# Does WordPress have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** WordPress maintains an official MCP server.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Local server — Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.
- Repository: [WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter) — ★ 1.6k, last push 2026-08-11, GPL-2.0
- Maintainer: WordPress
- Language: PHP
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> An MCP adapter that bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol, enabling MCP clients to discover and invoke WordPress plugin, theme, and core abilities programmatically.
> — how [WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter) describes itself

Project site: <https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/mcp-adapter>

## The receipts

- **Official repository:** [WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter) — ★ 1.6k, pushed 2026-08-11, GPL-2.0 (active)

## How to connect it

Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add wordpress -- npx -y <package-from-readme>
```

Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** and add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordpress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordpress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "wordpress": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to **remote servers only**, and this one runs on your machine. Either expose it through an MCP gateway that gives it a public URL, or use a client with native local support (Claude or Cursor).

## How we know

Verdict derived by matching the WordPress organization against its GitHub presence and cross-checking against published MCP server lists.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/wordpress/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11