Update Element

What it does

This ability updates any Elementor element regardless of type — widget, container, or otherwise — making it the general-purpose counterpart to update-container's container-only guard. It loads the target post's element tree, locates the element by element_id without checking its elType first, merges the supplied settings object into its existing settings, and saves the updated page data back. Because it doesn't know in advance whether the target is a widget or a container, its response reports back the element's actual element_type ('widget' or 'container') and, when applicable, its specific widget_type slug, so the caller can confirm what was actually changed. Use this when the element's type is unknown or mixed, and update-container instead when you specifically want the safety of a container-only check. It returns a WP_Error if post_id, element_id, or settings are missing, or if the element cannot be found, and requires the 'edit_posts' capability plus 'edit_post' on the specific post_id.