WordPress 7.0 just dropped! This is a huge release with foundational work that will change the course of the platform. The AI infrastructure alone is a game changer, but there’s a whole lot more.
I’ve put together a full video breakdown along with a highlights thread below. 👉
Check out the full video on YouTube and catch the highlights below.
WordPress 7.0: A new direction forward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSnBLIejmv4
WordPress now has native AI infrastructure. A new WP AI Client API. A connectors screen. Plug in Anthropic, OpenAI, or Gemini directly.
WordPress isn’t shipping its own AI assistant. It’s building the foundation for everyone else to.
Patterns just got a content-only editing mode. Click in, swap text, change images, update links. Design controls stay locked.
Clients can’t accidentally nuke your layout. This one’s going to be huge for handoffs.
Inspired by Ollie’s Menu Designer, mobile menu overlays are now fully customizable with blocks. Drop in patterns, change layouts, design the whole experience.
Ollie ships with menu patterns out of the box — click, customize, publish.
Block visibility let’s you show or hide any block based on desktop, tablet, or mobile. Pair it with Ollie Pro’s responsive controls and you can dial in every screen size.
Custom CSS, now on every block. No more bouncing to global styles for a one-off tweak. Drop it right in the advanced panel. Use this for quick fixes and use Ollie’s Class Manager for anything reusable.
Revisions are visual now. Using the timeline slider and color-coded changes, you can see exactly what was added, removed, or modified. No more guesswork.
A few more goodies worth knowing about:
→ Icon Block
→ Breadcrumbs Block
→ Font Library Screen
→ Command Palette shortcut
The theme of this release is clear. WordPress is getting more serious as a native site builder. The editor is getting more refined. And the foundation for AI-native WordPress is here.
Ollie was built for exactly this moment. We’re leaning in and crafting a new WordPress experience. One that feels effortless and inevitable.
Get started with Ollie and our growing suite of designs, extensions, and AI features for WordPress at olliewp.com.
