MCP Server Command¶

Connect PraisonAIWP to Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP (Model Context Protocol) clients.

New in v1.3.0

MCP support enables AI assistants to manage WordPress directly through the Model Context Protocol.

Installation¶

# Install with MCP support
pip install praisonaiwp[mcp]

# View available tools
praisonaiwp mcp info

# Run MCP server
praisonaiwp mcp run

# Install in Claude Desktop
praisonaiwp mcp install

Feature	Description
23 WordPress Tools	Create, update, delete posts, manage users, plugins, themes
8 Resources	Read-only access to WordPress data
4 Prompt Templates	Blog post creation, SEO optimization, bulk updates
Multiple Transports	stdio (default) and HTTP
Claude Desktop Integration	One-command installation
57 Tests	100% passing, production-ready

Tool	Description
`list_themes`	List installed themes
`activate_theme`	Activate a theme

Tool	Description
`import_media`	Import media files

Tool	Description
`flush_cache`	Flush WordPress cache
`get_core_version`	Get WordPress version
`db_query`	Execute database query
`search_replace`	Search and replace in database
`wp_cli`	Run any WP-CLI command

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praisonaiwp": {
      "command": "praisonaiwp",
      "args": ["mcp", "run"]
    }
  }
}

Or use the automatic installer:

praisonaiwp mcp install

Display available MCP tools, resources, and prompts.

praisonaiwp mcp info

Start the MCP server.

praisonaiwp mcp run [OPTIONS]

Option	Type	Default	Description
`--transport`	string	stdio	Transport type: stdio, http
`--port`	int	8080	HTTP port (when using http transport)
`--server`	string	-	Server name from config

Install MCP server in Claude Desktop.

praisonaiwp mcp install

Once configured, you can ask Claude to: