How do I use Ninja Forms's Duplicate Form ability with AI?

Install the Easy MCP AI WordPress plugin alongside Ninja Forms, connect your AI client, then ask in natural language — for example: "Duplicate form 12 and call the copy 'RSVP - Summer Event'."

Duplicate Form is a WordPress ability from Ninja Forms — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.

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Create an exact copy of a form, including its fields, actions, and calculations.

Requires the Ninja Forms plugin on WordPress 6.9+ for the Abilities API (all 32 abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists, via NF_Abilities_Integration::load_abilities_api() running on plugins_loaded). Every ability is gated by the same ninja_forms_ability_can_manage_forms() permission callback, requiring the caller to hold WordPress's manage_options capability or Ninja Forms' own nf_edit_forms capability.

What it does

This ability clones an entire form — every field, action, and calculation — into a brand-new form, appending ' (Copy)' to the title unless a new_title is supplied. It's useful for an AI assistant asked to spin up a variant of an existing form (like an A/B test version or a per-event copy of a recurring RSVP form) without rebuilding it field by field.

See it in action

You ask your AI assistant

"Duplicate form 12 and call the copy 'RSVP - Summer Event'."

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
form_id	integer	Yes	The numeric ID of the form to duplicate.
new_title	string	No	Custom title for the duplicate; defaults to the original title with ' (Copy)' appended.

Returns

An object with a 'success' boolean, the source 'form_id', the 'new_form_id' of the duplicate, its 'title', and a 'message'.

Permission

The current user must have WordPress's 'manage_options' capability or Ninja Forms' own 'nf_edit_forms' capability (checked via the shared ninja_forms_ability_can_manage_forms() permission callback).

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Add a post-submission action to a form — email, redirect, success message, or save.

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Add Calculation

Add a calculator formula to a form for use in calc fields and conditional logic.

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Add Field

Add a single field to an existing form, to be called once per field when building out a form.

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Create Form

Create a new Ninja Forms form, optionally with fields, actions, and calculations, in a single call.

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Delete Action

Permanently delete an action from a form.

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Delete Calculation

Permanently delete a calculation from a form.

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