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 element (including all children) with fresh IDs, placing the copy right after the original.
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_duplicate_element requires post_id and element_id, loads page data, finds the target element, deep-clones it and reassigns new IDs throughout via data->reassign_element_ids(), inserts the clone immediately after the original using the recursive insert_after() helper, saves the page, and returns the new_element_id of the duplicate, or a WP_Error if the element isn't found or insertion fails.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Duplicate the container xyz789 on page 42, placing the copy right after it."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The post/page ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The element ID to duplicate. |
Returns
Returns new_element_id — the ID of the newly created duplicate element.
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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