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The JSON config snippets the plugin emits now use a unique-per-site inner mcpServers<\/code> key derived from the site's hostname (e.g. iato-garennebigby-dev<\/code>) instead of the hardcoded iato-wordpress<\/code>. Lets agencies paste config snippets from many WordPress installs into a single Claude Desktop config without silent overwrites. Existing connections keep working unchanged.<\/p>","1.4.9":"

Docs-only release: adds the plugin demo video to the WordPress.org plugin page Description. No code changes. Safe to skip if you've already updated to 1.4.8.<\/p>","1.4.8":"

Adds page-builder-aware safety rails to the MCP initialize<\/code> response: a dynamic instructions string telling the AI agent which write tools to use for which builder, with a mandatory check-first rule before any content edit. Closes a silent-failure class where update_post<\/code> on Elementor-built posts succeeded in the database but never reached the frontend. Also adds Beaver Builder per-post detection.<\/p>","1.4.7":"

Fixes a misleading UX in Settings where IATO Platform and Crawl Management tool toggles appeared enabled even when no IATO API key was configured \u2014 making the checkboxes placebo. Toggles are now visually disabled with an inline hint until an API key is set. No backend or auth changes.<\/p>","1.4.6":"

Completes the rollback Settings UI fix from 1.4.5 by adding rollback to the second gating constant (TOOL_CATEGORIES<\/code>) the rendering loop actually iterates \u2014 so the checkbox now actually appears under a new "Safety" category. Also unifies the inner server key in the Settings page config snippet from wordpress<\/code> to iato-wordpress<\/code> to match the dismissible notice.<\/p>","1.4.5":"

Fixes the rollback MCP tool being invisible on the Settings page and silently stripped from iato_mcp_tools<\/code> on every Settings save (a bug present since v1.4.0 introduced rollback). One-shot migration auto-restores rollback for affected installs on upgrade. Also makes the initialize<\/code> capability advertisement honest about whether rollback is actually registered.<\/p>","1.4.4":"

Fixes the OAuth flow: clicking Approve on the consent screen now correctly redirects back to the OAuth client (Claude, Cursor, etc.) with an authorization code instead of dumping users on \/wp-admin. The connector framework on the client side then transitions to "Connected" as expected. Required for anyone trying to connect via Claude.ai's Add Connector or Claude Desktop's Connectors UI.<\/p>","1.4.3":"

Restructures the dismissible "Ready to Connect" admin notice so its two connection methods (Connectors UI \/ Claude Desktop config file) are presented as mutually-exclusive options instead of a confusing three-step sequence. No code-path or auth-handler changes \u2014 purely a clarity fix in the onboarding notice.<\/p>","1.4.2":"

Makes the Application Password auth path documented in the v1.4.1 setup wizard actually work (the auth handler was hard-rejecting non-Bearer requests, so wizard Methods 2 and 3 were returning 401). Also fixes the dismissible setup notice to emit a Claude-Desktop-compatible stdio-bridge config, and relabels the Settings page hero-card so its audience (HTTP MCP clients) is unambiguous. Recommended upgrade for anyone on 1.4.1.<\/p>","1.4.1":"

Setup wizard restructured around the three real connection paths (Connectors UI \/ Direct HTTP \/ stdio bridge), and the stdio JSON snippet now references the actual mcp-remote<\/code> npm package with an env-var credential pattern. Recommended for any new install; existing connections are unaffected.<\/p>","1.4.0":"

Adds a rollback<\/code> MCP tool and change-receipt coverage for update_post<\/code> \/ create_post<\/code>, closing the gap that previously left the two highest-volume write tools without an audit trail. Claude can now undo any tracked change in a single tool call.<\/p>","1.3.5":"

Docs-only release: corrects a stale FAQ tool count and adds widget-flavored example prompts. No code changes; safe to skip if you've already updated to 1.3.4.<\/p>","1.3.4":"

Drops change_receipt<\/code> from update_elementor_widgets_bulk<\/code> per-result rows (still persisted to the audit table; bulk callers query by post_id). Lands the 4-page H1-flip benchmark under the spec's<\/p>","1.3.3":"

Slims v2 write responses by ~93 bytes per result by eliding the previous_revision echo when the caller didn't pass if_revision. Lands the canonical 4-page bulk benchmark under the spec's<\/p>","1.3.2":"

Slims v2 write-tool responses by ~600 bytes per update by removing redundant change_receipt fields. Brings 4-page bulk sweeps under the 2 KB spec target. No API breakage \u2014 the slim receipt still carries the change_id for downstream lookup.<\/p>","1.3.1":"

Fixes the Elementor v2 bulk + find tools rejecting every request with auth_denied (capability-check mismatch with the bearer auth model). Adds an idempotent migration so existing installs see the new v2 tools enabled automatically on upgrade. Required for anyone on 1.3.0.<\/p>","1.3.0":"

