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Custom connector. Then you sign in.

Claude opens a browser. You allow it on wpadapter.com. You do not paste a key into Desktop for this path.

2:02 Setup video Watch it first: the whole setup in two minutes. Download, install, connect, ask. The whole setup on video — from the zip to your first prompt in Claude. Watch the setup →

Add the connector

1. Pair WordPress first: Connect this site in the plugin. Get started.
2. In Claude: Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector (or Reconnect if WP Adapter is already there).
3. URL: https://wpadapter.com/mcp. Leave OAuth Client ID blank.
4. Add, then Connect. The browser opens wpadapter.com. Sign in. Allow Claude.
5. In a chat, turn the connector on. Ask: list-sites.

What you should see

If the plan can edit WordPress, tools like get-post and update-post show up. If the plan is Forms only, you get create-form and friends — not page edits. Same URL. The key decides.

Then: “Rewrite the about page. Keep it a draft.” You still hit publish.

Older Desktop builds (JSON)

Some Desktop builds still use config JSON instead of the connector UI. Mint a key in Account → Connect only for that path. Include the word Bearer. Do not use a WordPress application password.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wp-adapter": {
      "url": "https://wpadapter.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer wpa_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT is the same OAuth idea, different UI. That is the next chapter. Claude Code and Cursor always use a Bearer key — Cursor & Code.