WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" Is Live — Post-Release Deep Dive 🎺 (opens in new tab)

It's out. After a delayed launch, a last-minute feature removal, and weeks of "will it / won't it" energy from the community — WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" officially went live on May 20, 2026. I covered the pre-release picture in detail earlier in this article — . Now that the build is actually in people's hands, this is the post-release breakdown — what shipped, what it feels like in practice, what broke, and what you should do before touching the update button on a production site. 🎺 Why "Arm...