Title: News
Author: Kelly Choyce-Dwan
Published: August 7, 2023
Last modified: March 18, 2026

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## Latest Release

 * 
   ###  󠀁[ 7.1.1 ](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-1-maintenance-and-security-release/)󠁿
   
 * September 17, 2026

 [See All Releases](https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/?output_format=md)

## Latest Posts

 * 
   ### 󠀁[WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-1-maintenance-and-security-release/)󠁿
   
 * [Releases](https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/), [Security](https://wordpress.org/news/category/security/)
 * September 17, 2026
 * 
   ### 󠀁[Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in Bangladesh](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/108-student-websites/)󠁿
   
 * [Education](https://wordpress.org/news/category/education/)
 * September 7, 2026
 * 
   ### 󠀁[WordPress Signs the Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/open-weight/)󠁿
   
 * [General](https://wordpress.org/news/category/general/)
 * August 27, 2026
 * 
   ### 󠀁[AI Creates Opportunity While Artists Ship at WordCamp US 2026](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wcus-2026-recap/)󠁿
   
 * [Community](https://wordpress.org/news/category/community/), [Events](https://wordpress.org/news/category/events/),
   [WordCamp](https://wordpress.org/news/category/wordcamp/)
 * August 20, 2026
 * 
   ### 󠀁[WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/mary-lou/)󠁿
   
 * [Releases](https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/)
 * August 19, 2026

 [See All Posts](https://wordpress.org/news/all-posts/?output_format=md)

## People of WordPress

 * ![Sunita Rai at WordCamp Asia](https://wordpress.org/news/files/2024/01/sunita-
   rai-featured-img.jpg)
 * 
   ### 󠀁[People of WordPress: Sunita Rai](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/02/people-of-wordpress-sunita-rai/)󠁿
   
 * ![Artemy Kaydash stood in front of water](https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/
   10/artemy-featured-img.jpg)
 * 
   ### 󠀁[People of WordPress: Artemy Kaydash](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/12/people-of-wordpress-artemy-kaydash/)󠁿
   
 * ![Ihtisham Zahoor in the moutains.](https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/07/
   ihtisham-2.jpg)
 * 
   ### 󠀁[People of WordPress: Ihtisham Zahoor](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/07/people-of-wordpress-ihtisham-zahoor/)󠁿
   
 * ![Allison Dye](https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/06/fi-allison-dye.jpg)
 * 
   ### 󠀁[People of WordPress: Allison Dye](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/06/people-of-wordpress-allison-dye/)󠁿
   
 * ![Stefano with a laptop covered in WordPress event stickers](https://wordpress.
   org/news/files/2023/05/stefano-featured-img.jpg)
 * 
   ### 󠀁[People of WordPress: Stefano Cassone](https://wordpress.org/news/2023/05/people-of-wordpress-stefano-cassone/)󠁿
   

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