WordPress 7.0 will be released on April 9, with 43% of websites globally natively supporting AI Agent integration

CoinNetwork · 2026-03-25T11:31:21+00:00

WordPress 7.0 will be released on April 9, featuring a new MCP adapter in the core that enables sites to function as MCP servers, allowing AI Agents to discover and execute operations. The release introduces AI Connectors, Abilities API, and other components to enhance AI capability integration, driving intelligent website development.

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2026-03-25 11:31:21

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According to CoinWorld, based on monitoring by 1M AI News, WordPress 7.0 is scheduled for release on April 9th. One of the core changes is integrating the MCP (Model Context Protocol) adapter into the core, allowing any WordPress site to serve as an MCP server. This enables AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT to directly discover features, understand structures, and perform actions within the site. Specifically, version 7.0 introduces three components at the AI infrastructure level:

AI Connectors: Manage AI service API keys centrally in the settings panel. The initial support includes Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. All plugins share the same credentials, no longer storing their own.
Abilities API: Introduced in version 6.9 and expanded in 7.0, this is an interface for registering plugin capabilities. Plugins can declare their functions (such as fetching articles, updating pages, running site health checks) in a format understandable by AI, standardizing input and output.
MCP Adapter: Exposes all registered abilities via the MCP protocol to external AI agents. Agents can automatically discover site capabilities and invoke them with user authorization.

WordPress.com launched MCP write permissions on March 20th, covering 19 write operations across 6 content categories (editing content, managing comments, creating pages, uploading media, adjusting categories and tags, etc.). All actions require explicit user confirmation before execution. New content defaults to drafts; deleted content goes to the trash and is retained for 30 days. WordPress.com also defaults to enabling OAuth 2.1 authentication, where AI clients only use time-limited tokens and do not access user credentials.

WordPress powers approximately 43% of websites worldwide. The integration of MCP into the core means these sites will have standardized AI agent access, similar to how REST API integration in 2016 led to the rise of headless WordPress and modern theme development ecosystems.

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