Get Element Settings 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 →Get Element Settings
Read-onlyReturns the current settings for a specific element on a page.
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_get_element_settings requires post_id and element_id, loads the page's Elementor data, locates the element via data->find_element_by_id(), and returns its id, elType, widgetType, and full raw settings array, or a WP_Error if post_id/element_id is missing or the element isn't found on the page.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Get the current settings for element abc123 on page 42."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The WordPress post/page ID. |
| element_id | string | Yes | The Elementor element ID. |
Returns
Returns element_id, elType, widgetType, and a settings object with all control values for that element.
Permission
Checks current_user_can('edit_posts') via check_read_permission.
More The Plus Addons for Elementor abilities
Accordion
Adds The Plus Addons "Accordion" widget (tp-accordion) to an Elementor container.
Add Code Snippet
Creates a site-wide Custom Code snippet using Elementor Pro, injecting CSS/JS/meta into the head or body on all pages.
Add Container
Adds a new Elementor flex container to a page or nests it inside another existing container.
Add Container
Adds a flex or grid container to a page, optionally nested inside a parent container.
Add Custom CSS
Adds custom CSS to a specific element or to the entire page (requires Elementor Pro).
Add Custom JavaScript
Adds a custom JavaScript snippet to a page by inserting an HTML widget containing a <script> tag; works with free Elementor.