handbook/commands/ability/category.md

wp ability category

Lists and inspects ability categories registered via the WordPress Abilities API.

The Abilities API, introduced in WordPress 6.9, uses categories to organize related abilities for better discoverability.

EXAMPLES

# List all registered ability categories.
$ wp ability category list
+------+-------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| slug | label | description                                         |
+------+-------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| site | Site  | Abilities that retrieve or modify site information. |
| user | User  | Abilities that retrieve or modify user information. |
+------+-------+-----------------------------------------------------+

# Get details of a specific category.
$ wp ability category get site
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                               |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| slug        | site                                                |
| label       | Site                                                |
| description | Abilities that retrieve or modify site information. |
| meta        | {}                                                  |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+

# Check if a category exists.
$ wp ability category exists site
$ echo $?
0