Cowboy MCP
Cowboy MCP – Free MCP Server with Undo for Claude & ChatGPT
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Cowboy MCP has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 9,147 downloads all time. It was downloaded 6,349 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 21, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Cowboy MCP at a glance
Is Cowboy MCP well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Manage content by chat – draft, edit, schedule, and publish posts and pages; upload media; sort categories and tags; build navigation menus
- Edit pages block by block – your agent reads any page as a Gutenberg block tree and makes surgical edits: update a heading, move a section, swap a pattern. On…
- Run the back office – add and edit users, change roles, and tidy the media library: find every image missing alt text and fix it in one go. Deleted media is…
- Run your store – update WooCommerce products, prices, orders, refunds, coupons and inventory in bulk; pull sales reports
- Fix things that break – read error logs, test emails and HTTP requests, inspect hooks and REST routes, check transients and rewrite rules, and repair database…
- Do the developer stuff – run WP-CLI commands, edit files in wp-content, and take site snapshots before big changes
- Vibe code your site – describe the theme tweak or feature you want; your agent writes the code, checks the error log and fixes what it broke – with undo and…
- Keep SEO tidy – read, write and audit Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO or SEOPress meta across the site with one vocabulary
- Roll back a post – list a post’s revisions, see a git-style diff of what changed, and restore any revision (the restore itself is undoable)
- Run your events – create and edit The Events Calendar events, venues and organizers; with Events Calendar Pro, manage recurring series and cancel single dates
- Plug into the WordPress Abilities API – every tool is also a cowboy-mcp/* ability (with safe mode, the audit log and undo still in front), and abilities other…
- Works on any host – shared hosting, managed WordPress, a VPS or a local dev site. Nothing to install beyond the plugin; no WordPress.com account or Jetpack plan
Cowboy MCP reviews and ratings
4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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my AI bot loves it
surprising simple to connect from Claude Desktop. starting ai-driven edit with 5 minutes.
zyyong -
More capable than it looks - no surprises
Setup in two minutes, no credentials in the chat. That alone puts it ahead of most paid alternatives. What genuinely surprised me: the Elementor integration. Claude reads the full page structure, manages global CSS classes and variables, edits widget settings, handles publishing — all without opening the editor once. On a complex multilingual site this is not a convenience feature, it's a serious time-saver. Safe mode and rollback mean you're not flying blind either. The discover/run gateway takes a moment to get used to. Minor complaint for something this capable.
Vonlanda -
A Must-Have MCP Plugin
This MCP plugin is seriously impressive. It gives you a level of access and control that’s hard to find elsewhere, while still being incredibly easy to set up and use.
rennew -
Most Boss of Wordpress MCPs
This MPC plugin is the best in it's class! More access than any other MCP offers, easy to use, LOVE the change journal and the checkpoints. Never had to use the checkpoints, but its awesome to know you are safe if you break something, without having to run back ups on the host or yet another plugin.
Juana Iguana
Download and install history
7,907 downloads over the last 49 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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Details
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & any AI agent to your site. Free, secure WordPress MCP server (Model Context Protocol). Undo any change.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- Claude
- claude code
- mcp
- mcp-server
- model context protocol
- Version
- 1.7.4
- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- First published
- Jul 3, 2026
- Requires WordPress
- 6.2
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 8.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Cowboy MCP FAQ
What does Cowboy MCP do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Cowboy MCP offers Manage content by chat – draft, edit, schedule, and publish posts and pages; upload media; sort categories and tags; build navigation menus, Edit pages block by block – your agent reads any page as a Gutenberg block tree and makes surgical edits: update a heading, move a section, swap a pattern. On, Run the back office – add and edit users, change roles, and tidy the media library: find every image missing alt text and fix it in one go. Deleted media is, Run your store – update WooCommerce products, prices, orders, refunds, coupons and inventory in bulk; pull sales reports and Fix things that break – read error logs, test emails and HTTP requests, inspect hooks and REST routes, check transients and rewrite rules, and repair database.
How many active installs does Cowboy MCP have?
WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Cowboy MCP as of October 23, 2026.
Is Cowboy MCP still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 21, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does Cowboy MCP have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 6 of 6 recent support threads for Cowboy MCP are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Cowboy MCP free?
Cowboy MCP is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.