Title: Reference
Author: Andrew Nacin
Published: April 25, 2014

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## New and updated in 6.9

[View all new and updated in 6.9](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.9.0/)

 * [add_role()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_role/)
 * [after_populate_network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/after_populate_network/)
 * [after_upgrade_to_multisite](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/after_upgrade_to_multisite/)
 * [before_populate_network](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/before_populate_network/)
 * [block_bindings_supported_attributes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/block_bindings_supported_attributes/)
 * [block_bindings_supported_attributes_{$block_type}](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/block_bindings_supported_attributes_block_type/)
 * [count_many_users_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/count_many_users_posts/)
 * [enqueue_empty_block_content_assets](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/enqueue_empty_block_content_assets/)
 * [esc_url()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_url/)
 * [esc_url_raw()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_url_raw/)
 * [get_avatar_comment_types](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/get_avatar_comment_types/)
 * [get_block_bindings_supported_attributes()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_block_bindings_supported_attributes/)
 * [get_pending_comments_num()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_pending_comments_num/)
 * [get_taxonomy_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_taxonomy_template/)
 * [get_the_author_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_author_meta/)

## API reference

 [  View all API reference ](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/)

 * [Dashboard widgets](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/dashboard-widgets/)
 * [Database](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/database/)
 * [HTTP API](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/making-http-requests/)
 * [Filesystem](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/filesystem/)
 * [Global Variables](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/global-variables/)
 * [Metadata](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/metadata/)
 * [Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/options/)
 * [Plugins](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/)
 * [Quicktags](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/quicktags/)
 * [REST API](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/)
 * [Rewrite](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/rewrite/)
 * [Settings](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/settings/)
 * [Shortcode](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/shortcode/)
 * [Theme Modification](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/)
 * [Transients](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/transients/)
 * [XML-RPC](https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/handbook/xml-rpc/)