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Maintained Tested up to 7.0.6

AI Conduit

Give your AI assistant a secure, read-only window into your WordPress site. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI.

Active installs<10New
Downloads · 30d61▲ +19.6% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score49/100Fair
All-time downloads375Since May 2026
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 6.6PHP 8.0+
Downloads · 7d16▲ +14.3% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

AI Conduit works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 5 months ago, and scores 49/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (<10 active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

123Jul 6Aug 19Oct 3
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)3
Peak day31May 13, 2026
Last 12 months383

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where AI Conduit stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
AI >100 6,630 Best AI plugins →
assistant >100 2,173 Best assistant plugins →
ChatGPT >100 1,409 Best ChatGPT plugins →
Claude >100 1,399 Best Claude plugins →
mcp >100 547 Best mcp plugins →

About AI Conduit

From the official readme · v1.0.1

Description

Your AI assistant is smart — but it knows nothing about your specific WordPress site. AI Conduit fixes that. Once installed, your AI can look up your blog posts, check your WooCommerce orders, pull student progress from LearnDash, or summarise your site’s data — just by asking, in plain language.

Think of it as giving your AI a secure window into your WordPress database. It can read and report. It can never edit, delete, or change anything.

WordPress 7.0 has AI infrastructure — so why AI Conduit?

WordPress 7.0 shipped the Abilities API, AI Client, Connectors screen, and MCP Adapter. For the first time, WordPress has a standardised way for plugins to talk to AI assistants. The architecture is sound. The vision is right. And for most WordPress sites today, none of it does anything useful yet.

Here’s why. The Abilities API is a registry — it only matters if plugins populate it. WordPress 7.0 ships with two baseline abilities. WooCommerce is leading the way, but the vast majority of the plugin ecosystem hasn’t registered anything yet. Until they do, your AI can see the registry, but there’s nothing in it for your site.

The bigger gap is your custom work. Most production sites have custom post types, meta fields, and bespoke integrations that no plugin author can register on your behalf. The only native path to exposing them is custom PHP — writing schemas and permission callbacks for every field you want your AI to read. That’s a developer project, not an afternoon’s work.

AI Conduit closes both gaps. Point and click to give your AI read access to anything in your database — standard fields, custom post types, custom meta, even data added by plugins that haven’t registered abilities yet. No PHP. No waiting on someone else’s roadmap. Working in minutes, not months.

What can you use it for?

  • Customer Support — Ask your AI “what did customer John order last week?” and get the answer without opening WooCommerce. Save hours every week.
  • E-commerce — “Show me all orders over $5,000 this month.” Your AI assistant pulls the data, you make the decision. No exports, no spreadsheets.
  • Content Teams — “List all posts published in the last 30 days with fewer than 500 words.” Your AI does the audit in seconds — not hours.
  • Course Creators — With LearnDash, ask “which students haven’t completed Module 3?” and follow up personally — without running a single report.
  • Site Owners — “Give me a weekly digest of new signups, published posts, and comments.” Your AI becomes a personal briefing assistant for your site.
  • Agencies — Build tools once. Use them across client sites. Pull the metrics your clients care about without touching phpMyAdmin or writing SQL.

How it works — three simple steps

  1. Install and activate the plugin. Upload to WordPress the same way you install any other plugin. Takes about two minutes.
  2. Build your first tool with drag-and-drop. Choose what data your AI can see — posts, orders, users, comments. No code required. Point, click, configure.
  3. Connect your AI and start asking questions. Paste one connection URL into Claude Desktop or your preferred AI app. Your assistant now knows your site.

Your data stays safe

  • Read-only access — Your AI can never edit, delete, or publish anything on your site. Ever.
  • Role-based controls — Decide exactly which WordPress roles can access which tools.
  • Full request log — Every query your AI makes is logged so you always know what was asked.

Everything included

  • Visual tool builder — No code. Drag blocks to define what your AI can access.
  • Rich data sources — Posts, pages, users, comments, and custom fields — all queryable.
  • Smart filters — Narrow by date, category, author, custom field value, and more.
  • Cross-data queries — Combine posts with their authors or comments with their posts in one query.
  • Import & export tools — Save your tool configuration as JSON and reuse it across sites instantly.
  • Rate limiting — Set caps on how often the AI can query your site to prevent overload.

Who is this plugin for?

