Get 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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Read-onlyRetrieve a form's full configuration — settings, 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 returns everything Ninja Forms knows about a form: its settings object, its complete field list, its configured actions, and any calculator calculations, with each of the three collections individually toggle-able via include_fields/include_actions/include_calculations. It's the ability an AI assistant runs before making a targeted change — such as updating one field or editing an action's email message — so it can resolve field_id, action_id, or a calculation's name from the user's plain-language description ('the email field', 'the confirmation email') rather than assuming an ID.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Get the full configuration of form 12, including its fields, actions, and calculations."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| form_id | integer | Yes | The numeric ID of the form to retrieve. |
| include_fields | boolean | No | Include field details in the response. Defaults to true. |
| include_actions | boolean | No | Include action details in the response. Defaults to true. |
| include_calculations | boolean | No | Include calculations in the response. Defaults to true. |
Returns
An object with a 'success' boolean, a 'form' object (id, title, created_at, settings, fields, actions, calculations), 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).
More Ninja Forms abilities
Add Action
Add a post-submission action to a form — email, redirect, success message, or save.
Add Calculation
Add a calculator formula to a form for use in calc fields and conditional logic.
Add Field
Add a single field to an existing form, to be called once per field when building out a form.
Create Form
Create a new Ninja Forms form, optionally with fields, actions, and calculations, in a single call.
Delete Action
Permanently delete an action from a form.
Delete Calculation
Permanently delete a calculation from a form.