Toggle Extension is a WordPress ability from Ultimate Addons for Elementor — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
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WriteEnables or disables a specific HFE extension (Scroll to Top or Reading Progress Bar).
Requires the Ultimate Addons for Elementor (Header Footer & Elementor) plugin on WordPress 6.9+ (the WP Abilities API). No ability registers unless the plugin's 'Enable AI Tools' master switch (uae_mcp_settings.enable_abilities) is turned on in settings. Most abilities require the 'manage_options' capability; a smaller set of read/discovery abilities (template and page listing, the Elementor builder read/list/schema abilities, active-template lookup, display-rule locations, and design tokens) instead require only 'edit_posts' or 'read'. Abilities that act on a specific page, post, or template additionally check the current user's per-object 'edit_post' (or 'delete_post') capability on that item. Separately, every non-readonly (Write or Destructive) ability is gated behind a site-wide 'Allow Modifications' setting at registration time: if it is off, none of those abilities are even registered with the WP Abilities API, regardless of capability checks — this covers all template/page CRUD, widget/extension toggles, display-rule updates, theme/settings changes, and the Elementor builder writes alike, not just the builder ones. Eight of those abilities (the seven Elementor page-builder writes — build, insert-widget, update-widget, remove-element, move-element, add-section, add-column — plus pages-create) additionally re-check this same setting explicitly inside execute() as a redundant safeguard.
What it does
Takes extension_slug (must be 'scroll-to-top' or 'reading-progress-bar') and an active boolean. Reverse-looks up the extension's class name; if the slug isn't recognized it returns a 404 WP_Error. It then sets that class name's entry in the '_hfe_widgets' option to the class name (enabled) or 'disabled' depending on the active flag, and saves the option.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Enable the Reading Progress Bar extension on my site."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| extension_slug | string | Yes | Extension slug. Enum: scroll-to-top, reading-progress-bar. |
| active | boolean | Yes | True to enable, false to disable. |
Returns
An object with success (boolean), extension_slug (string), and is_active (boolean reflecting the new state).
Permission
Requires current_user_can('manage_options'); no additional execute-time gating beyond the slug lookup.
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Build Complete Layout
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Bulk Toggle All Widgets
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Clear Elementor Cache
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