Trunk Now Open for WordPress 7.1‑Alpha Commits
Enable trunk to accept commits for WordPress 7.1‑alpha and backport changes to numbered branches.
Enable trunk to accept commits for WordPress 7.1‑alpha and backport changes to numbered branches.
Summary
With the release of WordPress 7.0, the trunk branch has been opened for WordPress 7.1‑alpha commits.
Trunk is now the primary development line for 7.1, allowing contributors to add, modify, or remove features during the extended cycle.
The Real‑time Collaboration feature is being evaluated, and the branch remains open to assess its readiness.
Backporting to numbered branches follows a double signoff policy, requiring dev‑feedback and dev‑reviewed keywords.
The backport process is documented in the Make WordPress Core Handbook.
Contributors are encouraged to use the dev‑feedback commit keyword to request a second committer’s review.
The release squad will coordinate the transition of changes from trunk to the 7.0 branch.
Thank you notes are posted to acknowledge peer review contributions.
Key changes
- Trunk opened for WordPress 7.1‑alpha commits
- Trunk is primary development line for 7.1 during extended cycle
- Real‑time Collaboration feature evaluated in trunk
- Backporting follows double signoff policy with dev‑feedback and dev‑reviewed keywords
- Backport process documented in Make WordPress Core Handbook
- Contributors encouraged to use dev‑feedback keyword for second review
- Release squad coordinates transition of changes from trunk to 7.0
- Peer review contributions acknowledged with thank‑you notes