights Real Time Collaboration, Pattern Editing and content-only Interactivity, and notes the hard string freeze and April 9, 2026 final release target.
The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing!
This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site.
Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone. While release candidates are considered ready for release, testing remains crucial to ensure that everything in WordPress 7.0 is the best it can be.
You can test WordPress 7.0 RC2 in four ways:
Plugin
Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a WordPress install. (Select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream.)
Direct Download
Download the RC2 version (zip) and install it on a WordPress website.
Command Line
Use this WP-CLI command:
wp core update --version=7.0-rc2WordPress Playground
Use the WordPress Playground instance to test the software directly in your browser. No setup required – just click and go!
The scheduled final release date for WordPress 7.0 is April 9, 2026. The full release schedule can be found here. Your help testing Beta and RC versions is vital to making this release as stable and powerful as possible. Thank you to everyone who helps with testing!
Please continue checking the Make WordPress Core blog for 7.0-related posts in the coming weeks for more information.
What’s in WordPress 7.0 RC2?
What’s new in WordPress 7.0? Check out the Beta 1 announcement and 7.0 Developer Notes for details and highlights. For technical information related to issues addressed since RC1, you can browse the following links:
- GitHub commits since March 24, 2026
- Closed Trac tickets since March 24, 2026
How you can contribute
WordPress is open source software made possible by a passionate community of people collaborating on and contributing to its development. The resources below outline various ways you can help the world’s most popular open source web platform, regardless of your technical expertise.
Get involved in testing
Testing for issues is crucial to the development of any software. It’s also a meaningful way for anyone to contribute.
Your help testing the WordPress 7.0 RC1 version is key to ensuring that the final release is the best it can be. While testing the upgrade process is essential, trying out new features is equally important. This detailed guide will walk you through testing features in WordPress 7.0. For those new to testing, follow this general testing guide for more details on getting set up.
What else to test:
- Real Time Collaboration
- Pattern Editing and content-only Interactivity
If you encounter an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area of the support forums or directly to WordPress Trac if you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs.
Curious about testing releases in general? Follow along with the testing initiatives in Make Core and join the #core-test channel on Making WordPress Slack.
Test on your hosting platforms
Web hosts provide vital infrastructure for supporting WordPress and its users. Testing on hosting systems helps inform the development process while ensuring that WordPress and hosting platforms are fully compatible, free of errors, optimized for the best possible user experience, and that updates roll out to customer sites without issue.
Want to test WordPress on your hosting system? Get started with configuring distributed hosting tests here.
Update your theme or plugin
For plugin and theme authors, your products play an integral role in extending the functionality and value of WordPress for all users.
Thanks for continuing to test your themes and plugins with the WordPress 7.0 beta releases. If you haven’t yet, make sure to conclude your testing and update the “Tested up to” version in your plugin’s readme file to 7.0.
If you find compatibility issues, please post detailed information to the support forum.
Help translate WordPress
Do you speak a language other than English? ¿Español? Français? Русский? 日本語? हिन्दी? বাংলা? मराठी? ಕನ್ನಡ? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages. This release milestone (RC2) also marks the hard string freeze point of the 7.0 release cycle.
An RC2 haiku
Once just a dream,
RC2 flows like a stream
with seven-oh gleam.
Props to @amykamala and @annezazu for proofreading and review.
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- March 2026
- No date parsed from source.
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 24, 2026
- Modified by Releasebot:Mar 31, 2026
Pocket Casts Android by Automattic
8.9
Pocket Casts Android adds playback error alerts, buffering progress, and improved sharing error handling.
New Features
- Display playback errors on bottom bar (#5188)
Updates
- Show progress while mini player is buffering (#5165)
- Enhance error handling around sharing a downloaded episode (#5168)
- Mar 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 25, 2026
WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 1
Wordpress ships the first WordPress 7.0 RC1, bringing more than 134 updates and fixes plus new AI Connectors Screen support and a Command Palette shortcut in the admin bar. It is now ready for testing ahead of the April 9, 2026 final release.
The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing!
This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to evaluate RC1 on a test server and site.
WordPress 7.0 RC1 can be tested using any of the following methods:
- Plugin: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a WordPress install. (Select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream.)
- Direct Download: Download the RC1 version (zip) and install it on a WordPress website.
- Command Line: Use this WP-CLI command:
wp core update --version=7.0-RC1 - WordPress Playground: Use the WordPress Playground instance to test the software directly in your browser. No setup required – just click and go!
