WordPress 7.0.1 is now available as the first maintenance release for WordPress 7.0. The short-cycle update includes fixes for 31 bugs across WordPress Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues in areas such as the Block Editor, admin UI, and media.
What’s fixed in WordPress 7.0.1
The Core received 17 fixes in WordPress 7.0.1, addressing issues across areas including media handling, formatting, the admin interface, and block functionality.
Among the notable fixes, the update restores the expected behavior of the Block Visibility feature. A regression in WordPress 7.0 caused blocks that had previously been configured to hide everywhere to become visible on the front end if the block no longer supported visibility. The fix changes the evaluation order so that blocks with visibility set to hidden remain hidden regardless of whether the block still supports the feature.
The release also fixes an issue in wp_kses() where valid CSS background-image: url(...) declarations could be corrupted during sanitization. The problem occurred because encoded HTML entities in style attributes were passed directly to safecss_filter_attr(), resulting in malformed output such as style=”)”. WordPress 7.0.1 now decodes the style attribute before filtering and re-escapes it afterward.
Another fix guards against false return values from wp_get_attachment_image_src() and wp_getimagesize() by adding is_array() checks before accessing returned values. The update also normalizes the function’s return type and adds more specific PHPStan return annotations.
The release also continues refinements to the WordPress 7.0 admin redesign by standardizing the height of interactive controls in mobile viewports.
The remaining fixes address issues affecting the image editor, Media Library, emoji handling, Global Styles, the network credit.php header logo, browser tooling, accessibility, and editor-related regressions introduced during the WordPress 7.0 development cycle.
The release also includes 14 Gutenberg fixes covering the block editor, navigation, revisions, accessibility, image blocks, template parts, and so on.
The next major release is WordPress 7.1, scheduled for August 19, 2026, coinciding with the final day of WordCamp US.