Wordpress Reader MCP Server

WordPress Reader integration for Claude Desktop

Local serverstdioGo

What is the Wordpress Reader MCP MCP server?

Wordpress Reader MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Wordpress Reader MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. WordPress Reader integration for Claude Desktop.

What you get

Connect your WordPress.com account to Claude Desktop and access your WordPress Reader, notifications, and more directly from Claude.

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

What the assistant can call

Once Wordpress Reader MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Notifications — The Notifications tool exposed by this server

Configuration and credentials

You will need 3 environment variables: WORDPRESS_CLIENT_ID, WORDPRESS_CLIENT_SECRET, MCP_SERVER_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the wordpress reader mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Wordpress Reader MCP's toolset — Notifications — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Automattic; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
NotificationsThe Notifications tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Wordpress Reader MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordpress-reader": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["FULL_PATH_TO_THIS_FOLDER/mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
WORDPRESS_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
WORDPRESS_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
MCP_SERVER_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Wordpress Reader MCP to Notifications.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Wordpress Reader MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Notifications) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Wordpress Reader MCP directly.