Title: Real-time collaboration will not ship in WordPress 7.0 Author: annezazu Published: May 8, 2026 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) [annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) 12:50 am _on_ May 8, 2026 Tags: [7.0 ( 76 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/7-0/), [feature-real-time-collaboration ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/feature-real-time-collaboration/) # Real-time collaboration will not ship in WordPress 7.0 Today, [@matt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt/) made the decision to remove real-time collaboration from WordPress 7.0 and [shared](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C07NVJ51X6K/p1778196273902419) that he is not confident the current approach is robust enough to include in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. at this time, citing concerns around surface area, race conditions, server load, memory efficiency, and recurring bugs found through fuzz testing. This is a difficult decision, especially given the amount of work that has gone into the feature, but it is being made in service of shipping a stable and reliable WordPress 7.0 release for our users. Work to remove the feature from the release is being organized in [#65205](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65205#ticket) and in the [#feature-realtime-collaboration](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C07NVJ51X6K). At this time, the release schedule remains as is and further updates will be provided if the schedule needs to change to unwind this feature. Real-time collaboration remains an important and exciting feature for WordPress. Once the immediate release work is complete, a plan will be shared for broader testing and continued iteration to help prepare the feature for a future release. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this work so far from so many angles. 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I honestly welcome this decision, besides the fact that this needs further work to confidently get into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., it will also give extension developers more time to prepare, experiment and provide feedback. 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da4333e9e520f56887af71e68da6b6bdffb445f8c722e657ff3abe782500c0a7? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Mateus Machado Luna](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wetah/) 12:04 pm _on_ May 8, 2026 * I agree with that. Since the first announcement I’ve been trying to make my custom blocks work with RTC but they break when a second user clicks on it, trowing some ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. [https://reactjs.org](https://reactjs.org/) errors. Is there a proper place to discuss code migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. and any issues related to this? - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/090dcb046be033dd3cd9d26b765c5a4f53f69b925a112256aada755462e7450d? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Max Schmeling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxschmeling/) 12:33 pm _on_ May 8, 2026 - Come chat with us in the [#feature-realtime-collaboration](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C07NVJ51X6K) channel and we’d be happy to help! 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2fc051921271efb26a1e3b7b7a76a260a92fd599fa8678b4927eb2fdaeb3810b? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Luke Carbis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lukecarbis/) 1:10 am _on_ May 8, 2026 7. Are the latest RTC changes available in a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See [Features as Plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/about/release-cycle/features-as-plugins/) or via GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)? 8. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f50dc56c80eceb636a7ef7d036a019a7d4189e8b3f87d9c899e848248ef36d8? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) 5:09 am _on_ May 8, 2026 * Hey Luke. As it stands right now, you can test the feature using the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.. It’s an open question whether to spin the feature out into a featured plugin at this point though in order to get broader feedback without folks needing to fully turn on all of Gutenberg. That will need to be discussed when the dust settles as part of getting broader feedback going forward. 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c32b444916b40790b1a2b6bf67e0dfc0bd0f8a416df5192cf6b31765ab46af7a? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. [bhkh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bhkh/) 7:32 am _on_ May 8, 2026 11. Maybe this isn’t the right place to ask, but I’m curious what type of users are requesting this feature? While it might save me that conflictconflict A conflict occurs when a patch changes code that was modified after the patch was created. These patches are considered _stale_, and will require a _refresh_ of the changes before it can be applied, or the conflicts will need to be _resolved_. of trying to edit a page that someone forgot to close, I can’t imagine that may people are needing to do real time collaboration on a WP post/page. Is there a demographic I’m missing? 12. In any case, thanks for all your work! 13. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4f50dc56c80eceb636a7ef7d036a019a7d4189e8b3f87d9c899e848248ef36d8? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) 5:13 pm _on_ May 8, 2026 * Hey there. You can read a few different places where this has been requested, starting with [some research a few years ago](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/10/23/summary-and-insights-of-phase-3-related-conversations/) and with more [recent research on this feature in particular here](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/16/real-time-collaboration-early-user-feedback/). Think about any time a google doc needs to be passed around before a post can go live and you can imagine the use cases. There’s also a use case now of AI as a collaborator with real time even for solo writers. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9514eba2eae01078efc3506b1547acbe14efcdb6ef828c29ba289ba163b6f9a9? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [tkshredder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tkshredder/) 7:05 pm _on_ May 21, 2026 * In our case, we have a flagship Newsletter with multiple news stories and multiple contributing writers that we compose in BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor — think Morning Brew or 1440 Newsletter as reference. On the day prior to a send we have no less than two editorial folks going into the post to add their blocks of content, followed by someone from our Ops team placing advertisements, and then a different editorial team lead that does a final Editorial pass. As you might imagine there’s a lot of group chats of “my pieces are in, your turn”, which would go away through collaborative editing. * We tested the collaborative editing feature running via GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) v23 pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. running in WP 6.9 and our initial testing showed that this was very promising! * Totally get the decision to hold off on this feature until they get the underlying data structures up to snuff. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bebf5a17732e3ea200a6ebf58d6f0e2e65963fcbebd67ec910b780d9cf122844? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [DanYork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danyork/) 12:06 pm _on_ May 23, 2026 * [@bhkh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bhkh/) – Similar to [@tkshredder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tkshredder/), one of the sites I work with has a workflow where a post goes out to review by a bunch of people and they all may be making or suggesting changes. At the same time, another person is examining the post for appropriate keyword usage, and another person is looking to make sure it all aligns with our style guide. * Right now, because WordPress doesn’t make this easy, we do it all in another system (hosted Microsoft Office) so that everyone can be editing at the same time. And then at the end, someone has to copy/paste the text over into WordPress and then spend the time making sure it all works right inside of WP. * Once this RTC feature is in WordPress, we could potentially do all of this collaborative work inside of WordPress and save ourselves that last bit of copy/pasting over and setting it all up. * (Another organization I work with has a similar flow, but uses Google Docs.) 14. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e783c9bb428fdb2a40d72e88425248f41035a1f05b7133a1ae9f4f88257c168e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 15. [Seth Rubenstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smrubenstein/) 2:11 pm _on_ May 8, 2026 16. 🥲 Sad to see it delayed, but it’s the right call. 17. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/27d6168a7bff0f10ec5c569992a85745fccd9cb89798ffcb666ca3b08424f131? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 18. [Dipak C. Gajjar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dipakcg/) 1:47 pm _on_ May 10, 2026 19. Tough call, but the right one. A delayed RTC is far better than a broken one in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. 20. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/668b1e86b5faeca19bc71e9149d1ad7675021588a3f45d1e60ea52d348060a9c? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 21. [mdrahul92](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdrahul92/) 6:21 pm _on_ May 10, 2026 22. That’s a tough call by Matt, I understand, but I think it’s good for the community as not everyone is enterprise feature ready. This can be useful for maybe max 10% users but I hope this can be offered as an addon module or something not shipped by default. 23. The priority should be to make GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) more mature. Responsive breakpoints are still not there; it’s sad to see it in that state. 24. Hope the team will consider something about it. 25. At least make wordpress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. this feature-rich that you do not need a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. to create a basic landing page type of website. 26. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e97f23c5a8de8c82d9416905d15057cddaa7057ea157abd7120e970788d7a44? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 27. [Samuel Lavoie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuel514/) 3:49 pm _on_ May 21, 2026 28. A feature I was looking forward to, but it was the right call given the scope of changes already in this release. Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← What’s new in Gutenberg 23.1? 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