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WordPress 7.0 launched on 20 May 2026 without real-time collaboration, which Matt Mullenweg pulled on 8 May. Here's what shipped, what got cut, and our hands-on findings from running RC5 on two of our own sites for the 24 hours before launch.
mcneece.com scores 97 on mobile PageSpeed Insights. The number isn't a plugin trick. It's a layered stack: PHP 8.5, the 365i Web Optimisation panel, the 365i CDN with 180-day edge caching, and one tuned plugin. Real screenshots of the actual settings.
Webflow locks your CMS content to their servers. Cloudflare's EmDash only runs its security features on Cloudflare. WordPress lets you host anywhere. Here's the honest comparison nobody else is making.
The complete reference guide to every common WordPress error message. White screen of death, 500 errors, database connection, memory exhausted, redirect loops. Diagnose, fix, and stop it happening again.
Every comparison on page one of Google is funded by affiliate commissions. This one isn't. We run a WordPress hosting company, but we'll tell you where Shopify, Squarespace and Wix genuinely win, and where WordPress still wins everything else.
WordPress 7.0 didn't ship on 9 April. The core team extended the cycle to redesign the database layer for real-time collaboration, then pulled real-time collaboration entirely on 8 May. The release shipped on 20 May with block-level Notes in its place. This is the record of the database rework that happened anyway.
The WordPress Foundation has announced that WordPress 7.0 will require a physical USB-C hardware key plugged into your computer to access wp-admin. Four pricing tiers start at £29.99. The Agency Bundle weighs 1.4kg. We have questions.
The plugin once called AI Experiments hit a stable 1.0 and jumped from 7 features to 18. We reinstalled it at 1.0.1 on WordPress 7.0, added the three provider plugins for Claude, Gemini and OpenAI, and tested everything: the editorial tools, alt text, comment moderation, and the two new governance features that matter most if you run client sites.
I installed WordPress 7 Beta 2 on a staging server and went looking for the AI. What I found was both less exciting and more important than I expected. Here's what the Connectors page actually does, with code examples.
The AI Discovery Files plugin is now on WordPress.org. Free, no premium tier. Fill in your business details and it generates up to 10 AI discovery files for ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. The more you put in, the better the output.
Half your visitors leave if your site takes more than 3 seconds to load. This guide covers what makes WordPress fast, how Google measures it with Core Web Vitals, and the practical steps UK small businesses can take right now.
WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 dropped 19 February with the Abilities API, MCP Adapter for AI agents, and a visual admin refresh. Real-time collaboration was originally planned for 7.0 but was pulled on 8 May. Here's what UK site owners need to know about the final release on 20 May 2026.
