WP Editorial Abilities

WordPress plugin that exposes editorial workflows through the WordPress Abilities API and the official WordPress MCP Adapter.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.9+; tested target is WordPress 7.0 RC4.
• PHP 8.0+.
• Official wordpress/mcp-adapter plugin for MCP access.
• A dedicated WordPress user for MCP clients. Give it only the editorial capabilities it needs.

Abilities

Namespace: wp-editorial-abilities/*.

Read abilities:

• list-categories
• list-tags
• get-recent-posts-by-category
• get-post-editorial-patterns
• get-media-library-items

Write abilities:

• create-editorial-draft
• update-editorial-draft
• attach-images-to-draft
• set-featured-image
• suggest-internal-links
• optimize-seo-metadata
• schedule-post
• publish-post

Publishing and scheduling require confirm_publish: true and WordPress publish permissions.

Local WordPress 7 RC4

Using wp-env:

npx @wordpress/env start

Admin URL: http://localhost:8888/wp-admin

Using Docker Compose:

docker compose up -d
docker compose run --rm cli wp core update --version=7.0-RC4 --allow-root
docker compose run --rm cli wp core install --url=http://localhost:8080 --title="Editorial Abilities" --admin_user=admin --admin_password=password --admin_email=admin@example.com --allow-root
docker compose run --rm cli wp plugin activate wp-editorial-abilities --allow-root

Install and activate the MCP Adapter in the same WordPress instance before connecting Claude, Codex, Cursor, or another MCP client.

MCP Smoke Test

For local STDIO transport through WP-CLI:

wp mcp-adapter serve --user=admin --server=mcp-adapter-default-server

Expected flow:

1. Discover abilities through mcp-adapter-discover-abilities.
2. Inspect wp-editorial-abilities/create-editorial-draft.
3. Execute draft creation with title, content, categories, tags, and SEO metadata.
4. Confirm the draft exists in wp-admin and includes edit/preview URLs.
5. Try publish-post without confirm_publish; it must fail.
6. Try publish-post with confirm_publish: true as a user with publish permissions.

SEO Support

optimize-seo-metadata supports Yoast and Rank Math.

• target: "auto" writes to detected active SEO plugins.
• target: "yoast" writes Yoast fields.
• target: "rank_math" writes Rank Math fields.
• target: "both" writes both sets of meta fields.

Safety Notes

• Do not use administrator credentials for routine MCP editorial work.
• Prefer a dedicated editor user with application passwords for remote MCP access.
• Review drafts in wp-admin before publishing.
• Keep write abilities private to trusted MCP clients and audit WordPress logs.