---
title: "Connect Claude Code to WordPress"
url: "https://plugpress.co/docs/connect-claude-code-to-wordpress.md"
canonical: "https://plugpress.co/docs/connect-claude-code-to-wordpress/"
published: "2026-07-28"
modified: "2026-07-28"
author: "Fahim"
tags:
  - "Saddle"
---

# Connect Claude Code to WordPress

Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding agent that runs in your terminal — and with the **Saddle** plugin it can manage your WordPress site directly: writing posts, editing pages, designing layouts with real editor blocks, and organizing media. Connecting Claude Code to WordPress takes one terminal command, and Saddle generates it for you.

## What do I need before connecting?

- A WordPress site with the [Saddle plugin](/docs/what-is-saddle/) installed and activated.
- [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) installed on your computer.
- An administrator account on your WordPress site.

## How do I connect Claude Code to my WordPress site?

### Step 1: Open the connect wizard in Saddle

In your WordPress dashboard, go to **Saddle → Connections**, click **Connect an app**, and choose **Claude Code**.

![Saddle connect wizard in WordPress showing the Choose app step with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI and VS Code](https://plugpress.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/saddle-connect-wizard-choose-app.png)

### Step 2: Copy the setup command

Saddle creates a sign-in key just for this app and builds the full command — your site address and key are already filled in. Click **Copy setup**.

![Saddle setup step for Claude Code showing the one-line terminal command with the WordPress MCP server address and sign-in key](https://plugpress.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/saddle-connect-claude-code-setup.png)

The command looks like this (yours contains your real site address and key):

```
claude mcp add saddle-your-site --scope user --transport http https://your-site.com/wp-json/saddle/v1/mcp 
  --header "Authorization: Basic PASTE-YOUR-KEY-HERE"
```

The key appears only this once — Saddle keeps just its name and last four characters, never the key itself.

### Step 3: Paste it into your terminal

Open a terminal, paste the command, and press Enter. That's the whole setup — the connection is saved to your user profile, so it works from any folder on your computer.

## How do I know the connection works?

Run `claude` in any folder and ask:

```
What can you see on my WordPress site?
```

Claude Code should call Saddle's site-info tool and report your site name, WordPress version, and content counts. The Connections screen in Saddle also shows the app as connected the moment its first call arrives.

## What can Claude Code do on my WordPress site?

That's up to you. Saddle starts every site at the **Just reading** level — Claude Code can look at content but change nothing until you raise the level on the [Permissions](/docs/permissions-access-levels/) screen. And every deletion goes through a [preview-and-confirm approval](/docs/safe-deletions/) first, no matter the level.

## Something not working?

The two most common issues are a stripped `Authorization` header and a mistyped key — both have quick fixes in [Troubleshooting and FAQ](/docs/troubleshooting/). You can also revoke this connection any time from **Saddle → Connections** without affecting other apps.