Title: Abilities API etc
Last modified: January 25, 2026

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# Abilities API etc

 *  Resolved [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/)
 * (@jhmonroe)
 * [4 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abilities-api-etc/)
 * More a discussion than issue.
 * You were SO ahead of the curve on integrating AI into WordPress, probably more
   than anyone.
 * Are you planning on reworking your plugin to take advantage of the Abilities 
   API and other projects coming out of the WP Core AI team?
 * Seems like you’re better positioned than anyone to leapfrog ahead

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 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [4 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abilities-api-etc/#post-18797889)
 * Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it 🙂 Even though you’re the first
   to ask, I think this is an important question and it deserves a proper reply.
 * Yes, I’ve been following the Abilities API very closely (the WordPress team actually
   contacted me about it last year). I’m not opposed to adopting it at all, but 
   for now I’m actually waiting for the ecosystem to mature a bit before integrating
   it into AI Engine.
 * A few reasons:
    - **No major reference implementation yet.** I’m mainly waiting for at least
      one widely-used plugin (50K+ installs) to implement Abilities in a genuinely
      useful way. Right now, most integrations feel more like yay, we registered
      a few abilities!… than something really practical, so it’s hard to know which
      patterns will become standard.
 *  - **Best practices are still forming.** The API is very new and has some quirks(
      categories first, strict timing, schema and permission overhead). The documentation
      has also come contradictions. I’m pretty sure things will change, and I’d 
      rather not lock AI Engine into an approach that might soon feel outdated.
 *  - **AI Engine + Code Engine already does the job.** Much of what Abilities aims
      to enable is already possible today through my little ecosystem 😼 [Code Engine](https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-engine/)
      lets you create callable functions, those can be used by AI Engine and exposed
      through MCP, and the current MCP + function callback approach is actually 
      very simple and works well (automation, writing posts, updating media entries,
      creating or modifying themes/plugins, etc.). I have also connected AI Engine
      to [SEO Engine](https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-engine/) and it works really
      nicely.
 * I tried to get some traction around this a while ago on Reddit ([here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1kbdrji/claude_takes_over_wordpress_with_mcp/)).
   It was probably too early, and it might still be a bit early today. That said,
   I’m pretty sure that this year users will increasingly want to plug tools like
   Claude Code (and others) directly into their WordPress sites, and they’ll naturally
   look for the most convenient solution. On my side, I’ll keep improving what already
   exists, adopt Abilities when it actually makes sense, and adapt as it evolves.
 * But at the moment, adding Abilities to AI Engine would mostly mean more code 
   and more complexity, without clear benefits for users yet, especially while conventions
   are still settling.
 * However, I do hope/expect Abilities to become important. Once there’s a clear
   adoption signal and a strong real-world implementation from a major plugin, I’ll
   be happy to add support in AI Engine in a clean way, and make it consume abilities
   from other plugins too.
 * In the meantime, I’m watching closely, experimenting, and staying ready to move,
   as always! 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * Last activity: [4 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abilities-api-etc/#post-18797889)
 * Status: resolved