Update Form Settings is a WordPress ability from WPForms — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Update Form Settings
WriteUpdate a form's title, description, or submit-button text.
Requires the WPForms plugin on WordPress 6.9+ (abilities only register when the wp_register_ability() function exists). Read abilities need the WPForms 'view_forms' or 'view_form_single' capability. The four write abilities (create-form, update-form-settings, add-field, update-field) additionally require the 'Enable MCP Write Access' toggle (the ai-mcp-write-enabled setting under WPForms → Tools → AI MCP) to be turned on, plus the 'create_forms' or 'edit_form_single' capability — without both, they return a 403 error and are hidden from MCP clients entirely.
What it does
This ability updates one or more of the whitelisted, 'safe' form settings — form_title, form_desc, and submit_text — on an existing form. It is deliberately lenient about the settings object: unrecognized keys are not rejected outright but are instead reported back in the ignored array so the caller can see exactly what did and did not change. The response lists both the updated setting keys and any ignored ones, giving an AI assistant clear confirmation before it reports the change back to the user. Like the other write abilities, it only works when MCP write access is enabled on the site.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Change the submit button text on form 42 to 'Send My RSVP'."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| form_id | integer | Yes | The ID of the form to update. |
| settings | object | Yes | Partial settings object; only form_title, form_desc, and submit_text are recognized, other keys are reported as ignored. |
Returns
An object with the form_id, an updated array listing the setting keys that were changed, and an ignored array listing any keys that were not recognized.
Permission
The current user must have the WPForms 'edit_form_single' capability for the given form_id, and the site's 'Enable MCP Write Access' setting must be turned on; otherwise a 403 WP_Error is returned.
More WPForms abilities
Add Field
Add a new field of a given type to an existing WPForms form.
Create Form
Create a new WPForms form, optionally pre-populated with fields and settings.
Describe Editing Schema
Discover which field types, field properties, and form settings can currently be created or edited.
Get Form
Get a single WPForms form's metadata, safe settings, and optionally its fields.
Get Form Stats
Get basic stats for a form; detailed entry statistics require WPForms Pro.
List Forms
List WPForms forms filtered by status, with pagination.