  • WooCommerce store owners — Query orders, customers, and product data without leaving your AI chat.
  • LearnDash course creators — Track enrolments, completions, and quiz scores through natural conversation.
  • Content editors & bloggers — Audit your content library, find gaps, and surface your best posts with ease.
  • WordPress developers — Build custom MCP tools for clients. Extensible with your own block types.

Works with your favourite AI tools

AI Conduit connects to any AI app that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP). That includes:

  • Claude Desktop
  • Cursor
  • Any MCP-compatible client

New AI tools are adding MCP support every month — any compatible client will work automatically.

Installation

  1. Upload the ai-conduit folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install it through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to AI Conduit > Tools to build your first tool using the drag-and-drop builder.
  4. Create an Application Password under Users > Profile — you’ll paste this into your AI client to connect.
  5. Open the Instructions page in AI Conduit to copy the connection URL into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any other MCP-compatible AI app.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. The visual builder handles everything. If you can install a WordPress plugin and click through a settings page, you can use AI Conduit.

Can the AI change or delete my content?

Never. All access is strictly read-only. Your AI can look and report — it cannot touch anything.

Which AI assistants can I connect?

Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any other AI tool that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a standard supported by all major AI providers.

Does it work with WooCommerce or LearnDash?

Yes for data stored as standard WordPress posts and custom fields. WooCommerce orders, LearnDash course data, and most plugin data is accessible out of the box. Dedicated add-ons can unlock even deeper integration.

Is this plugin free?

Yes, the core plugin is completely free. Add-ons for deeper integration with specific plugins may be available separately.

How does my AI assistant authenticate with my site?

AI Conduit uses WordPress Application Passwords. Create one under Users > Profile, paste it into your AI client, and you’re connected — no extra accounts or services required.

Can developers extend AI Conduit?

Yes. Developers can register custom block types and REST endpoints to expose data from any plugin or custom table. See the developer documentation for details.

Changelog

Bug-fix release with minor schema improvements. Make sure to start a new chat in your MCP client (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.) to apply them. Since clients tends to use cached version of schemas if used in existing chats.

1.0.1

  • Fix: Block arguments are now namespaced by the block’s result_key (e.g. post_per_page, users_billing_city) to prevent filters scoped to one block from leaking into others in multi-block tools.
  • Fix: Non-Posts blocks (Users, Comments, Site Info) no longer carry a phantom post_type value through the admin UI. Tools built through the UI now correctly key their results by block type instead of being silently renamed to post / post_1.
  • Fix: Pattern meta keys (e.g. _course_completed_%) are skipped in the meta_query filter path; pattern keys remain valid for batch field fetching.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Visual drag-and-drop tool builder with React admin UI.
  • Four built-in block types: Posts, Users, Comments, Site Info.
  • MCP JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint with Streamable HTTP transport.
  • Multi-block tools with selective block execution.
  • Cross-table join queries via the visual builder.
  • Pattern meta key matching with wildcard support.
  • Meta filters with 14 comparison operators.
  • Per-tool role-based access control.
  • Tool import/export with block type validation and auto-rename on conflict.
  • Request/response logging with daily cleanup.
  • Configurable rate limiting with automatic block duration.
  • Add-on extensibility: custom blocks, REST endpoints, configurator components.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Tool Builder -- Drag-and-drop interface for creating tools your AI can use.
Tool Builder -- Drag-and-drop interface for creating tools your AI can use.
Settings Page -- Configure caching, logging, and rate limiting.
Settings Page -- Configure caching, logging, and rate limiting.

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FAQ

AI Conduit: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026

Is AI Conduit free?

Yes. AI Conduit is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is AI Conduit safe to use in 2026?

AI Conduit works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 5 months ago, and scores 49/100 on our health check.

How many websites use AI Conduit?

AI Conduit is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 375 times since it launched in May 2026. It was downloaded 61 times in the last 30 days.

Does AI Conduit work with WordPress 7.1?

AI Conduit is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does AI Conduit need?

AI Conduit requires PHP 8.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was AI Conduit last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on May 21, 2026 (5 months ago).

Who makes AI Conduit?

AI Conduit is developed and maintained by WisdmLabs.

What are the best alternatives to AI Conduit?

The most popular alternatives to AI Conduit are Elementor Website Builder (10M+ installs), All in One SEO (2M+ installs) and AI Agent by SiteGround (1M+ installs).

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