--- title: Dev Chat summary: July 21, 2026 | daily.dev description: WordPress 7.0.2 has been released as an urgent security update. WordPress 7.1 beta 3 is scheduled for release on July 22, with the release party at 15:00 UTC.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dev-chat-summary-july-21-2026-jhqqmdslf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dev Chat summary: July 21, 2026 | daily.dev og:description: WordPress 7.0.2 has been released as an urgent security update. WordPress 7.1 beta 3 is scheduled for release on July 22, with the release party at 15:00 UTC.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dev-chat-summary-july-21-2026-jhqqmdslf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JHQQmDsLf.png og:image:alt: Dev Chat summary: July 21, 2026 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. # Dev Chat summary: July 21, 2026 **[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress 7.0.2 has been released as an urgent security update. WordPress 7.1 beta 3 is scheduled for release on July 22, with the release party at 15:00 UTC. There are approximately 140 Trac tickets milestoned for 7.1, and contributors are encouraged to punt tickets that can be deferred to future releases. Gutenberg 23.6 will begin its release process before beta 3 syncs with core. Additionally, work is underway to add interactive, runnable PHP code snippets to the WordPress developer documentation, powered by WordPress Playground, using an opt-in `php interactive` code fence syntax. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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