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`elementor_set_element_background`

Elementor tool. Set background on any Elementor element — color, image, gradient, or video

This is a write tool: it sets element background in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Set element background in my WordPress account for [page id], [element id].

It takes 2 required and 16 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`page_id`	integer	Yes	Page Id
`element_id`	string	Yes	Element Id
`page_type`	string	No	Page Type
`background_type`	string	No	Background Type
`color`	string	No	Color
`image_url`	string	No	Image Url
`image_id`	integer	No	Image Id
`image_position`	string	No	Image Position
`image_repeat`	string	No	Image Repeat
`image_size`	string	No	Image Size
`image_attachment`	string	No	Image Attachment
`gradient_angle`	integer	No	Gradient Angle
`gradient_color_a`	string	No	Gradient Color A
`gradient_color_b`	string	No	Gradient Color B
`gradient_color_a_stop`	integer	No	Gradient Color A Stop
`gradient_color_b_stop`	integer	No	Gradient Color B Stop
`video_url`	string	No	Video Url
`video_fallback_url`	string	No	Video Fallback Url

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected WordPress account. The WordPress connect guide covers how to authorize it and what it unlocks, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

Start free — 30 tool calls a month

No card required. Connect Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4 or Search Console and ask Claude for the outcome — it picks the tool.