Call for Testing: WooCommerce MCP Beta

As of WooCommerce 10.3, an early version of the WooCommerce MCP integration is in beta and ready for broader testing. This new feature enables AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or any other MCP-compatible client to interact directly with WooCommerce stores through a standardized protocol, opening up new possibilities for AI-assisted store management and development workflows.

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that allows AI applications to securely connect to external data sources and tools. WooCommerce’s implementation exposes store operations as discoverable tools that AI clients can use with proper authentication and permissions.

Think of it as giving AI assistants structured, secure access to your WooCommerce store—enabling them to help you manage products, process orders, and perform other store operations through natural conversation.

Built on WordPress core technologies

The WooCommerce MCP integration leverages two foundational WordPress technologies:

WordPress Abilities API – A standardized system for registering capabilities in WordPress. This provides the framework for defining what operations are available and how they should be executed.

WordPress MCP Adapter – The core MCP protocol implementation for WordPress. This handles the protocol-level communication between MCP clients and WordPress.

This architecture allows WooCommerce to expose operations through the flexible WordPress Abilities system while maintaining existing security and permission models you’re already familiar with.

Current capabilities

The beta includes AI-assisted access to core store operations:

All operations respect WooCommerce’s existing permission system and authenticate using standard WooCommerce REST API keys.

Getting started

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce 10.3 or later
• HTTPS-enabled store (or local development environment)
• WooCommerce REST API keys for a user with appropriate permissions

Enable the feature

There are three ways you can enable the

WooCommerce Admin

In the WordPress dashboard, head to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Features and check the Enable MCP Beta feature option.

WC-CLI

Enable MCP integration via WooCommerce CLI:

wp option update woocommerce_feature_mcp_integration_enabled yes

PHP

Or you can enable it programmatically:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_features', function( $features ) { 
	$features['mcp_integration'] = true; 
	return $features; 
});

Setting up your connection

Our MCP documentation includes full instructions for setting up the local proxy (mcp-wordpress-remote) that runs on your machine and translates MCP protocol messages into HTTP requests that WordPress understands.

For developers, the MCP integration is extensible through WooCommerce core as well as the WordPress Abilities API. You can review the Abilities API documentation and examine our WooCommerce MCP Demo Plugin for a complete working example of registering a custom ability.

Important notes

⚠️ Data Privacy: Order and customer operations may expose personally identifiable information. Ensure compliance with applicable data protection regulations. Use least-privilege API scopes and rotate keys regularly.

⚠️ Beta Status: This feature is in beta. While the core functionality is stable, implementation details and APIs may evolve based on feedback before the final release.

Share your feedback

We’re excited to see how developers use MCP integration to enhance their WooCommerce workflows. Try it out on a development or staging environment and let us know what you think and how you plan on using it.

• Open issues or questions in the WooCommerce GitHub repository
• Share your experience in the new #ai-mcp channel in the WooCommerce Community Slack
• Tag us on social media with your MCP use cases

Your feedback will help shape this feature as we work toward a stable release. Let’s build the future of AI-assisted e-commerce together. 🚀