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WP Abilities API

When to use

Use this skill when the task involves:

• registering abilities or ability categories in PHP,
• exposing abilities to clients via REST (wp-abilities/v1),
• consuming abilities in JS (notably @wordpress/abilities),
• diagnosing “ability doesn’t show up” / “client can’t see ability” / “REST returns empty”.

Inputs required

• Repo root (run wp-project-triage first if you haven’t).
• Target WordPress version(s) and whether this is WP core or a plugin/theme.
• Where the change should live (plugin vs theme vs mu-plugin).

Procedure