Prompt: What’s new for developers? (February 2026)

WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 is approaching with major updates including Gutenberg enhancements, AI features, and Playground improvements. Key changes include always-iframed post editor, viewport-based block visibility, per-block custom CSS, AI experimentation plugins, and theme text alignment improvements.

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I am a [profession] seeking guidance on WordPress 7.0 Beta 1. Please provide step-by-step instructions for:
1. Testing the always-iframed post editor with different block API versions
2. Setting up viewport-based block visibility controls
3. Applying per-block custom CSS using the Advanced → Additional CSS sidebar
4. Using WordPress Studio CLI v1.7.0 for automated development tasks
5. Exploring AI Experiments plugin features (excerpt generation, content summarization, image generation)
6. Updating my theme to support new textAlign and aspect ratio features
7. Configuring WordPress Playground for local development with Docker
Provide concrete examples and best practices for each task.

Example input

Use the placeholders in the prompt with permitted, anonymized source data.

Expected output

Follow the output format requested in the prompt and verify the result against the source.

Tools

WordPress 7.0 Beta 1, WordPress Playground, WordPress Studio CLI v1.7.0, Docker, AI Experiments plugin, Ability Explorer, CLoud hosting platform