The scheduled final release date for WordPress 7.0 is April 9, 2026. The full release schedule can be found here. Your help testing Beta and RC versions is vital to making this release as stable and powerful as possible. Thank you to everyone who helps with testing!
Please continue checking the Make WordPress Core blog for 7.0-related posts in the coming weeks for more information.
What’s in WordPress 7.0 RC1?
What’s new in WordPress 7.0? Check out the Beta 1 announcement and WordPress 7.0 Developer Notes for details and highlights.
RC1 contains more than 134 updates and fixes since the Beta 5 release. You can browse the technical details for all issues addressed since Beta 5 using these links:
- GitHub commits since March 12, 2026
- Closed Trac tickets since March 12, 2026
New Features since Beta 1
The release squad in conjunction with project leadership identified additional features that were not ready for beta 1 but are included in RC1 as supporting requirements for flagship features of the release.
- AI Connectors Screen – A new admin screen for connecting AI providers to your site and an API for registering additional ones.
- The Command Palette is now available via a ⌘K or Ctrl+K shortcut in the admin bar.
Want to look deeper into the details and technical notes for this release? These tickets and pull requests are just some of the latest updates:
- #GB-76700: Client Side Media as plugin only
- #GB-76722: Add support for non-AI providers on Connector’s Screen
- #GB-76736: New activation hook to enable RTC by default
- #64904: WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION constant for RTC
- #GB-76704: Increased polling intervals for RTC
- #GB-76643: Real Time Collaboration is opt-in by default
- #GB-76460: Toggle to turn RTC session notifications on/off
- #62046: Update PHP AI Client package to 1.3.1
- #GB-76550: Revisions: Show changed block attributes in sidebar
- #62067: Single config option to disable all LLM related features
- #63697: OPCache added to Site Health > Info > Server
The final release is on track for April 9, 2026. As always, a successful release depends on your confirmation during testing. So please download and test!
How you can contribute
WordPress is open source software made possible by a passionate community of people collaborating on and contributing to its development. The resources below outline various ways you can help the world’s most popular open source web platform, regardless of your technical expertise.
Help test this release
Testing for issues is crucial to the development of any software. It’s also a meaningful way for anyone to contribute. Your help testing the WordPress 7.0 RC1 version is key to ensuring that the final release is the best it can be. While testing the upgrade process is essential, trying out new features is equally important. This detailed guide will walk you through testing features in WordPress 7.0.
What to test:
- Real Time Collaboration
- Pattern Editing and content-only Interactivity
If you encounter an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area of the support forums or directly to Trac if you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs.
Test on your hosting platforms
Hosting systems provide vital infrastructure for supporting WordPress and its users. Testing on hosting infrastructure ensures that WordPress and hosting systems are fully compatible, free of errors, optimized for the best possible user experience, and that updates roll out to customer sites without issue. Thank you to all web hosts who test WordPress!
Want to set up testing on your hosting system? Get started with configuring distributed hosting tests here.
Update your theme or plugin
For plugin and theme authors, your products play an integral role in extending the functionality and value of WordPress for all users.
Thanks for continuing to test your themes and plugins with the WordPress 7.0 beta releases. With RC1, you’ll want to conclude your testing and update the “Tested up to” version in your plugin’s readme file to 7.0. If you find compatibility issues, please post detailed information to the support forum.
Curious about testing releases in general? Follow along with the testing initiatives and join the #core-test channel on Making WordPress Slack.
Help translate WordPress
Do you speak a language other than English? ¿Español? Français? Русский? 日本語? हिन्दी? বাংলা? मराठी? ಕನ್ನಡ? You can help translate WordPress into more than 100 languages. This release milestone (RC1) marks the hard string freeze point of the 7.0 release cycle. However, strings will not be available for translation until RC2 later this week.
An RC1 haiku
RC1 arrives
with momentum, sped up time
and jazz on the mind.Props to @4thhubbard, @desrosj, @jeffpaul, @chaion07, @audrasjb, @jorbin for collaboration and review.
Original source Report a problem - Mar 20, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 20, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 21, 2026
Pocket Casts iOs by Automattic
8.8.0.1
Pocket Casts iOs adds buffering UI on Full Screen Player and fixes download cleanup and podcast header button styling.
- Show buffering UI on Full Screen Player #4051
- Ensure that temporary download files are properly deleted from the system #4052
- Fix size and shape of podcast header buttons when using show borders #4077
- March 2026
- No date parsed from source.
