WordPress 7.2 Set for December 8 Release With New Ipsum Theme and Notes Updates

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WordPress 7.2 is scheduled to ship on December 8, 2026, following Beta 1 on October 20 and a first release candidate on November 17. Its headline features include Ipsum, a minimal blank-canvas default theme, suggestion mode for Notes, a Secrets API for storing credentials, and form styling in Global Styles. The core team will include only roadmap items deemed reasonably ready, so features remain subject to change until RC 1. Dates follow the official release page, and the earlier volunteer window allowed for a possible one-day slip. Several items, including sudo mode and suggestion mode, may be deferred to 7.3 if they are not ready in time.

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