Abilities Inspector

WordPress Abilities API Inspector

Abilities Inspector is a WordPress admin plugin that lets you browse every registered Ability on your site and quickly disable or re-enable them. It is built for the WordPress Abilities API introduced in WP 6.9, and provides a fast, filterable list table with bulk actions plus a details panel for deeper inspection.

Key Features

• Browse all abilities registered by WordPress core and plugins.
• Enable/disable abilities from a single screen.
• Count of usage showing how many times each ability is used across the site.
• Bulk actions for enabling or disabling multiple abilities at once.
• Filters & search by status, category, provider, and free text.
• Details panel with metadata like description, category label, REST visibility, annotations, and input/output schemas (when available).

Requirements

• WordPress 6.9+ (or the Abilities API feature plugin).
• PHP 7.4+.
• Admin capability: manage_options.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to wp-content/plugins/ or install the ZIP via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
2. Activate Abilities Inspector.
3. Go to Tools → Abilities Inspector.

Usage

1. Open Tools → Abilities Inspector in wp-admin.
2. Use the status tabs (All / Enabled / Disabled) and the category filter to narrow results.
3. Search by ability name, label, description, or category.
4. Click Disable or Enable to toggle a single ability.
5. Use the bulk action dropdown to enable/disable multiple abilities at once.
6. Click Details to inspect an ability’s metadata.

How Disabling Works

When an ability is disabled, the plugin intercepts its registration and:

• Sets show_in_rest to false (so it won’t be discoverable or executable via REST).
• Replaces the execute_callback with a 403 response.

Disabled abilities are stored in a WordPress option and applied on every registration, so the behavior persists across requests and admin sess