Get Element Settings 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 →Get Element Settings
Read-onlyRead the stored settings and atomic styles of a single element on an Elementor page, post or template.
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 reads back exactly what's stored for one element on an Elementor document, resolved by its post_id and element_id (find those first with premium-addons/get-page-structure). It returns the element's type (elType), widget type when it's a widget, whether it's an Elementor v4 atomic element, and two separate maps: settings (for v3 elements the full native settings; for atomic elements just the content props like tag and _cssid) and styles (the atomic local-style-class map, always empty for v3 elements). It routes through the same widget/element type lookup premium-addons/update-element-settings uses to detect atomic status, so the is_atomic flag is reliable rather than guessed. This gives an AI assistant a precise, per-element read before proposing an update, instead of re-parsing the whole page structure to find one element's current values.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"What are the current settings on element abc123 on the page titled 'Homepage'?"
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The ID of the page, post or template containing the element. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The id of the element to read. Use premium-addons/get-page-structure to find element ids. |
Returns
An object with post_id, element_id, elType, widgetType (empty unless elType is widget), is_atomic, settings (the stored settings map — only controls that were actually set, no control-default merge; for atomic elements this holds content props while visual props live in styles), and styles (the atomic v4 local style classes and their CSS-prop variants, always {} for v3 elements).
Permission
The current user must have the 'edit_post' capability for the target post_id, checked via Helpers::can_edit_input_post(); requests for a nonexistent post_id are denied outright.
More Premium Addons for Elementor abilities
Add Container (Elementor v3)
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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.
Check Elementor Element
Check whether a specific element or widget type is registered on the site before trying to build with it.
Clear Premium Addons Dynamic Assets
Clear generated dynamic CSS/JS asset files and purge the related caches.