How do I use JetBackup's Get Queue Item ability with AI?

Install the Easy MCP AI WordPress plugin alongside JetBackup, connect your AI client, then ask in natural language — for example: "Get the status of queue item 512 — is it still running and what's its progress?"

Get Queue Item is a WordPress ability from JetBackup — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.

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Get Queue Item

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JetBackup Backup & Site Management jetbackup/get-queue-item

Get a single queue item by id.

Requires the JetBackup plugin on WordPress 6.9+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists), and JetBackup's own 'Abilities API' toggle must be turned on under Settings > Security. Every ability is additionally gated by JetBackup's permission callback: the caller must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (and be a network admin on multisite), and if JetBackup's MFA is enabled and abilities aren't explicitly allowed to bypass it, the caller must also have passed MFA validation.

What it does

This ability returns the full detail of a single item in JetBackup's processing queue, identified by its numeric id: unique_id, item_id, type and type_name, storage engine, created/started/ended timestamps, type-specific item_data, status and status_name, status_time, a progress object (message, item counts, percentage), a log_file path, and execution time. It fails if no id is provided or if the id doesn't match an existing queue item. This lets an AI assistant check the exact status and progress of one specific backup, restore, or other queued operation.

See it in action

You ask your AI assistant

"Get the status of queue item 512 — is it still running and what's its progress?"

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
_id	integer	Yes	ID of the queue item to retrieve. Minimum 1.

Returns

An object with the full queue item detail: id, unique_id, item_id, type, type_name, engine, created, started, ended, item_data, status, status_name, status_time, progress, log_file, and exec_time.

Permission

The current user must be logged in and hold the WordPress 'manage_options' capability (network admin on multisite), with JetBackup's Abilities API setting enabled.