MainWP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 401 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Oct 2026.
Manage WordPress sites in MainWP from AI tools, with approval before destructive changes by default.
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Today is the operative word: we check MainWP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mainwp-mcp -e 'MAINWP_URL=<MAINWP_URL>' -e 'MAINWP_USER=<MAINWP_USER>' -e 'MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD=<MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD>' -- npx -y @mainwp/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mainwp-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mainwp/mcp"
],
"env": {
"MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD": "<MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD>",
"MAINWP_URL": "<MAINWP_URL>",
"MAINWP_USER": "<MAINWP_USER>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mainwp-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mainwp/mcp"]
env = { MAINWP_URL = "<MAINWP_URL>", MAINWP_USER = "<MAINWP_USER>", MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD = "<MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mainwp-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mainwp/mcp"
],
"env": {
"MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD": "<MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD>",
"MAINWP_URL": "<MAINWP_URL>",
"MAINWP_USER": "<MAINWP_USER>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mainwp-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mainwp/mcp"
],
"env": {
"MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD": "<MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD>",
"MAINWP_URL": "<MAINWP_URL>",
"MAINWP_USER": "<MAINWP_USER>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MAINWP_URL> (Address of your MainWP Dashboard, such as https://dashboard.example.com), <MAINWP_USER> (WordPress username of the Dashboard administrator (the login name, not the display name)), <MAINWP_APP_PASSWORD> (WordPress Application Password for that user, not their login password).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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