How to use AI to run your WordPress website

If you run a WordPress site, you now have something genuinely useful available to you: the ability to ask an AI to do things on it. Draft a blog post. Update your services page. Fix the SEO on your most important pages. Respond to comments. All from a chat interface, in plain English.

This is not a gimmick. WordPress.com has opened up what is called MCP write access, and it changes how you can use AI tools on your site.

What MCP write access actually means

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It is a standard that lets AI tools connect to and control other software. Think of it as a way for an AI assistant to have a login to your website, with specific permissions you define.

With WordPress MCP write access enabled, an AI agent can:

Draft blog posts and save them for your review
Build and update pages
Manage and respond to comments
Review and fix SEO metadata across your site

The key word in all of that is "draft". By default, nothing publishes without your approval. The AI adds to your drafts folder; you review, edit if needed, and hit publish. You stay in control.

This is opt-in. You have to enable it in your WordPress.com account settings. It does not happen automatically.

Which AI tools support it

Three tools currently support WordPress MCP integration:

Claude (from Anthropic) connects via the MCP standard directly. Claude is strong on writing and follows tone and style instructions well, which makes it particularly good for drafting posts.

ChatGPT supports write actions as of early 2026. You can connect your WordPress.com site and ask it to create or update content through the same interface you use for everything else.

Cursor is a code editor that uses AI. If your team works with code, Cursor can handle more technical WordPress tasks alongside content updates.

How to set it up

You will need a WordPress.com account (not self-hosted WordPress.org, which does not yet support this). The steps are:

Log in to your WordPress.com account
Go to Settings and find the AI agent access section
Enable it and follow the prompts to connect your chosen AI tool
Open Claude or ChatGPT and give it an instruction

The whole setup takes under 10 minutes. After that, your AI tool can see and act on your site content.

What this actually looks like for a professional services firm

Here are practical scenarios where this is genuinely useful.

Turning notes into thought leadership. You have attended an event, had a client conversation, or read something relevant to your sector. You have notes. You do not have time to write a 700-word post. Give your notes to Claude and ask it to draft a post for your site. Review it, adjust the tone, publish it. Two hours of writing becomes 15 minutes of editing.

Keeping your services page current. You have added a service, changed your pricing structure, or updated how you describe what you do. Ask ChatGPT to update the relevant sections of your page based on your notes. It drafts the changes, you approve them.

Fixing SEO gaps across the site. Ask the AI to review the meta descriptions and page titles across your site and suggest improvements. This is the kind of task that almost never gets done manually because it is tedious. AI does it in minutes.

Moderating and responding to comments. If your site has comments enabled, you can ask the AI to draft responses to pending comments, or flag ones that need attention. Useful if you run a blog with active engagement.

What to keep in mind

This is still early. The integrations work, but they are not perfect. AI-drafted content needs human review before it goes out. It will not always match your voice exactly, and it may occasionally misunderstand what you are asking. Treat it as a capable first drafter, not a finished product.

Self-hosted WordPress.org sites are not yet supported. This is WordPress.com only for now.

If you write about anything regulated, be careful. AI drafts should not contain advice that requires a professional qualification. Review everything.

The honest summary: this saves real time, but it needs a human in the loop. For professional services firms that want to publish more without hiring a content writer, it is worth setting up.

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