WordPress 7.0 Drops Real-Time Collaboration Feature Citing Stability and Legal Distractions
WordPress has officially announced that the highly anticipated real-time collaboration (RTC) feature will not be included in the upcoming version 7.0 release. Matt Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder, stated that the current implementation lacks the necessary robustness, citing technical issues such as race conditions, server load concerns, memory inefficiency, and recurring bugs identified during fuzz testing. Additionally, Mullenweg highlighted that ongoing legal disputes with WP Engine have significantly distracted key developers, acting as a time denial-of-service that hampered progress. The decision to remove RTC from the core release was met with relief by many in the community, who viewed the delay as prudent for ensuring platform stability. While RTC allows simultaneous editing and is already available on WordPress.com for certain paid plans, its exclusion from the open-source core aims to prevent potential instability. The release schedule for WordPress 7.0 remains unchanged, with efforts now focused on stripping the feature from the build. Community reactions suggest agreement with the move, emphasizing the need for further development time and better preparation for extension developers before such a complex feature is integrated into the main software branch.
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WordPress 7.0 Drops Real-Time Collaboration Feature Citing Stability and Legal Distractions
WordPress has officially announced that the highly anticipated real-time collaboration (RTC) feature will not be included in the upcoming version 7.0 release. Matt Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder, stated that the current implementation lacks the necessary robustness, citing technical issues such as race conditions, server load concerns, memory inefficiency, and recurring bugs identified during fuzz testing. Additionally, Mullenweg highlighted that ongoing legal disputes with WP Engine have significantly distracted key developers, acting as a time denial-of-service that hampered progress. The decision to remove RTC from the core release was met with relief by many in the community, who viewed the delay as prudent for ensuring platform stability. While RTC allows simultaneous editing and is already available on WordPress.com for certain paid plans, its exclusion from the open-source core aims to prevent potential instability. The release schedule for WordPress 7.0 remains unchanged, with efforts now focused on stripping the feature from the build. Community reactions suggest agreement with the move, emphasizing the need for further development time and better preparation for extension developers before such a complex feature is integrated into the main software branch.
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