Description
Let your AI assistant manage your WordPress site. WP Agent connects ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other AI systems to your site so they can create and edit content, manage media, menus, and settings — keyless, using a standard WordPress Application Password.
Most of WP Agent works through the WordPress core REST API with no plugin at all. This companion plugin adds the pieces core REST cannot do:
- Reliable authentication on any host — many hosts (LiteSpeed, Apache without CGIPassAuth) strip the
Authorizationheader before WordPress sees it, which silently breaks Application Password logins. The plugin accepts the same Application Password in a customX-WPAgent-Authorizationheader that survives, and validates it with WordPress’s own native check. No new secret, no weaker check. - Re-enables Application Passwords — some security plugins and hosts turn WordPress Application Passwords off globally, which makes any connection impossible. Because Application Passwords are the only credential WP Agent uses, this plugin turns the feature back on while it is active. WordPress core still requires HTTPS for them, and every Application Password remains individually revocable under Users Profile Application Passwords. Deactivating this plugin restores your security plugin’s setting.
- SEO meta read/write — Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO store their fields as protected meta (or, for AIOSEO v4, in a custom table) that core REST cannot write. The plugin adds safe, permission-checked endpoints so your assistant can set SEO titles, descriptions, and focus keywords.
- Site overview — one endpoint that tells the assistant what it’s working with: WordPress/PHP version, active theme, detected SEO plugin, WooCommerce presence, and (for admins) the plugin inventory.
- Media help — your assistant can search a free stock-photo library, upload a photo into your media library, set featured images, and fix alt text. WP Agent does not generate AI images and never sells image credits.
All endpoints live under one wp-agent/v1 REST namespace and every one of them requires an authenticated WordPress user with the appropriate capability. Nothing is exposed to anonymous visitors.
Security
- No new credentials — authentication uses WordPress’s built-in Application Passwords, validated by WordPress core
- Your WordPress account password is never stored or transmitted
- Every REST endpoint checks WordPress capabilities
- Revoking the Application Password (Users Profile) instantly disconnects WP Agent
External Service Disclosure
This plugin communicates with exactly one external service:
WP Agent (mcp.getwpagent.com / getwpagent.com) — the “Connect WP Agent” button on the admin page is a link that opens the WP Agent website with your site URL and site name pre-filled, so you can pair the site to your WP Agent account. The plugin itself sends nothing to WP Agent in the background; pairing happens on the WP Agent website after you sign in there. Once you connect, your AI assistant manages the site through WP Agent, which sends authenticated requests to your site’s REST API.
WP Agent Terms of Service · WP Agent Privacy Policy
The plugin sends nothing to any AI provider: WP Agent does not generate AI images, and the optional image-key validation that previously contacted OpenAI and Google was removed in 0.9.10.
If you never click Connect, the plugin makes no external requests at all.
Installation
- Install the plugin: upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/, or install through Plugins Add New. - Activate it through the Plugins screen.
- Go to WP Agent in your admin menu and click Connect WP Agent — or simply tell your AI assistant “connect this site to WP Agent”.
FAQ
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What does this plugin actually do?
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It’s a companion to the WP Agent service. It fixes Application Password authentication on hosts that strip the Authorization header, and adds REST endpoints core WordPress lacks for SEO meta writing (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO) and a site overview. Connecting and managing content works even without it — the plugin makes SEO management possible and authentication reliable.
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Is it free? Do I need an account?
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The plugin is free. You need a WP Agent account (free tier available) at getwpagent.com to connect your AI assistant; the account is created automatically when you connect through ChatGPT or Claude.
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No. WP Agent authenticates with a WordPress Application Password — a separate, revocable credential you can delete at any time under Users Profile Application Passwords. Your real password is never transmitted or stored.
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What data leaves my site?
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Only what you ask your assistant to do — content it reads or writes goes through your site’s REST API to WP Agent. The Connect button opens getwpagent.com with your site URL. See the External Service Disclosure above.
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Can WP Agent generate AI images for my posts?
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No. WP Agent does not generate AI images. Your assistant finds free stock photos, uploads them to your media library and sets featured images — unlimited, on every plan, with no image account and no per-image charge.
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Which SEO plugins are supported?
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Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO (both the modern v4 line and the legacy version).
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How do I disconnect?
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Revoke the WP Agent Application Password under Users Profile Application Passwords, or tell your assistant to disconnect the site. Deactivating the plugin also disables all of its endpoints immediately.
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What happens if I delete the plugin?
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All plugin data is removed from your database (including image provider keys stored by versions before 0.9.10, when that feature existed).
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Contributors & Developers
“YLabs AI Assistant Connector” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.9.13
- Removed the dormant local image-key storage/validation code, its FAQ and admin styling — the feature was retired in 0.9.10 and nothing could reach it. Uninstall still cleans up keys stored by old versions.
- Trimmed old changelog entries (full history lives in the WordPress.org SVN log).
0.9.12
- WordPress.org build cleanup: removed leftover mentions of the retired image-key feature from the store readme and code comments.
0.9.11
- The plugin now re-enables WordPress Application Passwords if a security plugin or host turned them off — only where WordPress core itself supports them (HTTPS or local environments). They are the only credential WP Agent uses; every one stays individually revocable under Users Profile.
0.9.10
- Removed the AI image generation section from the WP Agent admin page — WP Agent no longer generates AI images or sells image credits. Your assistant now sources images from a free stock-photo library instead (unlimited, on every plan).
- Removed the optional image-provider API key storage, validation and import endpoints that section fed (app-channel build only — the WordPress.org build never included them).
