Connect Claude to your WordPress site in 5 minutes
Royal MCP is the free WordPress plugin that gives Claude Desktop, Claude.ai web, and Claude Code full stack access to your site. We connect via OAuth directly to your site, 250+ MCP tools available, works on any WordPress host.
To connect Claude to WordPress, install the free Royal MCP plugin from WordPress.org, copy your MCP endpoint URL from WP Admin → Royal MCP → Settings, and add it as a custom connector in Claude (Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector). Claude opens an OAuth prompt from your WordPress site, you click Authorize once, and Claude can then read, write, and manage your site through 250+ MCP tools. Works in Claude Desktop, Claude.ai web, and Claude Code CLI.
Three steps, five minutes (or less)
Install Royal MCP
Install the free Royal MCP plugin from WordPress.org and activate it. In WP Admin → Royal MCP → Settings, confirm the Enable toggle is on and copy your MCP endpoint URL:
Add a custom connector in Claude
In Claude Desktop or Claude.ai web: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Give it a name, paste your MCP endpoint URL, click Add, then click Connect.
Claude runs a quick OAuth discovery, then opens the consent screen from your WordPress site.
Authorize once and use
Click Authorize on your WordPress site’s OAuth prompt. The connector goes green. Open a new chat, enable the connector in the + menu, and ask Claude to work on your site.
Every subsequent session skips the consent step. OAuth token is stored for you.
Full setup in under five minutes
Real-time screen recording. No cuts, no speed-up. Install to first working chat.
What Claude can actually do
Create and edit content
Draft new posts, refresh old ones, add featured images from your Media Library, adjust SEO titles and meta descriptions.
Manage WooCommerce
Bulk-update products, generate coupons, refresh product descriptions, adjust stock, run store queries.
Edit Elementor and Divi
Native authoring inside Elementor and Divi 4 or 5. Bulk-replace text, swap images across a template, add new sections.
Run SEO audits
Fetch schema, run redirect audits, check meta hygiene across posts, sync focus keywords into Yoast or Rank Math.
Site diagnostics
Read the Activity Log, check plugin versions, tail the error log, audit user roles and permissions.
Custom workflows via Royal MCP Pro
Cross-plugin composers, ACF setup suite, SEO agency suite, and undo extended from 72 hours to 7 days on some tools.
Which Claude are you using?
claude.ai
Browser-based Claude. Add custom connectors from Settings. OAuth only.
Claude Desktop
Mac or Windows app. Identical connector flow to claude.ai web. OAuth or API-key fallback.
Claude Code CLI
Command-line and IDE (VS Code, JetBrains). One command adds Royal MCP. OAuth or header-based auth.
Hit a snag? Full troubleshooting guide
Cloudflare Bot Fight blocking OAuth, cPanel ModSecurity returning 406, API-key fallback for Claude Desktop, the mcp-remote wrapper path, and every known "OAuth wizard timed out" case are covered in the deep support article.
Ready to connect Claude?
Install Royal MCP for free from WordPress.org. Add a custom connector in Claude. Authorize once. That is the whole thing.