How to Securely Connect Your WordPress Site to Claude AI Using MCP

Overview

Claude AI is one of the most popular AI assistants for writing, coding, research, and everyday tasks. With the miniOrange Secure MCP Connector, you can securely connect Claude AI to your WordPress site in just a few steps. Once connected, you can use natural-language prompts to interact with your website and perform approved WordPress actions. Your existing WordPress access controls determine what Claude AI can view and do.

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following in place:

A self-hosted WordPress site running WordPress 6.9 or above, as the WordPress Abilities API required for this integration is available from WordPress 6.9 onward.
A publicly accessible HTTPS URL for your WordPress site. AI clients connect to your site over the internet, so localhost or private network URLs are not supported.
The miniOrange Secure MCP Connector plugin installed and activated on your WordPress site.

Configuration Steps

Step 1: WordPress Side Setup

In your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins, then click on the Add Plugin button.
Search for miniOrange Secure MCP Server, click Install Now, then Activate.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Install miniOrange Secure MCP Server

After activating the Secure MCP Server plugin, open the plugin from the WordPress admin sidebar and click the Register your first agent button on the welcome screen to get started.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Secure MCP Server menu

Provide a desired Name to your Agent and click on Next.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Provide Agent Name

Set the access for abilities based on the user roles. For example, enable the Get Site Information ability for the Administrator role, then click Create & Continue.
Click on the Create & Continue button.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Create Agent and set role abilities

After configuring the role-based abilities, the agent is successfully created. Click Continue to proceed with connecting your AI client.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Connect your AI client

To configure the connection with your AI clients, under Connect your AI client, click your required AI Client. A setup panel opens on the right with the connection details and the steps you’ll follow next. Copy these two details from the panel:
- Connection URL
- Your Site URL — your WordPress site address.

Connect WordPress to AI Agents using MCP | Connection methods for AI clients Gateway Method

Note: For the ChatGPT Client, you'll find only Your Site URL i.e. your WordPress site address.

Step 2: Connect Your WordPress Site to Claude AI

In Claude, go to Settings.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Claude Settings

Click the Connectors tab.
At the top right corner, click Add, then select Add custom connector.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Claude Connectors

Add the Connector Name and paste the Connection URL.

Click the Continue button.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Claude Continue

Click the Add button.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Claude Add Custom Connector

Click the Connect button.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Claude Connect

Enter your WordPress site URL and click Continue.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Enter Site URL

Click on the Allow Access button.

Once the connection is complete, you can start interacting with your WordPress site directly from Claude AI.

Note: Each user can connect their own Claude AI, ChatGPT, or Cursor account to the same WordPress site using their personal account.

Step 3: AI Agent Activity Logs

Navigate to the Activity tab of the plugin to view ability executions across every agent.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Activity Log

Click on an activity row to view the event information in detail.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Activity event details

Step 4: AI Agent Debug Log

Navigate to the Debug Log tab of the plugin and click on the Start capture button to begin recording diagnostic events.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Debug Log Start capture

Once capture is on, every prompt sent from your AI Agent is recorded from start to end, including authenticated MCP requests and tool calls.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Debug Log entries

Click on a log record to view the event information in detail.

Connect Claude AI to WordPress site | Debug Log event details

Note: Nothing is captured until you turn this on. Click on the Pause capture button once you are done, so it isn't writing to your database all the time.

What You Can Do Once Connected

After connecting your WordPress site, you can use natural-language prompts to complete everyday WordPress tasks without switching between different dashboard pages. The available actions depend on the abilities registered through the WordPress Abilities API.

You can:

View WordPress site and environment information.
Check your account details.
Create new posts and pages.
Update existing posts and pages.
Use other abilities exposed through the WordPress Abilities API.

Every request passes through the Secure MCP Connector, which validates the request before allowing the action to run on your WordPress site.

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