How To Connect Claude To WordPress (Step-By-Step)

What if you could build and edit your WordPress website simply by chatting with an AI assistant? With WordPress MCP, you can connect AI tools like Claude to WordPress and manage your website using simple prompts.

In this tutorial, we show you how to connect Claude to WordPress and use AI to create stylish Elementor pages, contact forms, and other website elements without manually working inside the WordPress dashboard.

What Is WordPress MCP?

WordPress MCP is a free plugin that connects your WordPress website with popular AI agents such as Claude, Cursor, Codex, and OpenClaw. It gives AI access to different WordPress tools, allowing you to perform tasks on your website using natural-language prompts.

The plugin currently provides 178+ tools, including support for Elementor, WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, WPForms, Advanced Custom Fields, SEO tools, and more.

Create Elementor Pages Using AI

One of the most useful features is the ability to create Elementor layouts with AI.

Instead of manually dragging and dropping widgets, you can give Claude a prompt such as:

“Create a stylish landing page with a contact form and animated sections.”

Claude can then create the Elementor layout directly on your WordPress website. Because the page uses actual Elementor widgets, you can still edit everything normally through Elementor.

You can also ask Claude to make changes to an existing page. For example, you can tell it to remove a form field, update content, or modify specific elements.

How to Connect Claude to WordPress

The setup is relatively simple:

1. Install and activate the WSP MCP plugin on your WordPress website.
2. Open the MCP settings and enable the tools you want to use.
3. Install Node.js on your computer.
4. Open Claude Desktop and access its developer settings.
5. Add the WordPress MCP configuration to your Claude Desktop config file.
6. Restart Claude and check that the WordPress connector is running.
7. Start giving Claude instructions to manage your WordPress website.

Once connected, you can use natural-language prompts instead of performing many WordPress tasks manually.

Build and Manage WordPress Websites with AI

The combination of Claude + WordPress MCP + Elementor can make WordPress development much faster. You can create layouts, modify content, work with forms, and manage different WordPress features directly through chat.

The WSP MCP plugin is free and open source, and new tools can also be requested through its GitHub repository.

Watch the full tutorial above to see exactly how to connect Claude to WordPress and create Elementor pages using AI.