Create order 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 →Create order
WriteCreate a new order for a customer to group one or more bookings for billing.
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 creates a new LatePoint order for the given customer_id. You can optionally set an initial status (open, cancelled, or completed; defaults to open), a payment_status, and free-text notes, which are stored as the order's customer comment. If creating the order fails validation, the errors are returned; otherwise the newly created order is returned.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Create a new order for customer #55."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| customer_id | integer | Yes | Customer ID. |
| status | string | No | Initial order status. Defaults to open. |
| payment_status | string | No | Initial payment status. |
| notes | string | No | Notes to store on the order. |
Returns
The newly created order object with id, status, payment_status, fulfillment_status, customer_id, subtotal, total, notes, created_at, and updated_at.
Permission
The current user must have LatePoint's 'booking__create' capability, and both the 'latepoint_abilities_api' and 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' settings must be enabled.
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 booking status
Set a booking to any valid status — approved, pending, cancelled, no_show, or completed.
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.