WP Engine MCP Server

This is a TypeScript implementation of an MCP server for the WP Engine API. It provides tools and resources for interacting with WP Engine accounts, sites, installs, and backups. The server supports…

Local serverstdio

What is the WP Engine MCP Server?

WP Engine MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the jpollock/wpengine-mcp-ts repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This is a TypeScript implementation of an MCP server for the WP Engine API. It provides tools and resources for interacting with WP Engine accounts…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares WP_ENGINE_API_USERNAME, WP_ENGINE_API_PASSWORD. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the WP Engine MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wpengine": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/wpengine-mcp-ts/build/main.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WP_ENGINE_API_USERNAME": "your-api-username",
        "WP_ENGINE_API_PASSWORD": "YOUR_WP_ENGINE_API_PASSWORD"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
WP_ENGINE_API_USERNAME	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
WP_ENGINE_API_PASSWORD	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation