WordPress API Pro

Production-grade WordPress REST API integration for managing posts, pages, media, WooCommerce products, Elementor content, SEO meta, ACF, and JetEngine fields. Use when you need to retrieve, draft, create, or update WordPress content programmatically on sites where the user has provided explicit credentials. For any operation that writes to a live site, get explicit user approval for the target site, post/product IDs, and final action before executing. Prefer drafts first. Run batch operations in dry-run mode first; use --execute only after review. Remote URL media downloads and local file reads are restricted by safety boundaries. Also includes a no-auth Tier-1 site audit (PageSpeed, SSL, security headers, CMS/PHP fingerprint, SEO basics) for cold pre-sale checks, and authenticated plugin/SEO-stack discovery.

Manage WordPress sites through the REST API. Runs as an OpenClaw skill or in Claude Code.

Running in Claude Code

This skill runs the scripts/*.py directly. From the skill directory (~/.claude/skills/wordpress-api-pro/ after bash INSTALL.sh):

• Auth: export WP_URL / WP_USERNAME / WP_APP_PASSWORD, or use config/sites.json for multi-site.
• Dependencies: the ACF / SEO / JetEngine / plugin-detection scripts need requests (python3 -m pip install requests, ideally in a venv). The core post/page/media/WooCommerce/batch scripts use the stdlib only.
• Local dev sites (e.g. http://site.local) work — the private/HTTP restriction applies only to --allow-remote-url media downloads, not the WP API base URL.
• Pairs with the Elementor MCP kit (claude-elementor-pro): build page structure with the MCP, then do media uploads, SEO meta, custom fields, and WooCommerce here.

Safety rules

• Never publish or update live content without explicit user approval. Confirm target site, IDs, fields, and status.
• Use least-privilege credentials. Prefer a dedicated WordPress user/application password scoped to the required role.
• Do not store production credentials in the repo. Use environment variables when possible.
• Protect config files. If you create config/sites.json, keep it local, untracked, and chmod 600 config/sites.json.
• Batch changes are dry-run by default. Add --execute only after reviewing the dry-run output.
• Targeting every site is blocked by default. Add --allow-all only when the user explicitly approved all configured sites.
• Local file reads are restricted. --content-file and media uploads can read only from the current working directory by default. Set WP_ALLOWED_FILE_ROOTS to opt into another safe directory.
• Remote media URLs are opt-in. upload_media.py requires --allow-remote-url or WP_ALLOW_REMOTE_URLS=1, allows HTTPS only, and blocks private/local network hosts.
• Raw SEO meta keys warn by default. seo_meta.py emits a stderr WARNING when writing a key not in the Rank Math / Yoast allowlist. Set WP_REQUIRE_ALLOWLIST=1 to refuse instead. ACF/JetEngine custom-field keys are unaffected — arbitrary keys are their intended API.
• Interactive publish confirmation on TTY. create_post.py and update_post.py prompt for confirmation before --status publish when run interactively. Pass --yes / -y to bypass. Non-interactive/agent runs are unchanged.

Authentication

Recommended environment variables:

bash

export WP_URL="https://example.com"
export WP_USERNAME="wp-api-user"
read -rs WP_APP_PASSWORD
export WP_APP_PASSWORD

Application Password setup:

1. Open https://your-site.example/wp-admin/profile.php.
2. Create a new Application Password for a dedicated API user.
3. Copy it once and store it in a secret manager or environment variable.
4. Rotate/revoke it when no longer needed.

