Enable Abilities for MCP for WordPress Plugin Directory

Enable Abilities for MCP gives you full control over which WordPress Abilities are available to AI assistants through the MCP (Model Context Protocol) Adapter.

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.

Connect from claude.ai with just a URL Since version 2.1 the plugin ships an embedded OAuth 2.1 server built for claude.ai custom connectors. Add your site in claude.ai → Settings → Connectors, log in with your WordPress user, approve the consent screen — connected. No Client ID, no Application Password, no local configuration.

Works from the claude.ai web app, mobile apps, and Claude Desktop

Each team member authenticates with their own WordPress account and role — a subscriber can never do what only an editor should

Every ability execution lands in the activity log under the real user’s name

Works on single sites, subdirectory installs, and multisite networks (network-activate so the main site serves the OAuth discovery documents for every subsite)

Prefer tokens? Application Passwords (per-user) and a single-admin Bearer token connect Claude Desktop / Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, and Google Antigravity — the Connection tab generates ready-to-paste configuration for each client, and fills in your credentials automatically.

Features

91 abilities organized in 18 categories: Core, Read, Write, SEO (Rank Math), SEO (SEOPress), SEO (Yoast), Navigation Menus, Utility, Multilanguage, Custom Post Types, WooCommerce, The Events Calendar, Code Snippets, JetEngine Options Pages, Elementor, LearnDash, Tutor LMS, and AI Agent Readiness (llms.txt)

WooCommerce integration — dedicated abilities to manage products, orders, and customers using the native WooCommerce API (HPOS-compatible, formally declared)

The Events Calendar integration — list, get, create, and update events with venue, organizer, and date filters

claude.ai OAuth custom connector — connect from claude.ai (web, mobile, or desktop) with zero local setup: an embedded OAuth 2.1 server with Client ID Metadata Document (CIMD) support lets each user log in with their own WordPress account and role

Admin dashboard with toggle switches for each ability

Per-ability control — expose only what you need

Third-party ability control — abilities registered by other MCP-ready plugins (e.g. Fluent Forms) appear in the same dashboard, grouped by plugin, with the same per-ability toggles; disabling one removes it from every MCP server on the site

Secure by design — proper capability checks, input sanitization, and per-post permission validation

WPCS compliant — fully passes WordPress Coding Standards (phpcs)

MCP-ready — all abilities include show_in_rest and mcp.public metadata

Available Abilities Read (safe, query-only):

Get posts with filters (status, category, tag, search)

Get single post details (content, SEO meta, featured image)

Get categories, tags, pages, comments, media, and users

Write (create & modify):

Create, update, and delete posts

Create categories and tags

Create pages

Moderate comments

Reply to comments as the authenticated user

Upload images from external URLs to the media library (with optional auto-assign as featured image)

Duplicate any post, page, or custom post type item — including all post meta (ACF, SEO, featured image) and taxonomy terms; saved as a draft by default

SEO — Rank Math:

Get full Rank Math metadata for any post/page (title, description, keywords, robots, Open Graph, SEO score)

Update Rank Math metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyword, canonical URL, robots, Open Graph, primary category, pillar content

SEO — SEOPress:

Get full SEOPress metadata for any post/page (title, description, focus keyword, robots, canonical, Open Graph, Twitter Card)

Update SEOPress metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyword, canonical URL, robots directives, Open Graph, Twitter Card

SEO — Yoast SEO:

Get full Yoast SEO metadata for any post/page (title, description, focus keyphrase, canonical, robots, Open Graph, Twitter Card)

Update Yoast SEO metadata: SEO title, description, focus keyphrase, canonical URL, robots (noindex, nofollow, advanced), Open Graph, Twitter Card

Get Yoast sitemap index — fetch and parse the sitemap index, returning all registered sitemap URLs with last modification date

Custom Post Types:

List all registered custom post types with configuration and taxonomies

Get items from any CPT with filtering, search, and taxonomy queries

Get full details of a CPT item including all meta fields (WooCommerce, ACF, JetEngine, etc.)

Create, update, and delete CPT items with taxonomy and meta field support

Get CPT taxonomies with their terms

Assign taxonomy terms to CPT items

WooCommerce:

List products with price, SKU, stock status, categories, and type

Get full product detail including gallery, attributes, and variations

Update product price, sale price, stock quantity, and status

List orders with customer, total, status, and date (HPOS-compatible)

Get full order detail: line items, billing/shipping, totals, and notes

Update order status with optional note

List customers with email, name, total spent, and order count

The Events Calendar:

List events with start/end date, venue, organizer, and date range filter

Get full event detail with resolved venue address and organizer contact

Create new events with title, description, dates, venue, and organizer

Update existing events

Navigation Menus:

List menus with item counts and theme locations, and get one menu’s full item hierarchy

Create a new menu, and add pages, posts, categories, tags, or custom URLs as items (with parent and position)

Update an item’s title, URL, parent, or position

Remove an item, assign a menu to a theme location, or delete a menu entirely (opt-in — destructive)

Tutor LMS:

Read a lesson’s video source configuration (type, value, and runtime)

Set a lesson’s video source (external URL, YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5, or a third-party source such as Bunny.net) using Tutor’s own storage function — avoids the string-only limitation of the generic Update Post Meta ability, which Tutor cannot read back

List courses, and get a single course’s full detail with its topics/lessons hierarchy

Get a user’s enrollment status and completion progress for a course

Get a user’s quiz attempt results, optionally filtered to a single quiz

Enroll a user in a course, and unenroll them (both opt-in, manage_options only)

Utility:

Search and replace text in post content

Site statistics overview (includes custom post type counts)

Update any post meta field by exact key (with protected internal key blocklist)

Requirements

WordPress 6.9 or later (Abilities API)

MCP Adapter plugin installed and configured

PHP 8.0 or later