Enable Abilities for MCP vs WP REST API (v1, deprecated)
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| Feature | Enable Abilities for MCP v2.13.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | WP REST API (v1, deprecated) v1.2.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Enable Abilities for MCP | WP REST API |
| Pros | Per-ability on or off switches for AI access; Each user connects with their own WordPress account and role; Activity log records every ability execution | Lets older apps read and write posts, users and media as JSON; Post meta and custom post type data are exposed in responses; Free, with no settings screen to configure |
| Cons | Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 8.0 or newer; ChatGPT connector support is opt-in and labelled beta | Deprecated: only security fixes are still made; The core REST API or WP REST API v2 is preferred for new projects; No versioned routes beyond the v1 set |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Per-ability on or off switches in an admin screen, Embedded OAuth 2.1 server for claude.ai connectors, Opt-in OAuth connectors for ChatGPT with callback allowlist, Single-admin Bearer token for MCP routes, Activity log of ability executions by user, Toggle abilities registered by other plugins, Create and manage code snippets through abilities, Polylang, WPML and Linguator language handling, SEO abilities for Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO and SEOPress | Post endpoints for list, read, create, update and delete, User endpoints including the current user, Taxonomy and term endpoints, Media item endpoint and thumbnail data on posts, Post meta read on responses and written on insert, Custom post type endpoints, Registers rewrite rules for the API base path |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Rank Math, Polylang, WPML, Elementor, Code Snippets, LearnDash | — |
| Other | Claude (claude.ai connectors), ChatGPT connectors | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 3.9 |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 4.4 |
| Phones home | No | No |