Title: Abilities API
Author: Jonathan Desrosiers
Published: April 20, 2026
Last modified: April 23, 2026

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## Abilities API component

#### This is a subcomponent of the 󠀁[AI](https://make.wordpress.org/core/components/ai/)󠁿 component.

### Recent posts on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blogblog (versus network, site)

 * [Abilities API in WordPress 6.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/10/abilities-api-in-wordpress-6-9/)(
   November 10, 2025)

View all posts tagged [abilities-api](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/abilities-api/).

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### 15 open tickets in the Abilities APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. component

  |  [15 open tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&status=!closed) |  [defect (bug)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=defect+%28bug%29&group=milestone&status=!closed) |  [enhancement](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=enhancement&group=milestone&status=!closed) |  
  |  [7.1](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=7.1&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  [3](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=7.1&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed) |  [4](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=7.1&type=enhancement&status=!closed) |  
 |  [](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  0 |  [1](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone&type=enhancement&status=!closed) |  
 |  [Future Release](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=Future+Release&group=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed) |  0 |  [7](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=Future+Release&type=enhancement&status=!closed) |

**15 open tickets.** Last 7 days: +0 tickets

### 7 tickets slated for 7.1

[View list in Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&milestone=7.1&status=!closed)

 * [#64209](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64209)  Allow abilities to be
   deprecated
 * [#64311](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64311)  Abilities API: add filters
   for input and output validation
 * [#64616](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64616)  Abilities API: Add core/
   update-settings ability
 * [#64977](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64977)  The `core/get-site-info`
   ability returns wrong localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and 
   regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with
   Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include
   Canadian English and U.S. English. code in the adminadmin (and super admin)
 * [#64989](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64989)  Abilities API: Add execution
   lifecycle filters to WP_Ability methods
 * [#64990](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64990)  Abilities API: Add filtering
   support to `wp_get_abilities()`
 * [#65109](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65109)  Abilities API: Duplicated
   $args variable in WP_Ability_Category::prepare_properties() PHPDocPHPDoc (**docblock**,**
   inline docs**) docs

### 15 open tickets

**Open enhancements: 12** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=enhancement&status=!closed)
**
Open tasks: 0** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=task+%28blessed%29&status=!closed)**
Open feature requests: 0** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=feature+request&status=!closed)**
Open defects: 3** [View list on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=Abilities+API&type=defect+%28bug%29&status=!closed)

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