MCP Abilities - Elementor

Elementor page builder integration for WordPress via MCP.

Tested up to: 6.9 Stable tag: 2.2.8 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

What It Does

This add-on plugin exposes Elementor functionality through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Your AI assistant can read Elementor page structures, locate and update elements, manage templates and conditions, control site-wide settings, and run Elementor tools like maintenance mode, experiments, and URL replacement.

Part of the MCP Expose Abilities ecosystem.

This is one piece of a bigger open WordPress automation stack that lets AI agents do real builder work inside WordPress instead of just producing instructions for humans.

Why This Is Cool

Elementor is where a lot of WordPress work goes to become tedious.

This add-on changes that. You can ask Codex or Claude to inspect page structure, find one exact widget, patch the right content, adjust a template, or clear Elementor cache without turning the job into an hour of clicking.

That is the point of the whole ecosystem: not AI advice about WordPress, but AI doing WordPress work.

Documentation

• Core Plugin: MCP Expose Abilities
• MCP Wiki Home
• Why Teams Use It
• Use Cases
• Elementor Add-On Guide
• Getting Started

Requirements

• WordPress 6.9+
• PHP 8.0+
• Abilities API plugin
• MCP Adapter plugin
• Elementor (Free or Pro)

Installation

1. Install the required plugins (Abilities API, MCP Adapter, Elementor)
2. Download the latest release from Releases
3. Upload via WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
4. Activate the plugin

Abilities (39)

Page/Post Data

Ability	Description
elementor/get-data	Get Elementor JSON structure for a page
elementor/get-element	Get a specific element by ID
elementor/find-elements	Find elements by type, widget, or text
elementor/update-element	Update a specific element by ID
elementor/delete-element	Delete a specific element by ID
elementor/update-data	Replace entire Elementor JSON for a page
elementor/patch-data	Find/replace text within Elementor JSON
elementor/update-page-settings	Update Elementor page settings

Template Management

Ability	Description
elementor/list-templates	List all saved Elementor templates
elementor/get-template	Get single template with all data
elementor/create-template	Create page, section, popup, header, footer templates
elementor/update-template	Modify existing template
elementor/delete-template	Move to trash or permanently delete
elementor/restore-template	Restore trashed template
elementor/empty-trash	Permanently delete all trashed templates
elementor/duplicate-template	Copy a template
elementor/export-template	Export as JSON
elementor/import-template	Import from JSON

Theme Builder

Ability	Description
elementor/get-theme-builder-conditions	Get display conditions for a template or type
elementor/update-theme-builder-conditions	Update display conditions for a template

Custom Code (Pro)

Ability	Description
elementor/list-custom-code	List custom code snippets
elementor/get-custom-code	Get a custom code snippet
elementor/create-custom-code	Create a custom code snippet
elementor/update-custom-code	Update a custom code snippet
elementor/delete-custom-code	Delete a custom code snippet

Form Submissions (Pro)

Ability	Description
elementor/list-form-submissions	List form submissions
elementor/get-form-submission	Get a form submission
elementor/delete-form-submission	Delete a form submission

Site Tools & Settings

Ability	Description
elementor/list-global-widgets	List all global widgets
elementor/list-kits	List available Elementor kits
elementor/get-kit-settings	Get site-wide Elementor settings
elementor/update-kit-settings	Update global colors, typography, etc.
elementor/set-active-kit	Set the active Elementor kit
elementor/clear-cache	Clear Elementor cache (post or site scope)
elementor/replace-urls	Replace URLs inside Elementor data
elementor/get-maintenance-mode	Get maintenance mode settings
elementor/update-maintenance-mode	Enable or update maintenance mode
elementor/list-experiments	List Elementor experiments
elementor/update-experiment	Update experiment state

Feature Coverage & Notes

• Theme Builder templates (header/footer/single/archive/popup) and conditions require Elementor Pro.
• Custom Code snippets and Form Submissions require Elementor Pro.
• WooCommerce templates are usually Theme Builder templates with a template_sub_type like product or product-archive.
• Maintenance mode uses Elementor templates; you must provide a template ID to enable it.
• Experiments map to Elementor's experiments manager; reset to default clears the saved option.
• Prefer get-element/find-elements + update-element for targeted edits, and use update-data only when replacing full JSON.

