Matthew Widdop
Matty is a Digital SEO Executive at Intelligency, helping our clients to improve their digital performance. Matty is currently studying for his Level 3 Multi-Channel Marketer apprenticeship and has completed a Sport Journalism Degree at the University of Huddersfield.
WordPress announced its latest release of WordPress for April 9, 2026,but has since delayed it to May 20, 2026. In this article, we wanted to do a deep dive into the latest features of WordPress 7.0 and how they can be useful for marketers.
Latest Features
AI Model API
One of the most prominent new features coming to WordPress 7.0 is AI model integration. Previously to having AI integration into WordPress, users would have to connect third-party tools or use premium features of existing plug-ins that are often behind a pay wall.
An AI Model API allows users to connect their preferred AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, into their WordPress dashboard to allow them to automate certain aspects of their content management workflow. This is something we will definitely be using at Intelligency.
Sometimes when working with new client sites, we face issues with alt texts. Alt texts are an accessibility feature that allow visually impaired people to read what an image is displaying. Some sites have thousands of images uploaded without alt texts, which can become an accessibility nightmare as you have to go through and manually update each one. With the new AI API, the AI will be able to create alt texts for images in a matter of seconds, massively improving workflow and saving time.
Editor Collaboration
A new editor collaboration feature is also coming to WordPress 7.0. The feature will allow more than one editor to edit a document at the same time as one another. This is a nifty feature for any SEOs collaborating to spot-fix problems and will also allow for accelerating workflow between multiple collaborators.
Font Management for Classic Themes
Currently, many sites still run on classic themes that are not compatible with WordPress Full Site Editor capabilities. The latest version of WordPress will introduce some full-site editing capabilities to be compatible with classic themes, such as allowing for improved font capabilities.
Additional CSS At Block Level
Additional CSS can now be added at the block level with the latest WordPress update. CSS, or cascading style sheets, is how you add additional styling to a WordPress website that is not included in the base functionality. You can now add this at the block level, so it applies to all blocks on your site of a certain type, making it easier to replicate designs across the site.
New Blocks Added
There have also been some new blocks added to the Gutenberg editor (the native editor in WordPress).
- Icons Block – Currently, there is no native icon block in Gutenberg and WordPress developers have to style it with CSS. WordPress 7.0 is introducing native icon blocks that allow you to.
- Breadcrumbs Blocks – A dedicated customisable navigation block.
