Reschedule booking 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 →Reschedule booking
WriteMove an existing booking to a new date and/or time.
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 updates only the scheduling fields of a booking — start_date, start_time, and/or end_time — leaving everything else untouched. It's the purpose-built alternative to update-booking when all you need to do is move an appointment. Rescheduling may trigger LatePoint's rescheduling notifications to the customer. If the booking doesn't exist, or the save fails, an error is returned instead.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Reschedule booking #612 to July 15th at 10:00am."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Booking ID. |
| start_date | string | No | New date (Y-m-d). |
| start_time | integer | No | New start time (minutes from midnight). |
| end_time | integer | No | New end time (minutes from midnight). |
Returns
The updated serialized booking with its new date/time. 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.
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