Update 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 →Update service
WriteUpdates one or more fields on an existing service, leaving unspecified fields unchanged.
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 lets you modify an existing service's name, description, duration, price, category, color, or minimum/maximum capacity — only the fields you include in the request are changed. You identify the service by ID; if it doesn't exist, a not-found error is returned. On success it returns the service's full updated record.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Update the 'Haircut' service (ID 7) to have a price of $35 and a duration of 45 minutes."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | Yes | Service ID. |
| name | string | No | New service name. |
| description | string | No | New service description. |
| duration | integer | No | New duration in minutes. |
| price | number | No | New service price. |
| category_id | integer | No | New category ID. |
| color | string | No | New calendar color. |
| capacity_min | integer | No | New minimum booking capacity. |
| capacity_max | integer | No | New maximum booking capacity. |
Returns
Returns the service's full updated record 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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