MCP WordPress Setup — Development skill for Claude Code
Step-by-step setup guide for the WordPress MCP server with Claude Code — Application Passwords, REST API config, critical bin entry point bug workaround (v3.1.13), and verified .mcp.json configuration.
How to install MCP WordPress Setup
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open arturseo-geo/mcp-wordpress-setup and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What MCP WordPress Setup does
Step-by-step setup guide for the WordPress MCP server with Claude Code — Application Passwords, REST API config, critical bin entry point bug workaround (v3.1.13), and verified .mcp.json configuration. By TheGEOLab.net
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README
WordPress MCP Server Setup for Claude Code
Built by **[Artur Ferreira](https://github.com/arturseo-geo)** @ **The GEO Lab** · [𝕏 @TheGEO\_Lab](https://x.com/TheGEO_Lab) · [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/arturgeo) · [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/Alternative_Teach_74/)
  [](https://github.com/arturseo-geo/mcp-wordpress-setup/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
Step-by-step guide to configure the [mcp-wordpress](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-wordpress) MCP server with [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code), giving Claude full access to manage your WordPress site through the REST API — posts, pages, media, SEO, caching, and more.
Includes a **critical workaround** for a bug in `mcp-wordpress` v3.1.13 where the published bin entry point fails to start.
Who This Is For
- Claude Code users who want to manage WordPress from their CLI
- WordPress developers setting up MCP for the first time
- Anyone who tried mcp-wordpress and got a silent failure (the bin bug)
What This Covers
- ✅ Prerequisites — Node.js version requirements, Claude Code installation
- ✅ Application Password creation — step-by-step WordPress admin walkthrough
- ✅
.mcp.jsonconfiguration — verified working config with correct paths - ✅ Critical bin bug workaround — why
mcp-wordpressbinary fails silently in v3.1.13 and how to point todist/index.jsinstead - ✅ Path discovery — commands to find your Node.js binary and mcp-wordpress install location
- ✅ Verification — how to confirm the MCP server is running
- ✅ Production-tested — patterns used in production at thegeolab.net
Quick Start
# 1. Install mcp-wordpress
npm install -g mcp-wordpress
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