Connect Claude or ChatGPT to my site
You want an AI assistant to read and edit your WordPress site. That means running an MCP server on it. These are the ones worth a look, and which one fits depends mostly on where your site lives.
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Start here on a self-hosted site. Install the plugin, approve the connection, done. No terminal needed.
By AwesomeMotive. MCP server plugin connecting Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf to self-hosted WordPress with one-click OAuth and AES-256-GCM encrypted credentials; supports theme editing, content management, WP-CLI, and the Abilities API.
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If your site is on a paid WordPress.com plan, you already have this. Nothing to install, just switch it on.
Built-in MCP server on all paid plans with per-tool toggle controls. Ships the official Claude Connector and WordPress AI Assistant.
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The official building block from the WordPress project. Pick it if you are a developer and want the thing everything else is built on.
Bridges the WordPress Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol, enabling AI agents to discover and invoke WordPress abilities programmatically. 820+ GitHub stars.
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Security-first and well established. A good fit for a WooCommerce store where you want to control what the AI can touch.
Security-focused MCP implementation; auto-detects WooCommerce.
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For teams and agencies. Each AI gets its own role and every action is logged, so you can answer "who changed that?"
300+ tools behind a self-hosted OAuth 2.1 authorization server, role-based per-AI permissions, per-tool on/off control, and a full audit trail of every MCP call.
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Already running AI Engine? It has MCP built in. No reason to add a second plugin.
The most widely-used WordPress AI plugin (80,000+ installs) with chatbots, content generation, AI forms, WooCommerce MCP module (25 tools), and MCP integration.
These are picks, not rankings. Think something is missing or wrong? Tell me.