Move Element is a WordPress ability from Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Move Element
WriteRelocate an existing element to a different parent container or index on the same page.
Requires the Pagelayer plugin on WordPress 6.9+ (or another source of wp_register_ability()) for the Abilities API — registration is skipped entirely via a function_exists() guard when it isn't available, and ability categories similarly require wp_register_ability_category(). Most abilities require the 'edit_posts' capability; update-global-styles, create-menu, and delete-menu require 'manage_options'. search-images additionally needs a Pexels API key configured on the Pagelayer AI Agents settings page, and get-library-sections/import-library-section call Pagelayer's own hosted library API. Four near-duplicate abilities (get-widget, get-widgets-summary, edit-layout, navigator) are registered in source with mcp_public:false — fully callable over the REST Abilities API but intentionally left out of the advertised MCP tool list as duplicates of get-widget-schema, list-widgets, update-page, and get-page respectively — and are excluded from this listing.
What it does
Extracts the node matching element_id from wherever it currently sits, then re-inserts it either at the top level or inside a target parent_id container at an optional index — effectively a cut-and-paste within the same page's layout tree.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Move element a8fn2 to be the first item inside column a8fn9."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | Page post ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | Node to move. |
| parent_id | string | No | New container to move it into. |
| index | integer | No | Position within the target container. |
Returns
An object with success:true, or a WP_Error if the element to move or the target parent isn't found.
Permission
Requires the 'edit_posts' capability.
More Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder abilities
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Change Element Styles
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Commit Transaction
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Create / Update Navigation Menu
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Create Design UI Sections
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