WordPress 7.2 release date
The official date for WordPress 7.2 is 8 December 2026. It has not been released yet.
Scheduled
How we know this date
This date comes straight from the official WordPress 7.2 release schedule published on make.wordpress.org. We did not estimate it. If the release team moves the date, this page changes the same day and the change is added to the timeline below.
What we know so far
- 20 October 2026Beta 1 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 27 October 2026Beta 2 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 28 October 2026Beta 3 released during 7.1.4 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 3 November 2026Beta 4 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 10 November 2026Beta 5 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 17 November 2026Release Candidate 1 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 24 November 2026Release Candidate 2 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 1 December 2026Release Candidate 3 Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 7 December 2026Dry run for release of WordPress 7.2 and 24-hour code freeze Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
- 8 December 2026WordPress 7.2 is released Source: WordPress 7.2 release schedule
Questions
When is WordPress 7.2 released?
The official date is 8 December 2026, from the release schedule published by the WordPress release team.
Is WordPress 7.2 out yet?
Not as of 1 November 2026. This page turns into the launch page when WordPress.org lists it.
Can the date change?
Yes. If the release team moves it, we update this page and record the change in the timeline.