An agent can list backup snapshots, backup jobs, destinations, schedules, and queue items, look up a single backup, job, or queue item by id, and read the dashboard summary and system information. None of the ten abilities carry readonly or destructive annotations in the source, so none can be trusted at face value not to write.
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JetBackup must be active with WordPress 6.9 or newer, and its abilities setting must be enabled. Every ability checks the manage_options capability, requires the user to be logged in, and on a multisite install requires a network admin.
These ability names are put together by the plugin's code when it registers them, so we worked them out from that code. Check the exact names on your site's Bridge screen.
Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.
List available backup snapshots.
List configured backup jobs.
List configured backup destinations.
List configured backup schedules.
List queue items.
Get a single backup snapshot by id.
Get a single backup job by id.
Get a single queue item by id.
Get the dashboard summary.
Get system information.
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Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.
Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. JetBackup registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.
In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.
Every ability from JetBackup starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.
Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.
Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.
Yes. It registers ten abilities through wp_register_ability once the plugin's own abilities setting is turned on, all listing or reading its own backup state.
The plugin's own isAbilitiesEnabled() security setting must be turned on before any ability registers..
JetBackup must be active with WordPress 6.9 or newer, and its abilities setting must be enabled. Every ability checks the manage_options capability, requires the user to be logged in, and on a multisite install requires a network admin.
An agent can list and toggle Jetpack feature modules, check and rebuild the XML sitemap, read a post's shortlink and Jetpack-computed related posts, and read or adjust Jetpack Monitor's uptime-notification settings.
An agent can list recent backups with their status and size, start a new full-site or database-only backup, and poll a specific backup's progress until it completes.
An agent can list configured backup jobs, check whether a backup is currently running, start one on demand, cancel a stuck job, and pull backup log content to diagnose a failure, which is useful for taking a safety backup right before a risky change.
Verified from JetBackup's own free wordpress.org code on 28 September 2026, not from its marketing claims. Not every ability listed here has been run end to end against a live site. Plugin authors change their code, so a name, a capability, or a condition can be different in a later release. This site is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, JetBackup or JetBackup. Back to the full directory.
Every ability starts off, is scoped to the user you connect, and is written to the same audit log as core. Turn on only what you need.
Off by default. Capability checked on every call.