WordPress MCP

Manage WordPress sites through AI Engine's MCP Server. AI Engine is a free WordPress plugin that exposes a comprehensive MCP interface.

Setup

The user needs:

AI Engine plugin installed (free: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai-engine/)
MCP Server enabled in AI Engine → Settings → MCP
A Bearer Token set in MCP settings

Connection details should be stored in the user's

TOOLS.md

## WordPress MCP
- **URL:** https://example.com/wp-json/mcp/v1/http
- **Bearer Token:** <token from AI Engine MCP settings>

How to Call MCP Tools

All calls use JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST:

curl -s -X POST <MCP_URL> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"<tool_name>","arguments":{...}}}'

Discovery

List available tools (varies by enabled features):

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}

Always start with

tools/list

to discover what's enabled on this site.

Connectivity Check

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"mcp_ping","arguments":{}}}

MCP Features (Modular)

Tools are grouped into features that the site admin enables in AI Engine → Settings → MCP Features. Only WordPress core is enabled by default. Always use

tools/list

to discover what's available.

Feature	Default	Description
WordPress	✅ On	Posts, pages, comments, users, media, taxonomies, settings
Plugins	Off	Install, activate, update, and modify plugins
Themes	Off	Install, activate, switch, and customize themes
Database	Off	Execute SQL queries on the WordPress database
Polylang	Off	Multilingual content (requires Polylang plugin)
WooCommerce	Off	Products, orders, customers (requires WooCommerce)
SEO Engine	Off	SEO analysis, analytics (requires SEO Engine plugin)
Social Engine	Off	Social media scheduling (requires Social Engine plugin)
Dynamic REST	Off	Raw access to WordPress REST API

See

references/features.md

for tool details per feature.

Common Workflows

Content Audit (WordPress + SEO Engine)

```
mwseo_get_seo_statistics
```
— Overall site health
```
mwseo_get_posts_needing_seo
```
— Posts with SEO problems

Loop:

mwseo_do_seo_scan

per post → fix with

mwseo_set_seo_title

mwseo_set_seo_excerpt

Publish a Post (WordPress core)

wp_create_post

with

post_title

post_content

post_status: "draft"

Optionally set SEO metadata if SEO Engine is enabled
```
wp_update_post
```
with
```
post_status: "publish"
```
when ready

Translation Workflow (Polylang)

```
pll_translation_status
```
— See coverage gaps
```
pll_get_posts_missing_translation
```
with target language
```
pll_create_translation
```
— Create translated post linked to original

Multi-Site Management

Store multiple sites in

TOOLS.md

and select by name:

### My Blog
- **URL:** https://blog.example.com/wp-json/mcp/v1/http
- **Token:** abc123
My Shop

URL: https://shop.example.com/wp-json/mcp/v1/http
Token: xyz789

Tips

Use
```
wp_get_post_snapshot
```
instead of multiple calls — gets post + meta + terms in one request
Use
```
wp_alter_post
```
for search-replace edits instead of re-uploading entire content
```
wp_get_posts
```
returns no full content by default — use
```
wp_get_post
```
for content
Analytics date params use
```
start_date
```
/
```
end_date
```
(not camelCase)
Always run
```
tools/list
```
first — available tools depend on which features the admin enabled

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Setup

How to Call MCP Tools

Discovery

Connectivity Check

MCP Features (Modular)

Common Workflows

Content Audit (WordPress + SEO Engine)

Publish a Post (WordPress core)

Translation Workflow (Polylang)

Multi-Site Management

My Shop

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