WordPress 7.0 ships with AI, without real-time collaboration. The right call, just five weeks too late. The same answer was visible on March 31, when the cycle was extended for RTC. 7.0 could have shipped on its original April 9 date with the much needed AI features.

The right call. Real-time collaboration sounds great in demos. In actual WordPress sites, the collaboration looks like: - one editor pasting from Google Docs - one client emailing "can you change the photo" - one agency owner who hasn't logged in since 2024 AI ships to a real audience. RTC ships to a Notion-shaped one.