VIP Developer Office Hours: Real-time Collaboration & WordPress 7.0

April 15 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (3:00 p.m. GMT,  8:00 a.m. PDT)

Speakers: @smithjw1 (Project Manager at WordPress VIP)

In this session, we’ll dive into Real-time Collaboration, showing how it works under the hood, and how you can use it in practice. You will learn how your team can leverage it to simplify editorial workflows, and discover how VIP’s implementation avoids performance issues.

We’ll also explore the exciting AI integrations in WordPress 7.0, including the new Connectors screen, the WP AI Client, and the Client-Side Abilities API. You will learn how to connect different AI providers, centralize API key management, and use the unified AI client to power smarter editor experiences.

You’ll walk away with:

• A clear mental model of Real-time Collaboration on WordPress: how simultaneous editing works, how conflicts are resolved, and how the transport and storage layers are tuned for performance on VIP.
• Practical guidance for leveraging AI in WordPress: how to wire up Connectors, call the WP AI Client from your plugins, and safely expose AI capabilities to editors and site admins.
• Which features to enable, adjust, or turn off: discover how to use new options like per-block Custom CSS, viewport-based block visibility, HTML block enhancements on enterprise sites.
• Key theme and block development upgrades to know about, like Pattern Overrides for custom blocks, PHP-only block registration, and more.

As always, there will be plenty of time to answer your questions.

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