Get Plugin Settings 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-onlyRead global Ninja Forms plugin settings — date format, currency, spam-protection keys, and advanced options.
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 Ninja Forms' site-wide settings (not tied to any one form) both as a flat key-value map and grouped by the same category headers used in the Ninja Forms Settings screen (General, reCaptcha, hCaptcha, Turnstile, Advanced), optionally narrowed to specific keys. It's designed so an AI assistant can present the current configuration to the user in a readable, categorized way — including flagging whether API keys like reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha/Turnstile secrets are configured without necessarily exposing the raw secret — before the user asks for changes via ninjaforms/update-plugin-settings.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Show me the current Ninja Forms plugin settings, organized by category."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| keys | array | No | Specific setting keys to retrieve; omit to return all settings. |
Returns
An object with a 'success' boolean, a 'message', a flat 'settings' key-value map, and a 'settings_by_group' object organized by the Settings screen's category headers.
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.