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WordPress Headless for VS Code

io.github.aj-ua/wp-headless-mcp

Read WordPress content, ACF fields, and Yoast SEO data, and safely edit drafts.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install WordPress Headless in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wp-url",
      "description": "WP_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-profile",
      "description": "MCP_PROFILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wp-user",
      "description": "WP_USER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wp-app-password",
      "description": "WP_APP_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wp-cache-ttl",
      "description": "WP_CACHE_TTL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "acf-json-path",
      "description": "ACF_JSON_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-cpts",
      "description": "MCP_CPTS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "wp-headless-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wp-headless-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WP_URL": "${input:wp-url}",
        "MCP_PROFILE": "${input:mcp-profile}",
        "WP_USER": "${input:wp-user}",
        "WP_APP_PASSWORD": "${input:wp-app-password}",
        "WP_CACHE_TTL": "${input:wp-cache-ttl}",
        "ACF_JSON_PATH": "${input:acf-json-path}",
        "MCP_CPTS": "${input:mcp-cpts}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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