Spots vs WDS MCP Content Manager

Here at interconnect/it we have a policy of developing client sites with the premise of “content manage everything!” That means the little notices on sites, minor widgets and so on should not only be content managed, but they should be easy for both an end-user and a developer to work with. To that end, we developed Spots. This creates a custom post type that allows you to create widgets using a visual editor, whilst also giving developers an easy hook for the creation of content managable elements within a theme. The plugin now uses caching in order to help ensure that the load on a typical site is kept to a minimum. Performance is important! The plugin is prepared for translation, if you’d like to drop us a line about your translation you can contact us through our website. Developer Notes Spots provides 2 template tags for developers to use shown below with their supported arguments. icit_spot( $id_or_name, $template ); $id_or_name: Required. A numeric ID or the name of a spot as a string. $template: Optional. A string used in a call to get_template_part() This template tag always echos out the spot. icit_get_spot( $id_or_name, $template, $echo ); Same as the above with an extra argument: $echo: Optional. Defaults to false. A boolean to indicate whether to echo the spot content or just return it. Basic Usage You can use spots to replace boilerplate text in your themes. If you have areas in your themes where typically you would hard code the text you could use the following code: The above code would output the contents of a spot titled ‘Copyright’. If the spot does not exist it will be created as a draft. Spots in draft mode are only visible to logged in users with editing capabilities. Templates The plugin will initially look for a file in your theme using the get_template_part() function. If you have a file called spot.php in your theme that will be the default template for all spots. The icit_spot() function can take a second parameter for the template part to use for example: The above code will make the plugin look in your theme folder for a file called spot-copyright.php to use for the output. If not available it will fall back to spot.php and if that is not available it will simply output the spot contents. Use templates when you want to display a featured image from a spot or if you require some additional/alternative markup for the spot. Spots are just like posts, so in the templates you retrieve the contents of the spot using the_content() just as would in the loop. Basic spot template example: Spot template with featured image: Additional There are many filters and hooks available to get even more out of spots so drop by the plugin homepage or use the forums if there is something you need to do with spots but aren’t sure how.

WDS MCP Content Manager connects your WordPress site to AI agents (Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients) so they can read, create, and manage your content through natural language prompts. How it works The plugin registers a set of abilities on top of the WordPress MCP Adapter. Once installed, your AI agent can list posts, create content, manage categories and tags, upload images, and more — all without leaving your AI client. Free abilities (no license required) wds/get-posts — List published posts with title, URL, date, and excerpt wds/get-post — Fetch full post content, categories, tags, and SEO meta wds/create-post — Create a post with categories, tags, and featured image wds/update-post — Update any field of an existing post wds/reindex-yoast-seo — Run Yoast SEO data optimization (indexables reindex) after bulk SEO updates wds/get-pages — List pages with URL, status, parent, and template wds/create-page — Create a page with slug, parent, template, and featured image wds/update-page — Update page content, status, slug, hierarchy, and template wds/sync-knowledge-graph — Paginated cursor-based export of all site content as a graph (nodes + edges) — traverse the full site incrementally with delta-sync support wds/get-categories — List all post categories wds/create-category — Create a new post category wds/update-category — Update an existing post category wds/delete-category — Delete an existing post category wds/get-tags — List all post tags wds/create-tag — Create a new post tag wds/update-tag — Update an existing post tag wds/delete-tag — Delete an existing post tag Pro abilities (requires a Pro license) wds/build-content-graph — Build a full site content graph with PageRank scores, internal link analysis, topic clusters, and SEO metadata (supports Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, AIOSEO) wds/get-content-insights — Query the content graph for actionable insights: orphaned pages, weak SEO scores, duplicate keyphrases, noindexed content, stale content, top-ranked pages, topic clusters, and internal link gaps wds/get-products — List WooCommerce products with pricing and status wds/get-product — Fetch full WooCommerce product details and taxonomy terms wds/create-product — Create a WooCommerce product with pricing and downloads wds/update-product — Update any field of an existing WooCommerce product wds/get-product-categories — List WooCommerce product categories wds/create-product-category — Create a