Process Steps 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 →Process Steps
WriteAdds the The Plus "Process Steps" widget (tp-process-steps) to an Elementor container.
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
The execute_callback tpae_mcp_add_theplus_process_steps_ability requires Elementor to be active and the tp-process-steps widget to be registered, then loads the target post's Elementor page data. It builds a new widget element of type tp-process-steps with a layout style (vertical or horizontal), a step-counter toggle and counter number format, and an array of step items each with a title and content (each generated a random 7-character hex _id), plus any raw settings supplied, then inserts it into the specified parent container at the given position and saves the page data. It validates that post_id and parent_id are provided, that the post exists, and that the parent container is found before saving.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Add a 3-step horizontal process steps widget explaining how to sign up, set up, and launch."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | Elementor page/post ID |
| parent_id | string | Yes | Target Elementor container ID |
| position | integer | No | Insert position. Use -1 to append. |
| ps_style | string | No | Steps layout - vertical (style_1) or horizontal (style_2) (enum: style_1, style_2) |
| pro_ste_display_counter | string | No | Show step number counter (enum: yes, no) |
| pro_ste_display_counter_style | string | No | Counter number format (enum: number-normal, decimal-leading-zero, upper-alpha, lower-alpha, lower-roman, upper-roman) |
| steps | array | No | Process step items, each an object with step_title (Step heading) and step_content (Step description text) |
| settings | object | No | Raw Elementor/The Plus control settings to merge into the widget at creation time. Use control keys from sprout/get-theplus-widget-schema. |
Returns
Returns element_id (string), widget_type (string), and post_id (integer) of the created widget.
Permission
tpae_mcp_add_theplus_process_steps_permission requires the current user to have the edit_posts capability, and if a post_id is supplied and greater than 0, also requires edit_post capability for that specific post.
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