--- title: Abilities API improvements in WordPress 7.1 | daily.dev description: WordPress 7.1 introduces several improvements to the Abilities API. New filters wp_ability_validate_input and wp_ability_validate_output allow plugins to add... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/abilities-api-improvements-in-wordpress-7-1-5vlskrun5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Abilities API improvements in WordPress 7.1 | daily.dev og:description: WordPress 7.1 introduces several improvements to the Abilities API. New filters wp_ability_validate_input and wp_ability_validate_output allow plugins to add... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/abilities-api-improvements-in-wordpress-7-1-5vlskrun5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5VlSkRuN5.png og:image:alt: Abilities API improvements in WordPress 7.1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Abilities API improvements in WordPress 7.1 **[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress 7.1 introduces several improvements to the Abilities API. New filters wp_ability_validate_input and wp_ability_validate_output allow plugins to add custom validation logic beyond JSON Schema. A new wp_ability_invoked action fires at the start of every ability execution, enabling auditing, telemetry, and tracing. The core/get-user-info ability now returns five additional profile fields and supports a fields input parameter for selective responses. Core abilities (get-site-info, get-user-info, get-environment-info) now share consistent schema conventions with translatable titles and descriptions. REST requests using GET or DELETE now automatically coerce query string values to the types declared in the ability's input schema, eliminating manual casting in callbacks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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