WooCommerce product category wds/update-product-category — Update a WooCommerce product category wds/delete-product-category — Delete a WooCommerce product category wds/get-product-tags — List WooCommerce product tags wds/create-product-tag — Create a WooCommerce product tag wds/update-product-tag — Update a WooCommerce product tag wds/delete-product-tag — Delete a WooCommerce product tag wds/set-product-schema — Inject JSON-LD structured data into the page head wds/set-elementor-page — Inject a full HTML design via Elementor Canvas wds/inject-elementor-json — Inject native Elementor sections JSON wds/upload-image — Sideload an image from URL into the Media Library wds/set-featured-image — Set or remove the featured image on a post wds/set-post-language — Set Polylang language on a post wds/link-translations — Link posts as Polylang translation pairs wds/set-term-language — Set Polylang language for taxonomy terms wds/link-term-translations — Link taxonomy terms as Polylang translation pairs wds/get-term-translations — Get Polylang translation map for a taxonomy term site-kit/get-top-queries — Returns top Google Search Console queries for the site (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-top-pages — Returns top pages by traffic from Google Analytics 4 (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-page-performance — Returns combined Search Console + GA4 metrics for a single URL (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-traffic-overview — Returns site-wide traffic summary by channel from GA4 (requires Google Site Kit plugin) Pro licenses are available at wallstrdev.de. Requirements WordPress 6.3 or later WordPress MCP Adapter plugin (free, required) WooCommerce — optional, needed for product abilities Elementor — optional, needed for Elementor abilities Polylang — optional, needed for multilingual abilities External Services WordPress MCP Adapter If the WordPress MCP Adapter plugin is not installed, an admin notice offers a one-click install button. Clicking it downloads the adapter from: https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest/download/mcp-adapter.zip This is the official plugin from the WordPress GitHub organisation. The download is triggered only by an explicit admin click — nothing is downloaded automatically. WDS License Server This plugin connects to an external license validation service only when a Pro license key is entered. Service: WDS License Server, operated by Wallstrdev (https://wallstrdev.de) When it is called: – When you save a Pro license key under Settings → WDS MCP Setup → License – Once per day (in the background on admin_init) to revalidate the key What is sent: – Your license key – Your site domain (e.g. example.com) What is NOT sent: post content, user data, personally identifiable information, or site configuration. Why: To confirm the license key is valid for your domain and determine your plan tier (free vs. pro). Data policy: wallstrdev.de/privacy-policy/ Free users (no license key entered) never trigger any external HTTP request. Google Search Console API The Pro abilities site-kit/get-top-queries and site-kit/get-page-performance call the Google Search Console API directly on behalf of the site owner. Service: Google Search Console API, provided by Google LLC (https://searchconsole.googleapis.com) When it is called: Only when an AI agent explicitly invokes the site-kit/get-top-queries or site-kit/get-page-performance Pro ability. Requires the Google Site Kit plugin to be installed, activated, and connected to Search Console. What is sent: – Your Search Console property URL (your site’s domain) – Query parameters: date range, dimensions (query/page), row limit – An OAuth 2.0 Bearer token retrieved from the Site Kit plugin’s stored credentials — no token is stored or transmitted by this plugin What is NOT sent: post content, user data, passwords, or any personally identifiable information beyond the site URL. Why: To retrieve search query and page performance data from Google Search Console so the AI agent can analyse your organic search traffic. Google Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Google Analytics Data API The Pro abilities site-kit/get-top-pages, site-kit/get-page-performance, and site-kit/get-traffic-overview call the Google Analytics Data API directly on behalf of the site owner. Service: Google Analytics Data API, provided by Google LLC (https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com) When it is called: Only when an AI agent explicitly invokes one of the above Pro abilities. Requires the Google Site Kit plugin to be installed, activated, and connected to a Google Analytics 4 property. What is sent: – Your GA4 numeric property ID – Query parameters: date range, metrics (sessions, pageviews, etc.), dimensions (pagePath, sessionDefaultChannelGroup, etc.), row limit – An OAuth 2.0 Bearer token retrieved from the Site Kit plugin’s stored credentials — no token is stored or transmitted by this plugin What is NOT sent: post content, visitor PII, passwords, or any data beyond the analytics query parameters listed above. Why: To retrieve traffic and engagement metrics from Google Analytics 4 so the AI agent can summarise your site’s performance. Google Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy