Restore Template from Trash 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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WriteRestores a trashed HFE template back to its previous (typically draft) status.
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
Loads the post directly and checks it exists, is post_type 'elementor-hf', and is currently in trash status (400 error if not), then calls wp_untrash_post() and re-fetches the post to report its restored status. Unlike other template handlers it performs the same existence/type check inline rather than through validate_template().
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Restore the trashed template with ID 210."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| template_id | integer | Yes | The trashed template post ID to restore. |
Returns
An object with success, template_id, new_status (the status it was restored to), and a confirmation message.
Permission
Requires current_user_can('manage_options'); execute() manually verifies the post exists, is an 'elementor-hf' template, and is currently trashed. No check_modifications_allowed call is present.
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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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