Greg Ziółkowski: The Abilities API in WordPress 7.1: Lifecycle, Schemas, and Discovery

Dr. Owns

August 5, 2026

The Abilities API gives WordPress plugins a common language for describing and executing units of functionality. An ability has a stable name, human-readable metadata, input and output contracts, a permission check, and an execution callback. Other PHP code can discover it without knowing which plugin registered it, while REST, WP-CLI, JavaScript, MCP, and AI integrations […]​The Abilities API gives WordPress plugins a common language for describing and executing units of functionality. An ability has a stable name, human-readable metadata, input and output contracts, a permission check, and an execution callback. Other PHP code can discover it without knowing which plugin registered it, while REST, WP-CLI, JavaScript, MCP, and AI integrations   WordPress PlanetRead More

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Dr. Owns

August 5, 2026

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