📌Overview

Purpose: To enable seamless integration and interaction with WordPress sites using a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Overview: The WordPress MCP server facilitates communication with WordPress by leveraging the WordPress REST API. It allows users to create, retrieve, and update posts efficiently via the JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol.

Key Features:

• Create Post: Enables users to create new posts on WordPress with customizable parameters such as title, content, and status.

• Get Posts: Allows for the retrieval of existing WordPress posts, with options to specify pagination and the number of posts per page.

• Update Post: Provides the capability to update existing posts by modifying details like title, content, and status based on the post ID.

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WordPress MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for WordPress integration, compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Overview

This MCP server enables interaction with WordPress sites through the WordPress REST API. It provides tools for creating, retrieving, and updating posts using JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol.

Requirements

• Node.js 20.0.0 or higher
• WordPress site with REST API enabled
• WordPress application password for authentication

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Build the project:

   npm run build
   

Configuration

Add the server to your MCP settings file with environment variables for WordPress credentials:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordpress": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "WORDPRESS_SITE_URL": "https://your-wordpress-site.com",
        "WORDPRESS_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "WORDPRESS_PASSWORD": "your-app-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables:

• WORDPRESS_SITE_URL: Your WordPress site URL
• WORDPRESS_USERNAME: WordPress username
• WORDPRESS_PASSWORD: WordPress application password

Alternatively, you can provide these credentials in the request parameters instead of using environment variables.

Available Methods

create_post

Creates a new WordPress post.

Parameters:

• siteUrl (optional if set in env): WordPress site URL
• username (optional if set in env): WordPress username
• password (optional if set in env): WordPress application password
• title: Post title
• content: Post content
• status (optional): 'draft' | 'publish' | 'private' (default: 'draft')

get_posts

Retrieves WordPress posts.

Parameters:

• siteUrl (optional if set in env): WordPress site URL
• username (optional if set in env): WordPress username
• password (optional if set in env): WordPress application password
• perPage (optional): Number of posts per page (default: 10)
• page (optional): Page number (default: 1)

update_post

Updates an existing WordPress post.

Parameters:

• siteUrl (optional if set in env): WordPress site URL
• username (optional if set in env): WordPress username
• password (optional if set in env): WordPress application password
• postId: ID of the post to update
• title (optional): New post title
• content (optional): New post content
• status (optional): 'draft' | 'publish' | 'private'

Security Note

For security, it is recommended to use WordPress application passwords instead of your main account password. Generate an application password in your WordPress dashboard under Users → Security → Application Passwords.

Example Usage

Using environment variables:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "create_post",
  "params": {
    "title": "My New Post",
    "content": "Hello World!",
    "status": "draft"
  }
}

Without environment variables:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "create_post",
  "params": {
    "siteUrl": "https://your-wordpress-site.com",
    "username": "your-username",
    "password": "your-app-password",
    "title": "My New Post",
    "content": "Hello World!",
    "status": "draft"
  }
}

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details