Update 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 →Update order
WriteUpdate one or more fields on an existing order.
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 LatePoint order identified by ID. You can optionally change its status (open, cancelled, or completed), payment_status, and notes, which are stored as the order's customer comment — only the fields you actually provide are changed. If no order exists with the given ID, it returns a not-found error; if saving fails it returns the underlying validation errors. On success it returns the updated order.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Update order #128's notes to 'customer requested reschedule' and set payment status to pending."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Order ID to update. |
| status | string | No | New order status (open, cancelled, or completed). |
| payment_status | string | No | New payment status. |
| notes | string | No | New notes to store on the order. |
Returns
The updated 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__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 booking status
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Change invoice status
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Change order status
Change the status of an order to open, cancelled, or completed.