Update 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.
Install Free Plugin →Update Plugin Settings
WriteUpdate global Ninja Forms plugin settings — date/currency format, spam-protection keys, and advanced toggles.
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 updates one or more site-wide Ninja Forms settings in a single call: date format, currency, reCAPTCHA v2/v3 and Turnstile/hCaptcha site and secret keys and their themes/sizes, and advanced toggles like delete_on_uninstall, disable_admin_notices, builder_dev_mode, and load_legacy_submissions. Because delete_on_uninstall controls whether all Ninja Forms data is wiped when the plugin is deactivated, an AI assistant must warn the user explicitly about permanent, unrecoverable data loss and wait for confirmation before setting it, rather than changing it silently alongside other settings.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Update the Ninja Forms currency to EUR and set the reCAPTCHA v3 site key to my new key."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| settings | object | Yes | Settings to update as key-value pairs — supports date_format, currency, show_welcome, recaptcha_site_key, recaptcha_secret_key, recaptcha_site_key_3, recaptcha_secret_key_3, recaptcha_lang, recaptcha_theme, turnstile_site_key, turnstile_secret_key, turnstile_theme, turnstile_size, hcaptcha_site_key, hcaptcha_secret_key, hcaptcha_theme, hcaptcha_size, delete_on_uninstall, disable_admin_notices, builder_dev_mode, load_legacy_submissions, opinionated_styles. |
Returns
An object with a 'success' boolean, a 'message', and an 'updated' object of the settings that were changed.
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.