{"slug": "wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin", "title": "WordPress Releases Canonical MCP Adapter Plugin", "summary": "WordPress released version 0.70 of its canonical MCP Adapter plugin in the official WordPress.org plugin repository, the first version published there after previously being distributed only through the WordPress MCP Adapter GitHub releases page, where it already had over 40,000 installations. Jason Adams, Director of Engineering, AI at Automattic, said the plugin is \"carefully architected for backwards-compatibility with MCP versions\" and uses the Abilities API to avoid functional redundancy while handling authorization. MCP is the open standard developed by Anthropic that lets AI systems securely connect to apps, data, plugins, tools and websites.", "body_md": "WordPress has officially released a canonical MCP Adapter plugin that also maintains backward compatibility. Now users who want to add AI functionality to their site can choose the official WordPress MCP Adapter plugin.\n\n## What Is MCP\n\nMCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard developed by Anthropic that lets AI systems securely connect to apps, data, plugins, tools, and websites, enabling AI to access information and perform actions. For WordPress websites, MCP enables AI to interact with sites, plugins, and WordPress functions (PHP code snippets that perform specific tasks like publishing posts).\n\n*Jason Adams, Director of Engineering, AI at Automattic [tweeted](https://x.com/jasontheadams/status/2107119026191348128?s=20):*\n\n“The WordPress MCP Adapter is now released: https://wordpress.org/plugins/mcp-adapter 🎉\n\nThis is the canonical MCP plugin for WordPress, carefully architected for backwards-compatibility with MCP versions. If you want MCP in your site or plugins, I highly recommend using this.\n\n…It makes use of the Abilities API to avoid functional redundancy while handling authorization. I’m excited to see the pieces coming together!”\n\n*@BoboLinNotes [commented](https://x.com/BoboLinNotes/status/2107119624299098571?s=20):*\n\n“The backwards compatibility matters. WordPress plugins tend to stay around for years.”\n\n*Adams responded:*\n\n“Agreed, and we can’t control the backwards-compatibility of the MCP protocol itself, so making a way for this in our ecosystem is important.”\n\n## New To The WordPress Directory\n\nThe MCP Adapter plugin has been around for some time but it was previously only available through the [official WordPress MCP Adapter GitHub releases page](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases), which is why it already has over 40,000 installations. Version 0.70 is the first version to be published in the official WordPress.org repository.\n\nReview the details and download the [official WordPress MCP Adapter plugin here](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mcp-adapter/) or install it through your WordPress admin dashboard.\n\n*Featured Image by Shutterstock/HobbitArt*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin", "canonical_source": "https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin/592159/", "published_at": "2026-10-07 10:48:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-07 11:16:22.881659+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["agent-protocols", "ai-agents", "ai-products", "developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["WordPress", "MCP Adapter", "Model Context Protocol", "Anthropic", "Automattic", "Jason Adams", "Abilities API", "GitHub"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/wordpress-releases-canonical-mcp-adapter-plugin.jsonld"}}