WordPress.com includes a built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. It lets AI agents such as Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and Codex work with your WordPress.com account and sites through natural language, using one endpoint that reaches every site on your account.
MCP is an open protocol that gives AI applications context from outside the model. When you ask your agent about your account or sites, it finds the matching MCP tool, asks your permission, and sends the returned data to the model with your request. The page says the data is not used to train AI models and is used only once as part of the original request.
To connect, you enable MCP in your WordPress.com account settings and add the server URL to your AI client. Authentication uses OAuth 2.1 in your web browser, so no client secrets or extra software are needed. You choose an access level, either full access or read only, and can disconnect the client later from Security and Connected applications.
Self-hosted WordPress sites connected through the Jetpack plugin use the same server and the same tool catalog as sites hosted on WordPress.com.
Who it's for: people who manage WordPress.com sites and want to use an AI assistant to work with them, and developers who build or connect custom MCP clients.
What it costs: the page says MCP is included on all WordPress.com paid plans. Free WordPress.com sites have access through November 30, 2026. Jetpack-connected self-hosted sites need a Jetpack AI or Jetpack Complete plan, or can connect without one through November 30, 2026.
