WordPress 7.1 will include foundational support for theming design aspects of admin interface components, including color, roundness, and cursor pointers for interactive controls. The background and purpose behind these new features were shared previously in Merge Proposal: Design System Theming. This post aims to provide information about what is included with WordPress 7.1.
Design Tokens in the wp-theme stylesheet
A new wp-theme stylesheet will be registered by default and is available as a dependency for plugins. When enqueued, the stylesheet includes a full set of semantic design tokens formatted as CSS custom properties (variables) that can be referenced in WordPress
