Why the WordPress REST API reads but will not write
401 and 403 on write requests almost always mean one of four things. Here is the test that tells them apart in one request, and the fix for each.
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Longer pieces on WordPress, MCP and the assistants that connect to them — the parts worth understanding before you pick an approach, including where each one stops.
What the WordPress REST API can and cannot change
Core REST covers more of WordPress than most people expect, and stops dead at a short list. Here is the line, why it falls there, and what moves it.
Managing client WordPress sites with an AI assistant
Four ways to give an assistant access to sites you do not own, what each costs in credentials and client goodwill, and the questions a client will actually ask.
WordPress MCP without installing a plugin
An MCP server does not have to run inside WordPress. Here is what the protocol actually needs, the three places the server can live, and the trade you make by keeping the site untouched.
Ready to set one up? The guides are the short version, in order.