Connect customer to WP user is a WordPress ability from LatePoint — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
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WriteLinks an existing LatePoint customer record to a WordPress user account.
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 links a LatePoint customer to a WordPress user account by ID. It looks up the customer and the target WordPress user, then checks that the WordPress user's roles fall within an allowlist (the configured LatePoint customer role, 'subscriber', or 'customer') — if the account has no roles or any role outside that list, the link is refused to prevent connecting a customer profile to a privileged WordPress account (e.g. an administrator). Once validated, it saves the WordPress user ID onto the customer record and returns the updated customer.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Link LatePoint customer ID 42 to WordPress user ID 7."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| customer_id | integer | Yes | LatePoint customer ID. |
| wp_user_id | integer | Yes | WordPress user ID. |
Returns
Returns the updated customer record (id, name, email, phone, notes, linked WP user ID, status, and timestamps) once linked; returns errors if the customer or WordPress user isn't found, or if the target WordPress account has a role outside the allowed list.
Permission
The current user must have LatePoint's 'customer__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.
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