{"id":7146,"date":"2026-01-13T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/kenniscentrum\/wordpress-7-0-komt-eraan"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:46:13","slug":"wordpress-7-0-komt-eraan","status":"publish","type":"news_pt","link":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/knowledge-center\/wordpress-7-0-komt-eraan","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 7.0 is coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Circle your calendar around April 2026. That&#8217;s when WordPress 7.0 is scheduled to launch. Where previous updates focused mainly on building your website, version 7.0 throws in the towel.  <\/p>\n<p>The focus shifts completely to collaboration. WordPress is changing from a content management system to a full-fledged content creation platform. Here are the five most important changes you can expect.  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Real-time collaboration (Finally!).<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who has ever worked with a team on a website knows the frustration: &#8216;This post is currently being edited by&#8230;&#8217;. You have to wait for your colleague to finish, or &#8220;take over&#8221; the post and risk losing work. <\/p>\n<p>In WordPress 7.0, this is a thing of the past. We get functionalities familiar from Google Docs: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Simultaneous work<\/strong>: you can work with multiple people simultaneously in one post or page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live cursors<\/strong>: you can see exactly where your colleague is typing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No more &#8220;locks&#8221;<\/strong>: content is no longer locked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below you can see how this will work:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"2160\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 3840 \/ 2160;\" width=\"3840\" autoplay=\"\" controls=\"\" muted=\"\" preload=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6-9-collaboration-i2.mp4\" playsinline=\"\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: wordpress.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. A Professional Editorial Workflow<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>WordPress is getting much smarter at supporting editors and marketing teams. You no longer have to communicate via Slack or email about your content; you do it in your content. <\/p>\n<p>The new features:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Comments in text<\/strong>: select a sentence and place a comment, just like in Word.<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Mentions<\/strong>: tag a colleague (@name) to draw their attention to a specific paragraph.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tasks and approvals<\/strong>: assign tasks and set a mandatory approval flow (&#8216;Review required&#8217;) before an article can be published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Shaking up the Admin dashboard.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The familiar black-and-gray &#8220;WP Admin&#8221; dashboard has been largely the same for years. With 7.0, the back end of your website gets a much-needed makeover. <\/p>\n<p>The goal is an interface consistent with the Site Editor: quieter, more modern and faster. This blurs the hard division between &#8220;the backend&#8221; and &#8220;the editor. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Try it yourself?<\/strong> <em>Wondering how the new admin feels? Through this link you can view an interactive demo in the &#8220;WordPress Playground.   <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?blueprint-url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Ffabiankaegy%2Fwp-admin-redesign-exploration%2Fmain%2F_playground%2Fblueprint.json\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Try the Admin Redesign<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"862\" src=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=460,fit=scale-down,quality=90,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png\" alt=\".\" class=\"wp-image-7140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1024x460.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1536x690.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1200x539.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-600x269.png 600w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-166x75.png 166w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332x149.png 332w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-89x40.png 89w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-178x80.png 178w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-125x56.png 125w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-250x112.png 250w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-100x45.png 100w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-200x90.png 200w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-90x40.png 90w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-180x81.png 180w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-78x35.png 78w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-156x70.png 156w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-70x31.png 70w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-140x63.png 140w, https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-817x367.png 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source : WordPress Playground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Improved media and navigation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two major components are being greatly improved:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Media Library<\/strong>: Expect a new interface with better options for creating folders, filtering and organizing your images.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Menu management<\/strong>: Managing navigation menus becomes more intuitive and visual, making it less fiddly to get that one submenu item in the right place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=369,fit=scale-down,quality=90,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/335117855-09595fe6-d0aa-4e73-8b5d-8ce3ea376d7f.png\" alt=\".\" class=\"wp-image-7147\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: WordPress &#8211; Github<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. A first step toward native multilingualism<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, an exciting sneak peek. Although &#8220;Multilingualism&#8221; is officially only the focus of Phase 4, WordPress 7.0 is already laying the technical foundation. <\/p>\n<p>The long-term goal is for WordPress to be multilingual out-of-the-box. This would mean that heavy external plugins (such as WPML or Polylang) might not be needed for basic translations in the future. A huge win for the performance of your website!  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Subscribe to the Pulse for developments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>WordPress 7.0 promises to be the biggest update in years for content teams. It makes the platform more suitable not only for building websites, but especially for working in it on a daily basis. <\/p>\n<p>The expected release date is April 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/sign-up-2md-pulse\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5849\">Subscribe to our Pulse<\/a> for more interim updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7145,"template":"","tags":[184],"type_news_pt":[193],"theme_news_pt":[],"class_list":["post-7146","news_pt","type-news_pt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-wordpress-en","type_news_pt-blogs-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_pt\/7146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_pt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_pt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"type_news_pt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_news_pt?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"theme_news_pt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.2manydots.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/theme_news_pt?post=7146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}