Update checkout layout is a WordPress ability from CartFlows — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Update checkout layout
WriteChange the skin/layout of a CartFlows checkout step.
Requires the CartFlows plugin on WordPress 6.9+, since abilities only register when WordPress's Abilities API (wp_register_ability / WP_Ability) is available. Every ability additionally requires the current user to hold the 'cartflows_manage_flows_steps' capability. Flow and step lifecycle abilities (publish, unpublish, clone, trash, restore, update, reorder, clone-step, update-step-title) are further gated by the 'cartflows_abilities_api_edit' site option, while settings, checkout, thank-you, optin, email-report, product-mapping, creation, and template-import abilities are gated by the separate 'cartflows_abilities_api_write' option — both default to enabled but let site admins disable write access independently. WooCommerce must also be active for the analytics, checkout, thank-you, optin, and product-flow-mapping abilities, and for importing flow templates.
What it does
This ability sets a checkout step's visual layout to one of the free skins: modern-checkout, modern-one-column, one-column, or two-column. Pro-only layouts (two-step, multistep-checkout) are not available through this ability. Requires WooCommerce.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Switch checkout step 88 to the two-column layout."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| step_id | integer | Yes | The checkout step ID. |
| layout | string | Yes | Checkout skin to apply: modern-checkout, modern-one-column, one-column, or two-column. |
Returns
An object with step_id, the applied layout, and a result message.
Permission
The current user must have the 'cartflows_manage_flows_steps' capability, and the 'cartflows_abilities_api_write' site option (enabled by default) must not be disabled.
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Clone step
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Create funnel
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Create step
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Export funnel data
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Get checkout form fields
Read the billing and shipping field configuration of a CartFlows checkout step.