WordPress 7.1 is set to apply the user admin color scheme to the Site Editor — the first visible result of a formal merge proposal that would introduce a structured design token system and ThemeProvider component into WordPress core.
THEMES
A Reddit thread resurfaces the ongoing search for truly lightweight WordPress themes. Here is what the community recommends for speed-first builds.
Mike, a free WordPress theme from developer Mike Tran, targets writers and developers who want a clean reading layout without framework overhead — no JavaScript, self-hosted fonts via WordPress's native Font Library, and a flat codebase that's easy to audit or extend.
May's Gutenberg cycle also shipped a new @wordpress/grid package, revisions support for templates and template parts, and the first public work on a native Content Types system.