--- title: Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad | daily.dev description: The WordPress 7.1 release squad has been officially assembled, continuing the smaller, focused squad structure introduced in recent release cycles (6.7 through... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad | daily.dev og:description: The WordPress 7.1 release squad has been officially assembled, continuing the smaller, focused squad structure introduced in recent release cycles (6.7 through... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l56kuuwyM.png og:image:alt: Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad **[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 2 min read · 14 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The WordPress 7.1 release squad has been officially assembled, continuing the smaller, focused squad structure introduced in recent release cycles (6.7 through 7.0). The approach emphasizes collaboration with Make Team Reps to reduce overhead on the Release Squad while ensuring each team's contributions are represented. Many volunteers applied but only those whose experience best aligned with 7.1's needs were selected; others are encouraged to contribute through testing, bug scrubs, triage, and documentation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ezee** · 1 upvotes > WP's constant feature updates are getting tiring tbh / getting hard to keep up with, can we just stay the same for a bit and focus on security? For the past 17 years that has been the one standout problem, we don't need more ways to add sections to a webpage. Why not make WP the most secure option. Could do that by making it a standard option to do static deployments and wireguard admins. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Announcing the WordPress 7.0 Release Squad](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-0-release-squad-qjf9a9cvv) · Make WordPress Core · 24 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing the WordPress 7.2 Release Squad](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-2-release-squad-25bvj7vy8) · Make WordPress Core · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [WordPress 7.1 Call for Volunteers](https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-7-1-call-for-volunteers-q0lnidhbh) · Make WordPress Core · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym"},"datePublished":"2026-06-17T15:18:18.929Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T09:05:05.029Z","description":"The WordPress 7.1 release squad has been officially assembled, continuing the smaller, focused squad structure introduced in recent release cycles (6.7 through...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6ad4f5b66be737a1618019916626b1bd?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6ad4f5b66be737a1618019916626b1bd?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Make WordPress Core","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Make WordPress Core","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/892d1a79e30e4e8a911b5726c6fb1a06","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"open-source,devops,wordpress","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Make WordPress Core","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-the-wordpress-7-1-release-squad-l56kuuwym","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"WP’s constant feature updates are getting tiring tbh / getting hard to keep up with, can we just stay the same for a bit and focus on security? 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