WordPress/mcp-adapter

An MCP adapter that bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol, enabling MCP clients to discover and invoke WordPress plugin, theme, and core abilities programmatically. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter · homepage · PHP · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

80/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 85
Longevity 29

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 56.0
age_days: 419
days_rel: 20
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1622 stars · 188 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The official WordPress plugin that bridges the WordPress Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol (MCP), exposing plugin, theme, and core abilities as MCP tools, resources, and prompts. It supports HTTP and STDIO transports, multi-server management, pluggable error handling and observability, and granular permission checks.

Use cases

expose WordPress abilities as MCP tools for AI agents
connect Claude or other MCP clients to a WordPress site
let AI agents programmatically invoke WordPress plugin and theme functionality
run multiple MCP servers with per-server permissions on one WordPress install
add custom MCP transports or observability to a WordPress AI integration

When to choose

you want AI agents to discover and call WordPress functionality via the MCP standard
you are building on the WordPress Abilities API and need MCP exposure
you need HTTP or STDIO transports with granular auth and permission checks

When to avoid

your site does not use or need the Abilities API
you need a general-purpose MCP server outside WordPress
you require a language other than PHP

Facets

plugin · maturity active

mcp api-framework middleware auth artificial-intelligence cms web-development developer-tools php self-hosted mcp-server abilities-api ai-agents wordpress-plugin model-context-protocol wordpress web-server

5 sources

readme: https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8db9fcc746f5
homepage: https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/mcp-adapter · fetched 2026-08-29 · f4a8c0f91829
site_page: https://wordpress.org/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · bd7786ab20ae
site_page: https://wordpress.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7beb23faf433
site_page: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae4fa61fc31e

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
WordPress/mcp-adapter	main	80

For agents

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