Stefano Lissa

<p>The MCP Servers plugin enables WordPress to expose “abilities” – standardized functions that AI agents (such as Claude, Mistral, or ChatGPT) can invoke.</p>
<p>These abilities allow plugins and themes to describe their functionalities and required parameters in a structured way, facilitating seamless interaction with AI agents via the MCP (Model Context Protocol).</p>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>A newsletter plugin can expose abilities to manage subscribers or newsletters.</li>
<li>A form manager can provide abilities to handle forms or process submissions.</li>
<li>No limits: Any functionality can be exposed and utilized by AI agents.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Creating a server</h4>
<p>Go to the “Servers” page and add a server. By default, a new MCP server does not expose any abilities. You can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Select one or more ability categories.</li>
<li>Choose individual abilities to expose.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Best Practices</h4>
<ul>
<li>Avoid exposing all abilities: This can overwhelm AI agents and lead to overlapping functionalities.</li>
<li>Limit abilities to those necessary for your current workflow.</li>
<li>Create multiple MCP servers to enable only the tools required for specific tasks on the agent side.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Connecting to a server</h4>
<p>AI agents can connect to your MCP server(s) in several ways. The simplest method is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create an administrator user named “mcp”.</li>
<li>Generate an application password for this user in the WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Use Basic Authentication with the mcp username and the application password to set up the connection from the AI agent.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Note on Authentication</h4>
<p>Not all AI agents support Basic Authentication. For example, Claude requires OAuth2.</p>
<p>To enable OAuth2, install a compatible plugin (e.g., WP OAuth Server).</p>
<h4>References</h4>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.satollo.net/plugins/mcpservers" rel="nofollow ugc">MCP Servers official page</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://github.com/wordpress/mcp-adapter" rel="nofollow ugc">MCP Adapater library/plugin</a></li>
<li>Introduction to the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/ai-building-blocks/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP AI building blocks</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/07/17/ai-experiments-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">AI Experiments plugin</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.satollo.net/plugins/monitor" rel="nofollow ugc">Monitor plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The AI Experiments plugin contains the “Ability explorer” a very useful tool.</p>
<h4>Tech details</h4>
<p>The plugin uses the WP MCP Adapter library or the MCP Adapter plugin (if installed), with priority given to the latter.</p>
<p>Once the Adapter plugin is officially available, it will be added as a dependency, and the PHP library will be removed.</p>
<h4>Warning</h4>
<p>Abilities are registered an implemented by plugins and themes: check carefully what they do before exposing!</p>
<p>And be aware that permission checks are up to the single ability.</p>


Satollo MCP Servers

Configure and publish MCP servers to expose abiltities to AI agents

fabiomontenegro1987

<p><strong>Enable Abilities for MCP</strong> gives you full control over which WordPress Abilities are available to AI assistants through the MCP (Model Context Protocol) Adapter.</p>
<p>WordPress 6.9 introduced the Abilities API, allowing external tools to discover and execute actions on your site. This plugin extends that functionality by registering a comprehensive set of content management abilities and providing a simple admin interface to toggle each one on or off.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>58 abilities</strong> organized in 13 categories: Core, Read, Write, SEO (Rank Math), SEO (SEOPress), SEO (Yoast), Utility, Multilanguage, Custom Post Types, WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, Code Snippets, and JetEngine Options Pages</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce integration</strong> — dedicated abilities to manage products, orders, and customers using the native WooCommerce API (HPOS-compatible, formally declared)</li>
<li><strong>The Events Calendar integration</strong> — list, get, create, and update events with venue, organizer, and date filters</li>
<li><strong>Admin dashboard</strong> with toggle switches for each ability</li>
<li><strong>Per-ability control</strong> — expose only what you need</li>
<li><strong>Secure by design</strong> — proper capability checks, input sanitization, and per-post permission validation</li>
<li><strong>WPCS compliant</strong> — fully passes WordPress Coding Standards (phpcs)</li>
<li><strong>MCP-ready</strong> — all abilities include <code>show_in_rest</code> and <code>mcp.public</code> metadata</li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Abilities</h4>
<p><strong>Read (safe, query-only):</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Get posts with filters (status, category, tag, search)</li>
<li>Get single post details (content, SEO meta, featured image)</li>
<li>Get categories, tags, pages, comments, media, and users</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Write (create & modify):</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create, update, and delete posts</li>
<li>Create categories and tags</li>
<li>Create pages</li>
<li>Moderate comments</li>
<li>Reply to comments as the authenticated user</li>
<li>Upload images from external URLs to the media library (with optional auto-assign as featured image)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SEO — Rank Math:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Get full Rank Math metadata for any post/page (title, description, keywords, robots, Open Graph, SEO score)</li>
<li>Update Rank Math metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyword, canonical URL, robots, Open Graph, primary category, pillar content</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SEO — SEOPress:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Get full SEOPress metadata for any post/page (title, description, focus keyword, robots, canonical, Open Graph, Twitter Card)</li>
<li>Update SEOPress metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyword, canonical URL, robots directives, Open Graph, Twitter Card</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SEO — Yoast SEO:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Get full Yoast SEO metadata for any post/page (title, description, focus keyphrase, canonical, robots, Open Graph, Twitter Card)</li>
<li>Update Yoast SEO metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyphrase, canonical URL, robots (noindex, nofollow, advanced), Open Graph, Twitter Card</li>
<li>Get Yoast sitemap index — fetch and parse the sitemap index, returning all registered sitemap URLs with last modification date</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Custom Post Types:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>List all registered custom post types with configuration and taxonomies</li>
<li>Get items from any CPT with filtering, search, and taxonomy queries</li>
<li>Get full details of a CPT item including all meta fields (WooCommerce, ACF, JetEngine, etc.)</li>
<li>Create, update, and delete CPT items with taxonomy and meta field support</li>
<li>Get CPT taxonomies with their terms</li>
<li>Assign taxonomy terms to CPT items</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WooCommerce:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>List products with price, SKU, stock status, categories, and type</li>
<li>Get full product detail including gallery, attributes, and variations</li>
<li>Update product price, sale price, stock quantity, and status</li>
<li>List orders with customer, total, status, and date (HPOS-compatible)</li>
<li>Get full order detail: line items, billing/shipping, totals, and notes</li>
<li>Update order status with optional note</li>
<li>List customers with email, name, total spent, and order count</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Events Calendar:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>List events with start/end date, venue, organizer, and date range filter</li>
<li>Get full event detail with resolved venue address and organizer contact</li>
<li>Create new events with title, description, dates, venue, and organizer</li>
<li>Update existing events</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Utility:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Search and replace text in post content</li>
<li>Site statistics overview (includes custom post type counts)</li>
<li>Update any post meta field by exact key (with protected internal key blocklist)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.9 or later (Abilities API)</li>
<li>MCP Adapter plugin installed and configured</li>
<li>PHP 8.0 or later</li>
</ul>


Enable Abilities for MCP


I really appreciate this plugin it does what it said it does and I didn't have to waste tokens creating my own abilites.


Very Helpful and Worked out of the box.

Manage which WordPress Abilities are exposed to MCP servers. Supports WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, and any custom post type.

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