v0.4.0

This release syncs all the changes that are going to be included in the WordPress 6.9 release.

What's Changed

• Add initial core abilities for WordPress 6.9 by @Jameswlepage in #108
• Docs preparations for WP 6.9 by @jonathanbossenger in #117
• Clean up doc numbering by @jonathanbossenger in #125
• Sync changes from WordPress core after 6.9 beta 1 by @gziolo in #126
• Update: Simplify core abilities registration in preparation for core patch. by @jorgefilipecosta in #128
• Doc updates from WP 6.9 beta 1 by @jonathanbossenger in #131

Breaking Changes

• All WP hooks got prefixed with wp_.
  • wp_abilities_api_categories_init
  • wp_abilities_api_init
  • wp_before_execute_ability
  • wp_after_execute_ability
  • wp_register_ability_category_args
  • wp_register_ability_args
• Ability categories and abilities can only be registered after the init action has fired.
• check_permissions() on the WP_Ability class no longer validates the input. There is now a new public method validate_input() that has to be called explicitly.
• REST API endpoints have a new URL structure with wp-abilities/v1 namespace, example: https://example.com/wp-json/wp-abilities/v1/categories

New Contributors

• @Jameswlepage made their first contribution in #108
• @jorgefilipecosta made their first contribution in #128

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0