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WordPress MCP tools — complete overview

The catalogue of tools, resources and prompts a production MCP server exposes for WordPress.

Tools Resources Prompts Catalogue
Auto-cycle
1. The agent picks a tool by name from the catalogue.

Click a node to step through

1. Overview

Group tools by WordPress object. Each group exposes the same canonical verbs (list, get, create, update, delete) tightened with strict schemas and scoped permissions.

  • Tools 32
  • Resources 14
  • Prompts 8

2. Posts & pages

posts.create

Draft or publish a new post.

posts.update

Patch title, content, slug, status.

posts.list

Paginated list with filters.

posts.delete

Move to trash or force-delete.

3. Media library

media.upload

Add files with alt text + caption.

media.list

Filter by mime, date, attachment.

media.alt.set

Bulk AI-generated alt text.

4. Taxonomy & users

tags.upsert

Create or attach a tag.

cats.list

List + filter categories.

users.list

Editors, authors, contributors.

users.role.set

Scoped role escalation.

5. Plugins & settings

plugins.list

Active, inactive, version, author.

plugins.activate

Approval-gated.

options.read

Read site options safely.

6. WooCommerce & Gutenberg

wc.products.list

Stock, price, status.

wc.orders.list

Date / status filters.

blocks.render

Server-side block render.

patterns.list

Available block patterns.

The catalogue is your contract

Every tool you ship locks in the agent’s mental model.

Name them well, scope them tightly, document them once.

  • Typed
  • Scoped
  • Composable