Batch Update Elements 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 →Batch Update Elements
WriteUpdates multiple elements in a single save operation, more efficient than repeated single updates.
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
execute_batch_update requires post_id and an operations array, loads page data once, then for each operation validates element_id/settings, looks up the element via find_element_by_id(), and applies data->update_element_settings(); operations that are missing data, target a nonexistent element, or fail to update are recorded in a failed array, all changes are saved in one save_page_data() call, and it returns success (true only if nothing failed), the updated count, and the failed array.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Update the color of these five widgets on page 42 all at once in a single batch."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The post/page ID. |
| operations | array | Yes | Array of update operations, each with element_id and settings. |
Returns
Returns success (boolean, true if none failed), updated (count of successfully updated elements), and failed (array of objects describing failed operations with element_id and reason).
Permission
check_edit_permission requires current_user_can('edit_posts') and, when post_id is given, current_user_can('edit_post', post_id).
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