Update mega menu item is a WordPress ability from ElementsKit Elementor Addons — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Update mega menu item
WriteEnable and configure the Mega Menu panel on a specific nav menu item, including its Elementor element tree.
Requires the ElementsKit Elementor Addons plugin (elementskit-lite) with Elementor active, on WordPress 6.9+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when wp_register_ability() exists). Read-only listing abilities require 'edit_posts' (list-widgets, list-templates, list-library-templates), 'manage_options' (list-custom-widgets), or 'edit_theme_options' (list-mega-menus); write abilities that target a specific Elementor document (insert-widget, insert-template, import-library-template) require 'edit_posts' plus 'edit_post' on that document; template, header/footer, custom-widget, and mega-menu creation/configuration abilities require 'manage_options' (create-mega-menu additionally requires 'edit_theme_options'); create-page requires 'edit_pages' or 'edit_posts'.
What it does
Given a menu_item_id (a nav_menu_item post), this ability updates that item's Mega Menu panel settings (an arbitrary settings object covering things like panel width and icon) and, when an elements array is supplied, sets the Elementor element tree rendered as the panel's dropdown content. This is the ability that actually makes a mega menu panel appear and look a specific way for one menu item, after enable-mega-menu has switched the menu itself on.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Configure the Mega Menu panel on menu item 118 to show a 3-column layout of product categories."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| menu_item_id | integer | Yes | The nav_menu_item post id. |
| settings | object | No | Mega menu panel settings. |
| elements | array | No | Elementor element tree for the panel content. |
Returns
An object with success and menu_item_id.
Permission
Requires the 'manage_options' capability.
More ElementsKit Elementor Addons abilities
Create ElementsKit custom widget
Build or update a custom Elementor widget with the ElementsKit Widget Builder: title, icon, categories, markup, CSS, JS and control tabs.
Create ElementsKit header/footer
Create a header or footer template and activate it site-wide, optionally built from a ready-made Template Library template.
Create ElementsKit mega menu
One-shot mega menu creation: create or reuse a nav menu, add a top-level item, turn Mega Menu on, and configure that item's panel.
Create ElementsKit template
Create a new ElementsKit header, footer, or section template, optionally seeded with an Elementor element tree.
Create page with ElementsKit
Create a new Elementor-editable page or post, optionally seeded with an Elementor element tree of ElementsKit widgets.
Enable mega menu for a menu
Turn ElementsKit's Mega Menu feature on or off for an entire nav menu location.