Release Date: May 20, 2026 — The most anticipated WordPress release in years is almost here. Let's explore everything you need to know before it lands. 🌐 A New Era for WordPress WordPress powers over 43% of the web . That's not a typo. Nearly half of every website you've ever visited runs on this open-source CMS. And yet, for much of 2025, things went oddly quiet — legal battles, contributor walkouts, and a compressed release cycle meant only two major releases shipped all year. But 2026 is different. WordPress 7.0 isn't just another incremental update. It marks the completion of Gutenberg Phase 3 — the Collaboration Era — and brings with it a fundamentally transformed editing experience: multi-user real-time editing, a native AI layer, a redesigned admin, visual revision history, and a developer API overhaul. In short: WordPress just grew up. 🔑 Key Features — The Headlines 1.…