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WordPress MCP

MCP server for managing WordPress sites over the REST API, with modules for WooCommerce products, orders, customers, coupons, SEO meta and order fulfillment.

  • Community
  • Runs locally
  • API key

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ecommerceguide summary

WordPress MCP is a local MCP server that lets AI clients manage WordPress sites over the REST API, with read and write tools for posts, pages, media, users, plugins and themes. Add-on modules cover WooCommerce products, orders, customers and coupons, Advanced Custom Fields, SEO meta and order fulfilment, each needing a companion plugin. One instance handles several sites via the WORDPRESS_SITES variable, and responses are slimmed to cut token use.

Why it stands out

Community server from Cavort IT Systems that manages multiple WordPress sites from one instance via a single WORDPRESS_SITES variable.

What WordPress MCP does

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  • Installed from npm as @cavort-it-systems/wordpress-mcp, run over stdio
  • 42 standard tools work against any WordPress REST API site
  • WooCommerce and ACF modules require the wp-pilot-pro plugin
  • Authenticates with WordPress Application Passwords set per site in WORDPRESS_SITES
  • Setup instructions given for Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI
  • Maintained by Cavort IT Systems (cvrt-jh), MIT licence, TypeScript
  • Read and write: creates posts, products, orders and database edits

How ecommerce teams could use it

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Illustrative scenarios written by ecommerceguide from the product's documented capabilities. They are not customer case studies.

  1. A WooCommerce store running its catalogue in WordPress

    Product and stock edits are made through wp-admin one item at a time

    Intended outcomeWith wp-pilot-pro installed, the WooCommerce module creates and updates products, variations and bulk stock from Claude Desktop

  2. An agency looking after several WordPress and WooCommerce client sites

    Support work means logging into each site to check plugins, updates and order states

    Intended outcomeOne server instance covers every configured site, with list_sites returning the ids and tools taking a site argument

  3. A WooCommerce merchant publishing content alongside the shop

    Posts, pages and SEO meta are drafted and updated by hand

    Intended outcomeClaude Code creates and updates posts and pages, and the cvrt-seo-manager module reads and writes SEO meta and analysis

Who it suits

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Best for

You run WordPress or WooCommerce, use Claude Desktop or Claude Code, and can install the companion plugins and an npm package locally.

Probably not for

You are on Shopify, want a hosted remote endpoint with OAuth, or cannot add the cvrt-mcp-endpoints and wp-pilot-pro plugins.

Business size
Any stageAn MIT licensed npm package with no pricing tiers or stated audience, so size depends on who can self-host it.

Technical details

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From the server's repository, documentation and MCP directory listings.

What an agent can do
Manage products, Orders, Inventory, Customers, Analytics, Product content, SEO and AI visibility, Shipping and fulfilment, Store development
Transport
stdio (local)
Authentication
API keyUses WordPress Application Passwords set in WORDPRESS_SITES env var with url, username and password per site.
Package
@cavort-it-systems/wordpress-mcp (npm)
Language
TypeScript
Licence
MIT
Repository last updated
29 Sep 2026

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Setup documented for

Install command
npm install -g @cavort-it-systems/wordpress-mcp

Command as listed on the repository README, not tested by ecommerceguide. Check the repository README (opens in a new tab) for configuration and credentials before running it.

Works with

Ecommerce platforms and services

Systems this server reads from or writes to.

Often used alongside

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Categories and use cases

Sources

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