How to Create Claude WordPress MCP Server [100% Working]

First of all, to create our MCP server, we need to install two plugins in WordPress: the first is the WordPress MCP Server plugin (also known as the Abilities API plugin), and the second is the WordPress MCP Adapter.

You can download both of these plugins from the links provided below:
1. WordPress MCP Plugin
2. WordPress MCP Adapter Plugin

You can also search “wordpress mcp server github” on google and download the latest version from there.

Now, goto Settings -> MCP and turn on the Enable MCP functionality.
– Turn on Enable Create Tools if you want to let MCP Server to Create content in your wordpress website.
– Turn on Enable Update Tools if you want to let MCP Server to Update Content in your wordpress website.
– Turn on Enable Delete Tools if you want to let MCP Server to Delete Content from your wordpress website.

Now we need to generate a WordPress application password so we can authenticate and grant Claude AI access to our WordPress MCP server.

Edit any wordpress user with with Administrator role, scroll down until you see the Add Application Password button, give you application password any name click on the Add Application Password button and wordpress would generate a unique application password which would allow our MCP server to make REST API calls. You must copy this password now and save it in your Notes app or in any Code Editor because you won’t be able to see it again.

Also notedown the username of the wordpress user for which you generated the wordpress application password as we would need this to setup the mcp server in Claude.

The MCP server uses the REST API format (/wp-json/...), which does not support ‘Plain’ permalinks.

Go to WordPress Admin → Settings → Permalinks
Select ‘Post name’ (recommended) or any option EXCEPT ‘Plain’
Click Save Changes.

Why this is important:
If you leave it on “Plain,” the MCP server will return a 404 error or a JSON error because the API endpoints won’t be reachable.

Go to Claude Desktop App Download link here and install the app. Then login to your paid Claude Ai account because MCP Server support is not available in the Claude Ai Free plan.

Now, we need to edit the claude_desktop_config.json file to configure our WordPress MCP Server. This allows the Claude Desktop App to establish a connection with your WordPress MCP Server.

Locate the Config File:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Open the file in a text editor (such as VS Code, Notepad++, etc.)

Now, paste the following JSON block to your claude_desktop_config.json file (you can place it at the top or bottom, depending on your existing configuration) as shown in the screenshot above:

JSON
{ "mcpServers": { "WordPress": { "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/node", "args": [ "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx", "-y", "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote" ], "env": { "WP_API_URL": "https://your-site.com", "WP_API_USERNAME": "your-wp-username", "WP_API_PASSWORD": "xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx", "OAUTH_ENABLED": "false" } } }, "isUsingBuiltInNodeForMcp": true }

Do not forget to replace the following placeholders:
- your-site.com: Replace with your actual WordPress website URL.
– your-wp-username: Replace with your WordPress username.
– xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx: Replace with the WordPress application password you generated in Step 3.

After replacing those values, double-check for any extra spaces or typos. Once everything looks correct, save and close the file.

Now quit Claude Desktop app completely (Cmd+Q on Mac, Alt+F4 on Windows), wait for 5 seconds and then reopen it, wait for 10-15 seconds to let MCP servers to load.

After the app has completely started we have to make sure that our WordPress MCP server has started in the backend. To confirm that click on your Name -> Settings -> Developer

Now you would see your MCP Server listed with a blue tag with the status “running” which confirms that our claude custom mcp server has successfully connected to our wordpress website. Congratulations.

This is 50% of the job, it always does not mean we are ready to talk with our website..next setup would ensure that. So lets move on.

Now, start a new chat in the Claude desktop app and follow the below steps.

– Click on the Plus Icon. ( + ) in the bottom left corner which we use to attach photos and files.
– Hover over the Connectors
– A new sub menu would open with the the name of your MCP Server with a Toggle switch
– Turn the toggle ON if its OFF (light gray).

If it turns ON (or is already ON), it means you have successfully connected your Claude App to your WordPress website using your custom WordPress MCP Server. You are now ready to ‘talk’ to your WordPress site!

Therefore, let’s move on to the next step: testing the connection by prompting Claude AI to fetch the very first piece of data from your WordPress website.

Now, if you see your WordPress MCP Server name along with Blue Toggeled ON icon in the Connectors list then it means we are ready to use or test it.

So in the Claude chat box type “Show me information about my WordPress site” the claude will call our website via our custom mcp server to fetch our site details as shown in the screenshot along with the name of the active theme, active plugins list, inactive plugins list, users, and a very short summary as follows:

“Your site appears to be well-configured with performance optimization (LiteSpeed Cache), SEO tools (Rank Math), and the GeneratePress theme framework. Would you like me to help you with any specific aspect of your site?“

Type in the claude prompt box: “Show me my 5 most recent blog posts” and the claude will list the most recent, 5-10, published posts on our website or you can be specific about the no of recent posts to fetch.

Prompt: Create a new draft post titled "Testing MCP Integration" with content "This post was created by Claude using MCP!" to create a new post. You can also ask it to assign a specific category or tags as well.

Verify: Login to WordPress → Posts → check for the new draft post created by Claude Ai using our custom WordPress MCP Server.