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 18, 2026
- Modified by Releasebot:Mar 24, 2026
Pocket Casts Android by Automattic
8.8
Pocket Casts Android improves transcript detection, adds auto-download storage control, and fixes multi-selection counts.
Updates
- Improve detection of generated transcripts. (#5097)
- Add a setting to control if auto downloads should wait for enough internal storage. (#5163)
Bug Fixes
- Fix multi-selection counter indicator showing wrong count. (#5127)
- Mar 16, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 16, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 21, 2026
Pocket Casts iOs by Automattic
8.8.0.0
Pocket Casts iOs adds buffering UI to the Full Screen Player and improves temporary download file cleanup.
Show buffering UI on Full Screen Player #4051
Ensure that temporary download files are properly deleted from the system #4052
- Mar 13, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 13, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 3, 2026
- Modified by Releasebot:Mar 13, 2026
Pocket Casts iOs by Automattic
8.7.0.2
Automattic releases fixes for podcast search locales, playlists, Now Playing on Bluetooth, background logout, artwork sync, and single episode loading.
Fix podcast search in non-standard locales #4019
Playlists: Add episode to a playlist from episode details ##3943
Refresh Now Playing info when Bluetooth device connects #3964
Fix logout issue when refreshing in background while device is locked #3983
Fix Episode Artwork loading when audio asset image differs from feed #4017
Fix Single episode loading and support for DT #4063
Original source Report a problem - Mar 12, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 12, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 13, 2026
Pocket Casts iOs by Automattic
8.6.1
Automattic reveals Dynamic Type adjustments and layout updates like Discovery margins and Sponsored improvements.
Dynamic Type adjustments #4055
Dynamic Type: Update Discovery Large Cell layout margins
#4057
Dynamic Type: Update Sponsored #4058
Original source Report a problem - Mar 12, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Mar 12, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Mar 12, 2026
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5
Automattic presents WordPress 7.0 Beta 5, a fresh beta with a new Command Palette access in the Omnibar and 101+ updates. It emphasizes testing on non-production sites and notes the final release target for April 9, 2026. A developer-facing preview that signals upcoming features and polish.
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing!
This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to test Beta 5 on a test server and site.WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 can be tested using any of the following methods:
Plugin
Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a WordPress install. (Select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream.)
Direct Download
Download the Beta 5 version (zip) and install it on a WordPress website.
Command Line
Use this WP-CLI command: wp core update --version=7.0-beta5
WordPress Playground
Use the WordPress Playground instance to test the software directly in your browser. No setup is required – just click and go!
The scheduled final release date for WordPress 7.0 is still April 9, 2026. The full release schedule can be found here. Your help testing Beta and RC versions is vital to making this release as stable and powerful as possible. Thank you to everyone who helps with testing!
Please continue checking the Make WordPress Core blog for 7.0-related posts in the coming weeks for more information. What’s new in WordPress 7.0? Check out the Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3, and Beta 4 announcements for details and highlights.
How to test this release
Your help testing the WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 version is key to ensuring everything in the release is the best it can be. While testing the upgrade process is essential, trying out new features is equally important. This detailed guide will walk you through testing features in WordPress 7.0.
If you encounter an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area of the support forums or directly to WordPress Trac if you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs .Curious about testing releases in general? Follow along with the testing initiatives in Make Core and join the #core-test channel on Making WordPress Slack.
Beta 5 updates and highlights
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 contains more than 101 updates and fixes since the Beta 3 release.
Each beta cycle focuses on bug fixes, and more are on the way with your help through testing. You can browse the technical details for all issues addressed since Beta 3 using these links:
- GitHub commits since March 5, 2026
- Closed Trac tickets since March 5, 2026
Issues addressed since Beta 4:
- GitHub commits since March 10, 2026
- Closed Trac tickets since March 10, 2026
WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 contains a new feature!
Instantly access all the tools you need with a single click using the new Command Palette shortcut in the Omnibar! In 7.0 Beta 5, logged-in editors will see a field with a ⌘K or Ctrl+K symbol in the upper admin bar that unfurls the command palette when clicked. The new command palette entry point streamlines navigation and customization, giving you full control from anywhere on your site – whether you’re editing, designing or just browsing plugins.
A Beta 5 haiku
A smooth melody
Beta 5 plays on its strings.
Seven brings good things.
Props to @amykamala, @annezazu and @4thhubbard for proofreading and review.
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