Edit your site with ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an AI assistant made by OpenAI. You can connect ChatGPT to your WordPress.com account to manage your sites, create content, and monitor your site’s activity using natural language.

Before you connect ChatGPT, you need two things:

• MCP access enabled on WordPress.com. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the protocol that allows AI assistants to securely interact with your sites. If you have not enabled it yet, follow the steps in Enable MCP tool access for AI agents to turn it on.
• A ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, or Enterprise plan. Custom app connections require a paid ChatGPT plan. The Free and Go plans do not support this feature. If you are on a Team or Enterprise plan, your workspace admin must also enable “Allow members to develop and sideload custom apps” in the Admin Console.

Connecting ChatGPT to WordPress.com requires creating a custom app in ChatGPT’s Developer Mode. To set up the connection, follow these steps:

Developer Mode allows ChatGPT to connect to external services like WordPress.com. To enable it, follow these steps:

1. Open ChatGPT.
2. Click your profile icon in the bottom-left corner.
3. Click Settings.
4. Click the Apps tab, then click Advanced settings.

5. Toggle on Developer Mode.

With Developer Mode enabled, create a new app to connect ChatGPT to your WordPress.com account. To create the app, follow these steps:

1. Click Back to return to the Apps tab.
2. Click the “Create app” button.

3. Enter the following details:
   • Name: WordPress.com (or any name you prefer).
   • URL: https://public-api.wordpress.com/wpcom/v2/mcp/v1
   • Check the box labeled “I understand and want to continue.”

4. Click Create.
5. A browser window opens to authorize the connection. Grant ChatGPT access to your WordPress.com account.

After you grant access, ChatGPT can interact with your WordPress.com sites through the MCP tools you enabled.

Each time you start a new chat, select your WordPress.com connector to give ChatGPT access to your sites for that conversation. To select the connector, follow these steps:

1. Start a new chat in ChatGPT.
2. Select the WordPress.com connector from the app list above the message bar.

Once connected, you can ask ChatGPT to read and manage your WordPress.com sites. ChatGPT accesses your sites through the MCP tools you enabled in your account settings.

ChatGPT can retrieve information about your sites, including settings, traffic data, posts, and comments. Here are some prompts to try:

• “Which of my sites gets the most traffic?”
• “Show me my latest posts.”
• “Suggest 10 new blog post topics to write about.”
• “Summarize recent comments on my blog.”

ChatGPT can create, edit, and organize your posts, pages, categories, and tags. Here are some prompts to try:

• “Write and save a draft post about [topic] in my usual style.”
• “Create a new page called ‘About Me’ with a short bio.”
• “Update the title of my most recent post to [new title].”
• “Add a new category called ‘[name]’ to my site.”
• “Add an excerpt to my latest draft post.”
• “Change the status of my draft post ‘[title]’ to published.”

ChatGPT can approve, reply to, and remove comments on your sites. Here are some prompts to try:

• “Approve the pending comments on my blog.”
• “Reply to the latest comment on my post ‘[title].'”
• “Mark the comment from [author] as spam.”
• “Delete the most recent comment on my site.”

ChatGPT can update metadata on images and other media you have uploaded. Here are some prompts to try:

• “Update the alt text on my most recently uploaded image.”
• “Update the caption on the image titled ‘[name].'”

ChatGPT can help you organize and tidy your existing content. Here are some prompts to try:

• “Move my post ‘[title]’ back to draft from published.”
• “Trash all posts that have been in draft for over a year.”

Write operations—including deleting content—require your confirmation before ChatGPT executes them. Deleted posts, pages, and media can be recovered from trash for 30 days. Deleted categories and tags are permanent.

Take a look at more MCP prompt examples. Or, if you’re interested in the full list of tools included in your connection, refer to the comprehensive MCP tools reference.

If ChatGPT stops responding to requests about your WordPress.com sites, the MCP connection may have dropped. To reconnect, follow these steps:

1. Click your profile icon in the bottom-left corner, then click Settings.
2. Click the Apps tab.
3. Find the WordPress.com app and click Reconnect.

If the connection still fails, check that MCP access is enabled in your WordPress.com account settings.