Usage Examples

Get page structure

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/get-data",
  "parameters": {
    "id": 123,
    "format": "array"
  }
}

Find heading widgets containing text

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/find-elements",
  "parameters": {
    "id": 123,
    "widget_type": "heading",
    "contains": "Telenor",
    "include_path": true
  }
}

Create a custom code snippet (Pro)

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/create-custom-code",
  "parameters": {
    "title": "Header tracking",
    "code": "<script>console.log('track');</script>",
    "status": "publish"
  }
}

Create a popup template

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/create-template",
  "parameters": {
    "title": "Welcome Popup",
    "type": "popup",
    "status": "publish"
  }
}

Enable coming soon mode

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/update-maintenance-mode",
  "parameters": {
    "enabled": true,
    "mode": "coming_soon",
    "template_id": 456,
    "exclude_mode": "logged_in"
  }
}

List form submissions (Pro)

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/list-form-submissions",
  "parameters": {
    "form_id": "contact_form",
    "limit": 25,
    "include_values": true
  }
}

Export and import templates

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/export-template",
  "parameters": { "id": 456 }
}

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/import-template",
  "parameters": {
    "data": { "...exported data..." },
    "title": "Imported Template"
  }
}

Clear Elementor cache

{
  "ability_name": "elementor/clear-cache",
  "parameters": { "all": true }
}

Changelog

2.2.8

• Docs: expanded the WordPress-standard readme.txt so the published ZIP now includes fuller requirements, abilities, setup guidance, and Devenia ecosystem links

2.2.7

• Added: elementor/clone-data to clone native Elementor data and page settings from an existing page/template into a target page

2.2.6

• Fixed: elementor/duplicate-template now preserves JSON-backed Elementor meta correctly when duplicating templates
• Fixed: elementor/get-data, elementor/get-template, and elementor/export-template now normalize invalid or unexpected Elementor data into schema-safe arrays
• Added: duplicated templates now also carry template sub type and saved Elementor conditions

2.2.5

• Added: elementor/delete-element for targeted deletion of widgets/containers by element ID
• Added: cache_scope support and cache details in elementor/delete-element responses

2.2.4

• Fixed: duplicate clean_post_cache() calls on write cache invalidation paths
• Added: no-op short-circuit for elementor/update-data and elementor/update-element (skips writes/cache invalidation when no effective change is produced)
• Improved: effective_scope now reflects actual cache invalidation outcome
• Improved: centralized Elementor site cache clear logic in a shared helper
• Fixed: elementor/clear-cache description to match behavior (post scope does not touch post timestamps)
• Changed: write abilities (update-data, patch-data, update-element) are now marked non-idempotent in metadata

2.2.3

• Added: cache_scope (none / post / site) to elementor/update-data, elementor/patch-data, and elementor/update-element
• Improved: stronger cache invalidation after Elementor writes (post cache cleanup, asset meta cleanup, optional site-wide Elementor cache clear)
• Improved: elementor/clear-cache now returns cache details and supports scope alias (post / site)

2.2.2

• Fixed: parse error in elementor/set-active-kit
• Added: README sync for current stable tag and full ability list

2.2.0

• Added: custom code snippet CRUD abilities (Elementor Pro)
• Added: form submissions list/get/delete abilities (Elementor Pro)
• Added: template sub type support for WooCommerce/theme builder templates

2.1.0

• Added: element-level lookup (get-element, find-elements)
• Added: theme builder conditions get/update abilities
• Added: maintenance mode get/update abilities
• Added: experiments list/update abilities
• Added: replace-urls tool
• Changed: conditions normalization helper (conditions can be cleared)

2.0.6

• Added: success/message fields to list-templates and list-global-widgets outputs

2.0.5

• Fixed: Popups now use Elementor's native Documents Manager API for creation

2.0.4

• Fixed: Popup conditions now stored as strings (PHP 8.4 compatibility)

2.0.3

• Fixed: delete-template now properly trashes instead of permanently deleting

2.0.2

• Fixed: Empty properties validation for get-kit-settings and list-global-widgets

2.0.0

• Major release: Complete template management suite (19 abilities total)
• Added: Full CRUD for templates (create, update, delete, get, restore, empty-trash)
• Added: duplicate-template, export-template, import-template
• Added: list-global-widgets, get-kit-settings, update-kit-settings
• All template abilities support display conditions and popup triggers

1.0.2

• Security: Added per-post capability checks for Elementor operations

1.0.1

• Added: elementor/update-page-settings ability

1.0.0

• Initial release

License

GPL-2.0+

Author

Devenia - We've been doing SEO and web development since 1993.

Free and Open

Like the rest of the ecosystem, this add-on is free for all, completely open source, and built from actual production use.

Star and Share

If this add-on helps, please star the repo, share the ecosystem, and point people to the main wiki:

• https://github.com/bjornfix/mcp-expose-abilities
• https://github.com/bjornfix/mcp-expose-abilities/wiki

Links

• Core Plugin (MCP Expose Abilities)
• Main Wiki
• Elementor Add-On Guide