This guide outlines major developer features and breaking changes in 7.1 and is published during the Release Candidate phase to help inform WordPress extenders, Core developers, and everyone else interested in the latest WordPress development.

There are more than 310 Core Trac tickets included in WordPress 7.1, over 100 of which are enhancements and feature requests, and more than 180 bug fixes. This release includes 40+ tickets focused on the Editor, with the most attention going to accessibility (46), UI (40), and administration (28) focuses. Additionally, this release includes almost 600 enhancements and more than 630 bug fixes, coming from

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