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Connect Claudeto your WordPress site.

Use Claude Desktop, claude.ai or Claude Code with your WordPress site through EMCP. Import a one-click bundle, add a connector, or run one command, then let Claude work with your pages, builders and plugins. The free plugin is enough.

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Works with
  • Claude Desktopbundle or connector
  • claude.aiconnector
  • Claude Codeone command
  • EMCP Free or Pro

Try asking

Ask the way you would brief a person.

First prompt
“List the tools you can use on my site and my five most recent pages. Do not create, update or delete anything.”
A read-only check that Claude sees the tools you expect.
Claude Desktop
“Draft a services page in Elementor using our brand colors, with a hero, three service cards and a contact call to action. Leave it as a draft.”
A draft page built from native Elementor containers and widgets.
Claude Code
“Export the home page with Content Mirror so I can commit it to git before we change anything.”
A JSON copy of the page in your uploads folder, ready to track in git.

Claude Desktop

One click, nothing to install.

In EMCP Tools → Connection, choose Claude Desktop and an Application Password, then download the .mcpb bundle and double-click it. It runs on Claude Desktop’s built-in Node.js, so there is no npx and nothing else to install.

The bundle contains a live credential, so delete the file after importing it.

EMCP Tools Connection wizard at step 3 for Claude Desktop with Application password chosen and the Download .mcpb bundle button.
The connection wizard’s one-click bundle for Claude Desktop.

Connectors

Or sign in with a connector.

Prefer OAuth? In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, enter a name and your site’s MCP address, leave the advanced fields empty, and approve in your browser. The wizard has a claude.ai entry too, with a button that adds the connector there.

Connectors need a site on HTTPS and a recent Claude Desktop build.

Claude Desktop Add custom connector form with the name and server URL filled in and the Advanced section empty.
Adding EMCP as a custom connector in Claude Desktop.

Claude Code

One command in your terminal.

Run claude mcp add emcp-tools --transport http with your site’s MCP address, approve in the browser, and check it with claude mcp list. The VS Code Claude Code extension shares the same setup.

Working on a local site? The WP-CLI bridge connects without HTTP or sign-in. If Claude’s context fills up, Compact tool mode collapses everything into three dispatcher tools.

Built-in safety

Claude only does what you allow.

Every tool call runs as the connected WordPress user and passes that user’s permission checks. Start with sensitive writes switched off while you confirm the connection.

  • Free OAuth

    Built in and on by default on HTTPS sites. Only an administrator can approve.

  • Your choice of tools

    Switch individual tools on or off under EMCP Tools → Tools.

  • History and Undo

    Every change is recorded, with Undo for one change or a whole session.

  • Revoke any time

    Sign Claude out, or remove it, under Connection → Connected apps.

Claude Desktop chat input with the tools menu open, showing emcp-tools under Available tools with a tool count.
Check which EMCP tools Claude can see before your first request.

Get started

Up and running in three steps.

You need: Claude Desktop, claude.ai or Claude Code, administrator access on your WordPress site, and EMCP Free or Pro. Connectors need a site served over HTTPS.

Installation guide
  1. Step 1

    Install EMCP

    Upload the free plugin zip under Plugins → Add New and activate it.

    Installation guide
  2. Step 2

    Connect Claude

    Import the bundle, add a connector, or run the Claude Code command from the connection wizard.

    Claude Desktop guide
  3. Step 3

    Ask a first question

    Start with a read-only prompt, then switch on the writes you need.

    Claude Code guide
Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

Still stuck? Drop a line at [email protected] or open an issue on GitHub. Most replies are under one business day; Pro tiers go to the front of the queue.

Open the full docs
For Claude Desktop, the one-click .mcpb bundle needs nothing else installed. A custom connector uses OAuth sign-in instead of a password. Claude Code connects with one terminal command.
No. Connecting Claude works with the free plugin. EMCP Pro adds more tools and integrations, and EMCP Cloud adds one connection for many sites.
Yes. When WordPress and Claude run on the same computer, the WP-CLI bridge connects without HTTP or sign-in.
Switch on Compact tool mode. It replaces the full tool list with three dispatcher tools that find and call the others on demand.

Keep exploring

Claude Desktop setup guideClaude Code setup guideLesson: connect Claude DesktopLesson: connect Claude Code

Put Claude to work on your site.

Install the free plugin, open the connection wizard, and pick Claude Desktop, claude.ai or Claude Code.

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