Check Elementor Element is a WordPress ability from Premium Addons for Elementor — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Check Elementor Element
Read-onlyCheck whether a specific element or widget type is registered on the site before trying to build with it.
Requires the Premium Addons for Elementor plugin on WordPress 7.0+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists). Dashboard, settings and site-inventory abilities (get-id-by-title, list-pages, list-templates, get-global-settings, get-settings, update-setting, scan-usage, disable-unused-widgets, clear-dynamic-assets, subscribe-newsletter) require the caller hold the 'manage_options' capability. premium-addons/create-page requires 'edit_pages'. premium-addons/get-widget-schema, premium-addons/get-addon-schema, premium-addons/list-available-elements, premium-addons/list-pa-addons, premium-addons/detect-atomic-support, premium-addons/check-elementor-element and premium-addons/create-elementor-template require 'edit_posts'. premium-addons/get-page-structure, premium-addons/get-element-settings, premium-addons/add-flexbox, premium-addons/add-container, premium-addons/update-element-settings, premium-addons/insert-widget, premium-addons/remove-element, premium-addons/change-post-status and premium-addons/duplicate-post require 'edit_post' on the target post_id, and deny requests for a nonexistent post_id outright.
What it does
This ability checks whether a given element or widget type name (e.g. e-flexbox, container, premium-carousel) is currently registered on the site, checking structural element types first and then widget types. It returns exists (true/false), type (element or widget, null when not found), and the type's human-readable title when it exists. For a registered widget it also reports whether this install may actually use it: available is false for a third-party widget locked behind an inactive Premium Addons Pro license, in which case requires names the plugin needed (premium-addons-pro) and upgrade_link points to the upgrade page — both are null when the type is available or is a structural element. A Premium Addons widget that's been disabled from the dashboard, or an element type gated behind an inactive Elementor experiment, is simply not registered — this is the fast way for an AI assistant to confirm a type is actually buildable before calling premium-addons/insert-widget or premium-addons/get-widget-schema against it, rather than discovering the failure only after a build attempt.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Is the premium-carousel widget available on this site, or has it been disabled?"
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| element | string | Yes | The element or widget type name to check (e.g. e-flexbox, container, premium-carousel). |
Returns
An object with exists (boolean), type (element for structural types, widget for widgets, null when not registered), title (the type's human-readable title, when it exists), available (boolean — false for a locked third-party widget while Premium Addons Pro is inactive), requires (the plugin needed to unlock a locked type, e.g. premium-addons-pro, or null when available), and upgrade_link (the Premium Addons Pro upgrade URL when locked, or null when available).
Permission
The current user must have the 'edit_posts' capability, checked via Admin_Helper::check_user_can('edit_posts').
More Premium Addons for Elementor abilities
Add Container (Elementor v3)
Add a new Elementor v3 (classic) container to a page, with layout, background, border and spacing already set.
Add Flexbox (Elementor v4 atomic)
Add a new Elementor v4 atomic flexbox container to a page, with layout, background, border and spacing already set.
Change Post Status
Change the status of a page, post or Elementor template (e.g. draft to publish).
Check Copy Compatibility
Check whether this site can render elements copied from another site via a transfer URL, before actually importing them.
Clear Premium Addons Dynamic Assets
Clear generated dynamic CSS/JS asset files and purge the related caches.
Create Elementor Page
Create a new WordPress page or post with Elementor enabled, ready to edit.