Update 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 →Update booking
WriteChange one or more fields on an existing booking without touching the fields you don't specify.
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 an existing booking in place — only the fields you actually provide are changed (start_date, start_time, end_time, agent_id, location_id, and/or status). If you include notes, it's saved separately onto the booking's linked order as the customer comment. For changing just the date/time, LatePoint's own reschedule-booking ability is the more purpose-built choice. If the booking ID doesn't exist, or the save fails, an error is returned instead.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Move booking #920 to agent #4 and mark it as completed."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Booking ID to update. |
| 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). |
| agent_id | integer | No | New agent ID. |
| location_id | integer | No | New location ID. |
| notes | string | No | New notes, saved onto the booking's linked order. |
| status | string | No | New booking status. |
Returns
The updated serialized booking after applying only the fields that were provided (notes updates the linked order's customer comment). 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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Change order status
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