Want your AI coding assistant to manage your blog directly? No more one-off scripts or manual copy-pasting. Setting up a WordPress MCP server lets Claude Code discover and call WordPress functionality through a standardized protocol. That includes posts, pages, media, comments, and more. This guide walks through installing the two plugins that make this possible. It also covers wiring up the connection from your local Claude Code setup. Download the mcp-adapter plugin from the releases page (go to the tag you want). Repo: https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter What is mcp-adapter? It’s an official WordPress plugin that bridges WordPress’s “Abilities API” with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This lets AI agents such as Claude discover and invoke WordPress functionality through a standardized protocol. wp_register_ability()[…]