Quick start

Read/list posts

bash

python3 scripts/get_post.py --post-id 123
python3 scripts/list_posts.py --per-page 10 --status publish

Create a draft

bash

python3 scripts/create_post.py \
  --title "Draft title" \
  --content "Draft content" \
  --status draft

Update a post after approval

bash

python3 scripts/update_post.py \
  --post-id 123 \
  --title "Approved title" \
  --content "Approved content" \
  --status draft

Read content from a local file safely

By default the file must be under the current working directory:

bash

python3 scripts/update_post.py \
  --post-id 123 \
  --content-file ./content/post-123.html \
  --status draft

To opt into another safe folder:

bash

export WP_ALLOWED_FILE_ROOTS="/absolute/path/to/approved-content"
python3 scripts/update_post.py --post-id 123 --content-file /absolute/path/to/approved-content/post.html

Multi-site configuration

Copy the template locally:

bash

cp config/sites.example.json config/sites.json
chmod 600 config/sites.json

Use a dedicated user per site and keep app_password values local only.

json

{
  "sites": {
    "sample-site": {
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "username": "wp-api-user",
      "app_password": "",
      "description": "Sample site; put the real credential only in local config/sites.json"
    }
  },
  "groups": {
    "sample": ["sample-site"]
  }
}

CLI wrapper

bash

./wp.sh --list-sites
./wp.sh sample-site get-post --id 123
./wp.sh sample-site update-post --id 123 --status draft

Group operations require an explicit flag:

bash

./wp.sh sample --execute-group update-post --id 123 --status draft

If the group is named all, add --allow-all only after explicit approval:

bash

./wp.sh all --execute-group --allow-all update-post --id 123 --status draft

Batch operations

Batch mode is dry-run unless --execute is present:

bash

python3 scripts/batch_update.py \
  --group sample \
  --post-ids 123,456 \
  --status draft

Apply after review:

bash

python3 scripts/batch_update.py \
  --group sample \
  --post-ids 123,456 \
  --status draft \
  --execute

Targeting every site requires explicit opt-in:

bash

python3 scripts/batch_update.py \
  --group all \
  --allow-all \
  --post-ids 123 \
  --status draft

Media upload

Local file upload, restricted to allowed file roots:

bash

python3 scripts/upload_media.py \
  --file ./media/image.jpg \
  --title "Image title"

Remote URL upload, explicit opt-in and HTTPS-only:

bash

python3 scripts/upload_media.py \
  --file https://cdn.example.com/image.jpg \
  --allow-remote-url \
  --title "Image title"

Plugin integrations

• scripts/detect_plugins.py — detect ACF, Rank Math, Yoast, JetEngine.
• scripts/acf_fields.py — read/write ACF fields.
• scripts/seo_meta.py — read/write Rank Math and Yoast SEO metadata.
• scripts/jetengine_fields.py — read/write JetEngine custom fields.
• scripts/site_audit.py — no-auth Tier-1 website audit (PageSpeed/SSL/security headers/CMS+PHP/SEO basics). Public probes only; run cold pre-sale.
• scripts/describe_cpt.py — discover a CPT's rest_base, taxonomies, and field keys (read-only).
• scripts/seed_content.py — batch-create CPT entries with ACF/Jet fields, taxonomies, and featured images from a JSON dataset. Dry-run by default; pass --execute to write.
• scripts/elementor_content.py — read/update Elementor _elementor_data.
• scripts/woo_products.py — manage WooCommerce products.

Seeding dynamic content (CPT)

For dynamic sites (JetEngine/ACF listings), populate the entries the listings render:

1. describe_cpt.py --post-type projects — learn the rest_base, taxonomies, field keys.
2. Write a JSON dataset (array of {post_type, title, content, status, terms, featured_image, acf, jet}).
3. seed_content.py --dataset data.json — review the dry-run plan (no writes, stdlib-only).
4. seed_content.py --dataset data.json --execute — create (drafts by default).

Notes: the CPT, taxonomies, and ACF field-groups must already exist (admin-side). featured_image accepts a media id or a URL/path (URL fetch needs --allow-remote-url). --execute needs the requests dependency (used by the ACF/Jet writers). Re-running creates duplicates (no upsert yet).

Verification before live writes

Before any live mutation:

1. Confirm the site URL.
2. Confirm post/page/product IDs.
3. Confirm fields and status.
4. Prefer draft unless the user explicitly approves publish.
5. Run dry-run for batch operations.
6. Keep a backup/export for critical content.