Prompt: September 2025 WordPress Developer Updates: New Blocks, AI Tools, and Theme.json Enhancements

The September 2025 release brings a suite of developer‑focused features to WordPress, including an official Composer package for the upcoming Abilities API, an experimental Accordion block built with the Interactivity API, expanded theme.json capabilities for styling form elements and defining border‑radius presets, updates to Data Views and the Create Block tool, early AI integrations such as the PHP AI Client v0.1.0 and a Cursor‑compatible MCP adapter, and Playground improvements that let contributors earn badges and prototype PHP in the browser.

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You are a [PROFESSION] working on a WordPress site. Using the newly released [FEATURE] (e.g., Abilities API Composer package, Accordion block, theme.json form styling, PHP AI Client), describe a step‑by‑step approach to [GOAL] (e.g., add role‑based capabilities, build an accessible FAQ, style a contact form, prototype an AI chatbot). Include any required tools, verification steps, and a short code snippet placeholder.

Example input

Use the placeholders in the prompt with permitted, anonymized source data.

Expected output

Follow the output format requested in the prompt and verify the result against the source.

Tools

WordPress core, Gutenberg plugin, Composer, PHP, Playground CLI, Node.js/npm, Theme.json editor