Adds widget-grained Elementor tools (v2 surface) \u2014 patch a single widget without re-uploading the whole document, with optimistic concurrency and idempotency. Existing v1 tools are unchanged. Recommended upgrade for anyone editing Elementor pages from Claude.<\/p>","1.2.4":"

Fixes list_iato_crawls<\/code> returning the wrong identifier (numeric DB id instead of the UUID), which broke the chain into the other bridge tools. Adds dual-key envelope resilience for the same endpoint. Recommended upgrade for anyone on 1.2.0\u20131.2.3.<\/p>","1.2.3":"

Sends workspace_id as a JSON integer so the platform's Pydantic binding accepts it. Required to make the crawl-control tools fully functional; recommended upgrade for anyone on 1.2.0\u20131.2.2.<\/p>","1.2.2":"

Completes the workspace_id scoping fix from 1.2.1. After upgrading, click Test connection in Settings > IATO MCP once to populate the workspace_id, then crawl management will work end-to-end.<\/p>","1.2.1":"

Fixes workspace_id scoping for the new crawl-management tools and a PHP 8.2-only return type that broke installs on PHP 8.0\/8.1. Recommended upgrade for anyone on 1.2.0.<\/p>","1.2.0":"

Adds three crawl-control MCP tools so Claude can start, check, and list IATO crawls without leaving the conversation. Admin only for start_iato_crawl<\/code>.<\/p>","1.1.12":"

Adds Plugin URI and contextual links to iato.ai throughout the listing. No code changes.<\/p>","1.1.11":"

Readme accuracy pass. No code changes.<\/p>","1.1.10":"

First stable release to the WordPress.org directory.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3514829,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3514829,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256}},"assets_banners":{"banner-1544x500.png":{"filename":"banner-1544x500.png","revision":3514829,"resolution":"1544x500","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":400},"banner-772x250.png":{"filename":"banner-772x250.png","revision":3514829,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":"","width":772,"height":250}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.1.10","1.1.11","1.1.12","1.10.0","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.2.4","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.3.5","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.4.10","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4","1.4.5","1.4.6","1.4.7","1.4.8","1.4.9","1.5.0","1.6.0","1.6.1","1.6.2","1.6.3","1.6.4","1.7.0","1.7.1","1.7.2","1.8.0","1.8.1","1.8.2"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":{"screenshot-1.png":{"filename":"screenshot-1.png","revision":3514833,"resolution":"1","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":898},"screenshot-2.png":{"filename":"screenshot-2.png","revision":3514833,"resolution":"2","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":382},"screenshot-3.png":{"filename":"screenshot-3.png","revision":3514833,"resolution":"3","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":1357},"screenshot-4.png":{"filename":"screenshot-4.png","revision":3514833,"resolution":"4","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":1109}},"screenshots":{"1":"Settings page \u2014 MCP connection info with endpoint URL and API key","2":"Settings page \u2014 IATO Platform configuration and tool toggles","3":"Setup wizard \u2014 auto-generated Claude Desktop configuration","4":"OAuth authorization screen \u2014 approve AI client connections"},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[2353,229563,242115,186,1557],"plugin_category":[55],"plugin_contributors":[261008],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-294616","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-ai","plugin_tags-claude","plugin_tags-mcp","plugin_tags-seo","plugin_tags-sitemap","plugin_category-seo-and-marketing","plugin_contributors-iatoai","plugin_committers-iatoai"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=3514829","banner_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/banner-1544x500.png?rev=3514829","banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/icon-128x128.png?rev=3514829","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3514829","generated":false},"screenshots":[{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/screenshot-1.png?rev=3514833","caption":"Settings page \u2014 MCP connection info with endpoint URL and API key"},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/screenshot-2.png?rev=3514833","caption":"Settings page \u2014 IATO Platform configuration and tool toggles"},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/screenshot-3.png?rev=3514833","caption":"Setup wizard \u2014 auto-generated Claude Desktop configuration"},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/iato-mcp\/assets\/screenshot-4.png?rev=3514833","caption":"OAuth authorization screen \u2014 approve AI client connections"}],"raw_content":"\n

WordPress.com has a built-in MCP server. Now self-hosted WordPress does too.<\/p>\n\n

IATO MCP<\/a> connects your WordPress site to Claude Desktop and other MCP-enabled AI clients. Once connected, you can ask Claude to audit your site and fix SEO issues, identify orphan pages, clean up broken links, and more \u2014 all in a single conversation.<\/p>\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSX6Vc9Yask<\/p>\n\n

How it works<\/h4>\n\n
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  1. Install and activate the plugin<\/li>\n
  2. Follow the setup wizard \u2014 copy the config into Claude Desktop, or use \"Add Custom Connector\" with your site URL<\/li>\n
  3. Connect your IATO account<\/a> for AI-powered analysis (free trial<\/a> up to 500 pages)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    What Claude can do<\/h4>\n\n

    Without an IATO account (45 WordPress tools):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n