Requires Hubbub Pro 2.31.0 or above and WordPress 6.9 or above. Abilities marked (2.31.2) below need Hubbub Pro 2.31.2 or above.

Starting with Hubbub Pro 2.31.0, Hubbub makes its settings and tools available to AI agents through the WordPress Abilities API. This means an AI assistant connected to your site, such as one using the NerdPress Guided Agent Connector, can check and update Hubbub for you. For example, you could ask:

• “Which share networks are turned on for my floating sidebar?”
• “Turn on the Save This tool.”
• “How many shares does my lemon bars post have?”
• “Show my Save This form only on the Desserts category.”
• “Make my Inline Content buttons rounded and show share counts.”
• “Create a new Save This form for my dessert recipes.”
• “Hide the share buttons on my About page.”

Requirements #

• Hubbub Pro (not available in Hubbub Lite)
• WordPress 6.9 or above (the Abilities API was added to WordPress core in 6.9)
• An AI agent connection to your site that supports WordPress abilities, such as the NerdPress Guided Agent Connector or another MCP adapter

There’s nothing to turn on in Hubbub. When your site meets these requirements, the abilities are available automatically. Your agent connection decides which abilities it’s allowed to use.

What agents can do #

Abilities are grouped under Hubbub.

Settings and tools

• Get Hubbub settings
• Update a Hubbub setting
• Get general settings (2.31.2)
• Update general settings (2.31.2)
• Update Click to Tweet settings (2.31.2)
• List Hubbub tools
• Enable or disable a Hubbub tool
• Get a tool’s settings
• Update Inline Content, Floating Sidebar, Sticky Bar, Pop-Up, Follow Widget, or Pinterest Image Hover settings, such as button style, shape, size, labels, share counts and mobile display (2.31.2)

Share networks

• List share networks
• Enable or disable a share network for a tool
• Set a tool’s share networks

Follow buttons

• Get follow profiles (2.31.2)
• Set follow profiles (2.31.2)

Share counts

• Get share counts for a post

A post’s share options

• Get a post’s share options (2.31.2)
• Update a post’s share options: its social media title, description and image, Pinterest image and description, custom tweet, and which tools to hide or show on it (2.31.2)

Action Buttons

• List Action Buttons sets
• Get an Action Buttons set
• Create, rename, or duplicate an Action Buttons set (2.31.2)
• Move an Action Buttons set to the Trash, or restore it (2.31.2)
• Add, remove, or move a button in a set (2.31.2)
• Update an Action Button
• Get or update Action Buttons settings (2.31.2)

Save This

• List Save This forms
• Get a Save This form
• Create, rename, or duplicate a Save This form (2.31.2)
• Move a Save This form to the Trash, or restore it (2.31.2)
• Update a Save This form
• Get or update Save This settings (Form Defaults & Email) (2.31.2)

Placement

• Get placement (auto-insert) rules
• Set a placement (auto-insert) rule
• Finish the placement upgrade (2.31.2)

Permissions #

Agents act as the WordPress user they’re connected as. Most abilities require a user who can manage options (an Administrator). Reading a post’s share counts requires a user who can read that post, and reading or changing a post’s share options requires a user who can edit that post.

Good to know #

• Changes made by an agent are the same as changes made on the Hubbub settings pages and in the block editor. You can review or undo them there anytime.
• Agents can move a Save This form or Action Buttons set to the Trash, but can’t delete one permanently. You can restore it from the Trash section at the bottom of the Forms or Sets tab, with its settings intact.
• Save This and Action Buttons only appear on your site with a Hubbub Pro+ or Priority license.
• “Update a Hubbub setting” only works on a short list of safe settings. Your license key, Facebook app details, link shortening keys, and mailing list connection and API keys are hidden from agents, and agents can’t change them.
• On WordPress versions before 6.9, Hubbub works normally — these abilities just aren’t available.

Have a question about using Hubbub with an AI agent? Email support@morehubbub.com.