Conecta Cursor con tu sitio WordPress mediante el Model Context Protocol (MCP). Cursor se comunica con WordPress a través del plugin oficial MCP Adapter y una Contraseña de aplicación.

1. Install the MCP Adapter plugin in WordPress

1. Download the latest release from WordPress/mcp-adapter.
2. In wp-admin go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
3. Upload the ZIP and activate the plugin.
4. Go to Ajustes → Permalinks → click Save (flushes REST routes).

Verify the endpoint responds with JSON (not the site homepage):

https://your-site.test/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server

2. Create an Application Password

1. Log in to WordPress as an administrator.
2. Go to Usuarios → Perfil (or edit the target user).
3. Scroll to Application Passwords.
4. Name it (e.g. "Cursor MCP") and click Add New Application Password.
5. Copy the generated password immediately. It looks like xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx. You cannot view it again.

3. Configure Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

Add a wordpress entry inside mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordpress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest"],
      "env": {
        "WP_API_URL": "https://your-site.test/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server",
        "WP_API_USERNAME": "your-wordpress-username",
        "WP_API_PASSWORD": "xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx",
        "OAUTH_ENABLED": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables explained

Variable	Descripción
WP_API_URL	Your site URL plus /wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server. Replace your-site.test with your real domain.
WP_API_USERNAME	WordPress login username (e.g. root).
WP_API_PASSWORD	The Application Password from step 2.
OAUTH_ENABLED	Set to false when using username + Application Password.

4. Restart Cursor

Reload MCP servers or restart Cursor. The WordPress server should appear as connected in MCP settings.

Reset WordPress login password via database (developers)

If you lost the admin login password, generate a hash with PHP (from your WordPress root):

php -r "require '/path/to/wordpress/wp-load.php'; echo wp_hash_password('YourNewPassword');"

Then run in MySQL:

UPDATE wp_users
SET user_pass = 'PASTE_HASH_HERE'
WHERE user_login = 'your-username';

Do not store plain-text passwords in user_pass. This resets wp-admin login only; it does not replace the Application Password used by MCP.