Disable service 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 →Disable service
WriteDisables a service so it stops appearing on the booking form.
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 sets an existing service's status to disabled, hiding it from the customer-facing booking form while leaving any existing bookings for that service untouched. You provide the service ID; if it doesn't exist, a not-found error is returned. On success it returns the service's updated full record.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Disable the 'Summer Special' service so customers can't book it anymore."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Service ID. |
Returns
Returns the updated service record (status now disabled) on success; returns an error if the service isn't found or the save fails.
Permission
The current user must have LatePoint's 'service__edit' capability, and both the 'latepoint_abilities_api' and 'latepoint_abilities_api_edit' settings must be enabled.
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Cancel booking
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Change invoice status
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Change order status
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