7.8.0 – Happy Holidays

Wapuu, the yellow WordPress mascot, sits comfortably in a spaceship wearing a spacesuit and reading a book. Through a large window behind Wapuu, stars and a colorful nebula glow in deep space, creating a calm, cozy scene that suggests reading and discovery.

As the year wraps up, ActivityPub 7.8.0 lands with stronger moderation tools, more flexible reactions, and a small surprise. Subscribe to shared blocklists with automatic updates and bulk-import domain blocks. Reactions now support a clean, avatar-free summary view. Plus, curious users can preview the new experimental Social Web Reader inside WordPress admin.