Change booking status is a WordPress ability from LatePoint — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Change booking status
WriteSet a booking to any valid status — approved, pending, cancelled, no_show, or completed.
Requires the LatePoint plugin on WordPress 6.9+ (the WordPress Abilities API is only available from 6.9 onward). All abilities also require the site's 'latepoint_abilities_api' master toggle to be enabled; write abilities additionally require the 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' setting, and destructive abilities additionally require the 'latepoint_abilities_api_delete' setting. Each ability further requires the current user to hold the matching LatePoint capability (e.g. 'booking__view', 'customer__edit'), and some abilities also verify the user is allowed to act on that specific record.
What it does
This ability changes an existing booking's status to any of LatePoint's valid values (use get-booking-statuses to see them all). It's the general-purpose status setter that approve-booking and cancel-booking both build on internally. Changing the status may trigger LatePoint's status-change notifications to the customer. If the booking doesn't exist, or the save fails, an error is returned instead of the updated booking.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Mark booking #745 as no_show."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Booking ID. |
| status | string | Yes | New status. |
Returns
The updated serialized booking reflecting the new status. Returns a not-found error if the booking doesn't exist, or a save error if the update fails.
Permission
The current user must have LatePoint's 'booking__edit' capability, and both the 'latepoint_abilities_api' and 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' settings must be enabled. It also verifies the current user is allowed to edit this specific record.
More LatePoint abilities
Add off period
Create a new off/blocked period so an agent, or the whole business, stops accepting bookings for a date range.
Approve booking
Approve a pending booking in one step.
Cancel booking
Cancel a booking while keeping its record intact.
Change invoice status
Update the payment status of an existing invoice, such as marking it paid or partially paid.
Change order status
Change the status of an order to open, cancelled, or completed.
Check slot availability
Check whether a given date/time slot for a service and optional agent is free of conflicting approved bookings.