--- title: Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers | daily.dev description: WordPress core team is calling for volunteers to serve as release managers for the upcoming 7.1.x maintenance releases, following the 7.1.0 release on August... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/call-for-wordpress-7-1-x-release-managers-yvipqraid twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers | daily.dev og:description: WordPress core team is calling for volunteers to serve as release managers for the upcoming 7.1.x maintenance releases, following the 7.1.0 release on August... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/call-for-wordpress-7-1-x-release-managers-yvipqraid og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yvipqRaID.png og:image:alt: Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/yvipqRaID) # [Call for WordPress 7.1.x Release Managers](https://api.daily.dev/r/yvipqRaID "Go to post") WordPress core team is calling for volunteers to serve as release managers for the upcoming 7.1.x maintenance releases, following the 7.1.0 release on August 19, 2026\. 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