WordPress MCP Server & AI Connector
The Model Context Protocol is the open standard assistants use to reach outside tools. WordPress AI Agent acts as an MCP server for your WordPress site: the assistant asks it for a capability, it checks what you have authorised, and only then does it touch your site. This page covers the technical side for WordPress.
What the connector talks to on WordPress
The WordPress REST API, at /wp-json, together with a small companion plugin that adds the few things core does not expose.
An application password you create in your own profile and can revoke at any time. It is not your login password, and it can be withdrawn without changing anything else.
Worth knowing about WordPress
WordPress is the most widely deployed of the twenty, and the one where the most of the thirteen capabilities are within reach.
What the platform does not allow
Sites without pretty permalinks answer at /?rest_route= instead of /wp-json; both are handled. A host firewall that rejects unfamiliar clients can block the connection entirely.
Authentication and permissions
The assistant authorises through OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, and is granted scopes rather than an open door. Your WordPress credential is encrypted at rest, tied to the one website it belongs to, and never sent to the assistant. Every operation is recorded, and an operation outside what you granted is refused before it reaches your site.
Everything above describes what WordPress’s interface offers. None of it is marked verified yet, which in this product means exercised against a live installation with the date recorded.
Common questions
What is an MCP server, in plain terms?
A service an AI assistant can call to do real work. Rather than describing a change to you, the assistant asks the server to make it. WordPress AI Agent is that server for WordPress, and the boundary of what it will do is set by what you authorised.
Does the assistant see my WordPress password or token?
No. The credential is encrypted and bound to the single website it was given for, so a copy of it elsewhere is useless. The assistant asks for an action; it never receives the way in.
Is this an official WordPress product?
No. WordPress AI Agent is an independent product that uses WordPress’s own published interfaces. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by WordPress.
Getting started with WordPress AI Agent
WordPress AI Agent is not on sale yet. The product page tracks where it stands, and nothing is advertised before it works.