All the links for my WCUS Workshop: Turn your local WordPress install into your AI coding assistant

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Turn your local WordPress install into your AI coding assistant

Slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H7rntjtk-fqY1KqY6Djm-o9AWSTccfNIgGZpFhjUjIo/edit?usp=sharing

Requirements

• Local WordPress installation
• MCP Enabled Code Editor with an AI coding agent
• Node.js to be able to use npx
• Composer
• Git (optional)

Code repositories

• MCP Adapter
  • https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/getting-started/intro
  • Connect VS Code to MCP Servers
• mcp-wordpress-remote
• Abilities API
• AI Experiments MCP Server

Resources

• WordPress Core AI Team
• AI Building Blocks for WordPress
• Historical repos
  • https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-mcp
  • https://github.com/Automattic/wp-feature-api

Find me on social media

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Twitch
• Bluesky

VS code shortcuts

• Cmd+Shift+X to view MCP servers
• Cmd+Shift+P to open the command pallete

.vscode/mcp.json

"ai-experiments.test": {
	"command": "/home/jonathan/.nvm/versions/node/v24.0.1/bin/npx",
	"args": [
		"-y",
		"@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest"      
	],
	"env": {
		"NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": "0",
		"WP_API_URL": "https://ai-experiments.test/wp-json/ai-experiments/mcp",
		"WP_API_USERNAME": "admin",
		"WP_API_PASSWORD": "eTUq B2Sd LXTA ELmk VrSg ylZs",
		"LOG_FILE": "/home/jonathan/development/websites/ai-experiments/wp-content/plugins/mcp-server/mcp.log"
	}
}