--- title: Changes to the Interactivity API in WordPress 7.0 description: WordPress 7.0 introduces three notable changes to the Interactivity API. First, a new programmatic `watch()` function in `@wordpress/interactivity` lets... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/changes-to-the-interactivity-api-in-wordpress-7-0-minbi5sgs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Changes to the Interactivity API in WordPress 7.0 | daily.dev og:description: WordPress 7.0 introduces three notable changes to the Interactivity API. First, a new programmatic `watch()` function in `@wordpress/interactivity` lets... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/changes-to-the-interactivity-api-in-wordpress-7-0-minbi5sgs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MiNBI5SGs.png og:image:alt: Changes to the Interactivity API in WordPress 7.0 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. # Changes to the Interactivity API in WordPress 7.0 **[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress 7.0 introduces three notable changes to the Interactivity API. First, a new programmatic `watch()` function in `@wordpress/interactivity` lets developers subscribe to reactive state changes outside of DOM directives, with support for cleanup callbacks and an `unwatch()` return value. Second, the `state.navigation.hasStarted` and `state.navigation.hasFinished` properties in `core/router` are deprecated and will trigger console warnings, with a proper navigation tracking API planned for 7.1. Third, `state.url` in `core/router` is now server-populated instead of client-initialized, eliminating the need to guard against an initial `undefined` value and enabling reliable client-side navigation tracking combined with `watch()`. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Interactivity API’s client navigation improvements in WordPress 6.9](https://daily.dev/posts/interactivity-api-s-client-navigation-improvements-in-wordpress-6-9-s0crpxh6c) · Make WordPress Core · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The JavaScript Navigation API Handles Every Route Change. 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