WP MCP, or an AI agent already in your dashboard

Not an MCP server: CMSHands adds no MCP connection. It's a plugin with its own chat in your WP dashboard.

A free plugin adds a chat to your WP dashboard. Ask, and it edits pages, writes posts and updates plugins. You see each change first, and Undo puts it back.

Works on block themes: you'll see Appearance › Editor in your dashboard.

Download the free plugin

Needs WP 6.3 to 7.1 and PHP 8.0 or newer. What it installs

Needs WP 6.3 to 7.1, PHP 8.0 or newer, and an administrator login. One site per install.

The download is a plugin. Turning it on connects your site to cmshands.com and adds 3 small rescue files. Deleting the plugin removes them and everything it stored. What we send

Plugins are installed from a computer. Get the plugin here instead

Nothing changes without your OK
Undo in one click, or a warning first
No account, no password to share

The WP dashboard with the CMSHands chat open: the request, the steps it took, and a card showing the new footer, waiting

A real run on our test site, Oct 11, 2026. From asking to done, it took 33 seconds. Go through it step by step

How it differs

	CMSHands	MCP server plugins
Where you ask	A chat in your WP dashboard, the screens you log in to at yoursite.com/wp-admin	An AI app on your computer. It reaches your site through an address the plugin adds^{1, 2}
Setting it up	Install the plugin and open the chat. 3 changes to try it, no account	Make an Application Password in WP, add it to your AI app's settings file, restart the app. Most desktop apps also need Node.js¹
What it can do	Change words, write pages and posts, edit headers and footers on block themes, install and update plugins from wordpress.org	The actions your plugins mark as public. On its own it adds none, so the list can start empty¹
Before a change	A card, a box in the chat that shows exactly what would change. Nothing changes until you press it, and Undo puts it back	It changes your live site the way an action in wp-admin does. The guide says to try new actions on a staging copy first¹
After a plugin update	It checks your home page, login page and dashboard, and puts the old version back if they got worse	Up to the plugin that adds the action. The MCP server plugin doesn't decide what your site can do¹

Where you ask

CMSHands: A chat in your WP dashboard, the screens you log in to at yoursite.com/wp-admin
MCP server plugins: An AI app on your computer. It reaches your site through an address the plugin adds^{1, 2}

Setting it up

CMSHands: Install the plugin and open the chat. 3 changes to try it, no account
MCP server plugins: Make an Application Password in WP, add it to your AI app's settings file, restart the app. Most desktop apps also need Node.js¹

What it can do

CMSHands: Change words, write pages and posts, edit headers and footers on block themes, install and update plugins from wordpress.org
MCP server plugins: The actions your plugins mark as public. On its own it adds none, so the list can start empty¹

Before a change

CMSHands: A card, a box in the chat that shows exactly what would change. Nothing changes until you press it, and Undo puts it back
MCP server plugins: It changes your live site the way an action in wp-admin does. The guide says to try new actions on a staging copy first¹

After a plugin update

CMSHands: It checks your home page, login page and dashboard, and puts the old version back if they got worse
MCP server plugins: Up to the plugin that adds the action. The MCP server plugin doesn't decide what your site can do¹

CMSHands and an MCP server plugin for WP, on one site. MCP facts from WordPress's own MCP Adapter guide, read Oct 14, 2026.

1. github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter/blob/trunk/docs/getting-started/site-owners.md, Oct 14, 2026
2. modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro, Oct 14, 2026

CMSHands is a separate plugin by a separate company. It isn't affiliated with the WordPress project or the MCP Adapter.

Watch it do this on a real site

You ask

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You type what you want in the chat, in your own words. It sits in your WP dashboard, under CMSHands.

You see it first

It reads your footer and comes back with a card: the footer as it would look with the new line. Nothing has changed on the site yet.

The exact line it changes

Press Code to see the line itself: the old one in red, the new one in green. Every other line of the footer stays as it was.

Quillmoor Pottery, WP 7.1.3, Twenty Twenty-Four. Step times count from the moment the request was sent.

It changes words on your pages and posts after you press the button on its card. Undo puts them back.
It updates a plugin from the WP plugin directory, checks your site, and puts the old version back if it got worse.
It writes a new page or blog post when you ask. Undo removes it.

More it does here (4)

On block themes it edits your header, footer and page blocks, with before and after pictures.
On block themes it styles colors and forms with CSS, the rules that set how your site looks.
It installs a plugin from wordpress.org. Undo switches it off and deletes it.
Ask “Give me a health report” and it answers without changing anything.

Why it won't wreck your site

Nothing changes until you press the button. Every change comes as a card that names it. Nothing happens until you press the button or Not now.
You see it first. Old words in red, new words in green. For layout, before-and-after pictures on a computer and a phone.
One click undoes it. When something can't be undone, like deleting a page or a plugin, the card says so before you press.
Updates put themselves back. After a plugin update it checks your site. If the site got worse, the old version goes back on its own.

What it won't do here

Header, footer and styles need a block themeOn an older theme, one with Appearance › Customize instead of Editor, it writes the CSS for you to paste. It can't edit that header or footer.
Not menus, widgets or page-builder pagesIt edits pages, posts, and the header and footer on block themes. Menus, widgets, theme settings and page-builder pages are out of reach.
Plugins from the WP plugin directory onlyIt installs and updates the free plugins at wordpress.org. A premium plugin you bought updates through its maker.
One plugin at a time“Update all my plugins” becomes one card per plugin, each checked before the next.

Free to start

No account: 3 to try it
With your email: 10 every month
Paid plan: Coming. Nothing costs money until you choose it.

A change is one card you approve. A job that touches several pages or plugins is several changes.What's free

Questions

What is WordPress MCP?

It's a way to let an AI app on your computer work with your WP site. MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard for linking AI apps to outside systems. An MCP server plugin adds an address to your site, and the app connects to it with a WP username and an Application Password.

Is there a WordPress MCP server plugin?

Yes. WordPress's own MCP Adapter is one. Its guide says it needs WP 6.9 or newer and https on your site. On its own it adds no AI features: the app can only run actions your plugins mark as public, so the list can start empty (read Oct 14, 2026).

Is it safe to connect an AI app to WordPress over MCP?

It's as safe as the WP user you connect it with. The app acts with that user's role, and its actions change your live site like a click in wp-admin. Use a separate user with the lowest role that does the job and one Application Password per app. Revoke it under Users › Profile when you're done, and try new actions on a staging copy first.

Does CMSHands have an MCP server?

No. CMSHands adds no MCP server and no address for outside AI apps. It's a plugin with its own chat in your WP dashboard, and each change comes as a card you approve first. If you want the AI app on your computer to reach your site, an MCP server plugin is the tool for that.

Is it free?

To start, yes: 3 changes with no account, then 10 a month once you add your email. Questions are free, up to 30 a day (100 with your email).