WordPress shipped 34 commits on master this week, mostly around the 7.1 alpha line tracked in version.php. The meaningful work for data and platform engineers sits in three clusters: a maturing Abilities API with REST query filters, a new View Config endpoint for admin list views, and tighter content sanitization in the KSES and excerpt paths.

WordPress is standardizing the data contracts for the Abilities API by moving toward standard JSON Schema draft 04 compatibility. This shift improves how JavaScript clients validate capability data and continues the broader project effort to modernize the core PHP code base.