MCP for WooCommerce
MCP for WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that lets an AI assistant such as Claude read your WooCommerce store through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The assistant can look up products, variations, categories, reviews, shipping, taxes and payment methods. It cannot change anything, and it only sees what a shop visitor can already see: no customers, orders or settings.
What MCP for WooCommerce does
- Gives an assistant 31 tools, all of them read-only: 27 for WooCommerce data and 4 for WordPress posts and pages.
- Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and any other client that speaks MCP.
- Connects over Streamable HTTP to a public, read-only endpoint on your site, with no token or login.
- Takes about five minutes to install and connect.
- Is a fork of Automattic's wordpress-mcp, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later.
Getting started
Install the plugin, switch MCP on in its settings and add your endpoint URL to the AI client you use. From then on the assistant can answer questions about your catalogue and your shipping, tax and payment options, and it reads them live, so the answers follow your prices and stock.
Resources
Available Tools
The 31 read-only tools an assistant can call.
Resources
The data an assistant can read directly, such as the search guide.
Prompts
Ready-made prompts: none yet, and what to use instead.
MCP Protocol
How the Model Context Protocol works, in short.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is MCP for WooCommerce and how does it work?
It is a WordPress plugin that turns your WooCommerce store into an MCP server. An AI assistant connected to it calls the plugin's tools to search products, open a product with its variations, and check shipping, tax and payment settings. Every one of those tools only reads.
Is MCP for WooCommerce secure? What data can AI access?
The MCP endpoint is public while MCP is switched on, like the WooCommerce Store API, and every tool only reads. It returns what a shop visitor can already see: published products and their variations, categories, tags, brands, attributes, approved reviews (reviewer name only), shipping zones and methods with their cost, tax classes and rates, the payment methods offered at checkout, and published posts and pages. It never returns orders, customers, users, e-mail addresses, store settings, or draft, private or password-protected content. There is no login and no token: the plugin never signs in as a WordPress user. To stop access, switch MCP off or switch individual tools off.
How do I install and configure MCP for WooCommerce?
Download the ZIP from WordPress.org, upload it under Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin and activate it. Then switch MCP on under Settings → MCP for WooCommerce and add your MCP endpoint URL to your AI client. No token or login is needed. The installation guide goes through each step.
What's the difference between MCP for WooCommerce and the original WordPress MCP plugin?
It started as a fork of Automattic's wordpress-mcp and was cut down to what a shop needs. It adds WooCommerce tools for product search, variations, attributes, reviews, shipping, taxes and payment methods, and it ships only tools that read. The WordPress side keeps posts and pages.
Can I use MCP for WooCommerce with other AI assistants besides Claude?
Yes. The plugin speaks the standard Model Context Protocol, so any MCP client can use it. The setup guide has ready configurations for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and MCP Inspector.