Title: Roadmap
Author: WordPress.org
Published: desember 1, 2025

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# Roadmap

WordPress is continually evolving through the Gutenberg project, a long-term reimagining
of how content is created and managed on the web, with the goal of broadening access
to a strong web presence for individuals, creators, and modern businesses. Phase
1 introduced the Block Editor in WordPress 5.0, while Phase 2 focused on Site Editing,
culminating in WordPress 6.3 with the launch of the Site Editor and powerful Block-
based tools that extend across an entire site. Today, Phase 3 is underway, centered
on collaborative editing and workflows, bringing real-time collaboration and smoother
publishing processes to WordPress. For deeper detail on Site Editing, its components,
and other active feature work, explore the [Feature Projects Overview](https://make.wordpress.org/core/features/).

The project has the following [big picture goals for 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/project/2026/01/23/big-picture-goals-for-2026/):

 * **Core Development & WordPress 7.0** — Deliver [three major releases in 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/project/2025/12/18/proposal-2026-major-release-schedule/)
   with WordPress 7.0 advancing [Phase 3](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/phase-3/)
   collaboration features, client-side media handling, responsive styling controls,
   and expanded block tools to boost creativity and performance. 
 * **AI Everywhere, With Clear Guardrails and Benchmarks** — Intentionally embed
   AI across the WordPress experience to simplify creation, workflows, and contribution—
   while establishing project-wide guidelines that uphold transparency, user control,
   and WordPress values. 
 * **Revamping Meetups** — Strengthen local [meetups](https://events.wordpress.org/)
   as active, hands-on community hubs that help newcomers learn together, build 
   confidence, and transition into meaningful contributor roles. 
 * **Community, Education, and the Contributor Pipeline** — Scale [education programs](https://wordpress.org/education/)
   and clarify contribution pathways so new contributors can easily onboard, connect
   with teams, and grow into ongoing project roles.

Want to get involved? Head on over to [Make WordPress](https://make.wordpress.org/)
and meet the people developing, designing, documenting, translating, and marketing
WordPress.

## Future releases

Follow progress on the next major version in our [issue tracker](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/).
Projected dates below are for rough planning purposes only.

| **Version** | **Planned** | 
| 7.0 | April 9, 2026 | 
| 7.1 | August 19, 2026 | 
| 7.2 | December 10, 2026 |

New features are frozen a month before a release, with the focus shifting entirely
to the quality and performance of the release.

You can see a list of past releases on our [history page](https://wordpress.org/about/history/).

## Long term roadmap

As a reminder, these are the four phases outlined in the Gutenberg project:

 1. Easier Editing — Already available in WordPress, with ongoing improvements
 2. Customization — Site Editing, block patterns, block directory, block themes
 3. [Collaboration](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/phase-3/) — A more intuitive
    way to co-author content
 4. Multilingual — Core implementation for Multilingual sites