Presto Player abilities, governed through the Bridge

An agent can add YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted videos to the media library, look up, update, or delete existing video records and their shortcodes, manage chapter markers, and read or change Presto Player's global settings.

Abilities
136 read5 write2 destructive
Active installs
100K+
Rating
96% (343 ratings)
Version
4.5.2
Requires
WP 6.5+, PHP 7.4+
Last updated
2026-09-25 6:43am GMT

What has to be true first

Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer with Presto Player active, plus the plugin's own AI-access toggle turned on in its settings. Video and chapter abilities check edit_posts or publish_posts depending on the action, delete-video checks delete_posts, and the two settings abilities check manage_options.

  • A master 'enable abilities' toggle in Presto Player's own settings must be on for any ability, read or write, to register.
  • A separate 'allow AI to make changes' toggle must also be on before write or destructive abilities (create, update, delete video, save chapters, update settings) register; read-only abilities register on the master toggle alone.

The 13 Presto Player abilities

Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.

Read 6

  • Read

    Get video

    Returns one video record by ID.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-get-video
  • Read

    List videos

    Returns videos from the Media Hub, optionally filtered by tag.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-list-videos
  • Read

    Get video shortcode

    Returns the embeddable shortcode for a reusable video post.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-get-video-shortcode
  • Read

    List chapters

    Returns the chapter markers defined on a video.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-chapters-list
  • Read

    Generate chapters from captions

    Derives chapter markers from a WebVTT caption track without writing anything.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-chapters-generate-from-captions-deterministic
  • Read

    Get settings

    Returns the plugin's global player, branding, and analytics settings.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-get-settings

Write 5

  • Write

    Add YouTube video

    Adds a YouTube video to the Media Hub from its URL.

    Permission
    publish_postsAuthors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-create-video-youtube
  • Write

    Add Vimeo video

    Adds a Vimeo video to the Media Hub from its URL.

    Permission
    publish_postsAuthors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-create-video-vimeo
  • Write

    Add self-hosted video

    Adds a self-hosted MP4 or HLS video from an upload, a file URL, or an existing Media Library attachment.

    Permission
    publish_postsAuthors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-create-video-self-hosted
  • Write

    Update video

    Updates the fields and tags of an existing video record.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-update-video
  • Write

    Update settings

    Writes one Presto Player global option group.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-update-settings

Destructive 2

  • Destructive

    Delete video

    Trashes a video record by ID.

    Permission
    delete_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-delete-video
  • Destructive

    Save chapters

    Replaces the full chapter list on a video.

    Permission
    edit_postsContributors and up
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-presto-player-chapters-save

How to switch these on

Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.

  1. Install Presto Player and Agent Abilities for MCP

    Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. Presto Player registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.

  2. Open the Other plugins screen

    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.

  3. Enable one ability at a time

    Every ability from Presto Player starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.

  4. Connect as a least-privilege user

    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.

Frequently asked questions

Does Presto Player work with the Bridge?

Yes. Presto Player registers a clean set of video, chapter, and settings abilities in the core Abilities API with explicit readonly/destructive annotations, so the Bridge can classify and expose each one correctly.

What has to be true for Presto Player's abilities to register?

A master 'enable abilities' toggle in Presto Player's own settings must be on for any ability, read or write, to register.. A separate 'allow AI to make changes' toggle must also be on before write or destructive abilities (create, update, delete video, save chapters, update settings) register; read-only abilities register on the master toggle alone..

Does Presto Player need anything special to work with the Bridge?

Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer with Presto Player active, plus the plugin's own AI-access toggle turned on in its settings. Video and chapter abilities check edit_posts or publish_posts depending on the action, delete-video checks delete_posts, and the two settings abilities check manage_options.

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Verified from Presto Player'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, Andre Gagnon or Presto Player. Back to the full directory.

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Bridge Presto Player, keep the same control.

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.