Duplicate Element is a WordPress ability from The Plus Addons for Elementor — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Duplicate Element
WriteDuplicates an existing Elementor element (and its children) with freshly generated IDs.
Requires the The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin (which registers under the 'tpae' ability category) on WordPress 6.9+, with Elementor active. Every ability requires the current user to have the 'edit_posts' capability (and 'edit_post' for the specific post being modified); abilities that create or edit content also verify Elementor and, where relevant, the target The Plus widget are available. A subset of abilities (theme templates, template conditions, dynamic tags, popups, and some custom-code abilities) only register when Elementor Pro is active, and many widget abilities load only in the free plugin when the Pro add-on is inactive.
What it does
This ability locates the element by element_id, recursively clones it and all of its nested children while assigning new unique IDs to every cloned node, then inserts the clone immediately after the original element in the page tree and saves the result. It returns the new element's ID. It returns a WP_Error if the original element cannot be found or if inserting the duplicate fails.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Duplicate the pricing table widget with ID xyz789 on page 42 so I have a second copy right after it."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | Elementor page/post ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The ID of the element to duplicate. |
Returns
An object with new_element_id (string), the ID of the newly created duplicate.
Permission
Requires the current user to have the 'edit_posts' capability, and if a post_id is supplied, also 'edit_post' capability for that specific post.
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Add Container
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Add Custom CSS
Adds custom CSS to a specific element or to the entire page (requires Elementor Pro).
Add Custom JavaScript
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