Update Container 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 →Update Container
WriteUpdates settings on an existing container, merging partial changes into its current settings.
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_update_container requires post_id, element_id, and settings, loads page data, finds the element via find_element_by_id(), verifies its elType is 'container' (returning a not_container WP_Error otherwise), merges the new settings via data->update_element_settings(), saves the page, and returns success=true.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Change container xyz789 on page 42 to use flex_direction=column and a light gray background."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The post/page ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The container element ID. |
| settings | object | Yes | Partial settings to merge into the container. |
Returns
Returns success (boolean).
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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Add Custom CSS
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