Automattic / Automattic/wordpress-reader-mcp

Claude Desktop alternative config

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Description

Highlighting that while I was not able to configure Claude Desktop with the initial README suggestion, as it was complaining about not being able to authorise the WordPress.com connection:

```
{
"mcpServers": {
"wordpress-reader": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["FULL_PATH_TO_THIS_FOLDER/mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
}
}
}
```

this one seems to have worked

```
{
"mcpServers": {
"wordpress-reader": {
"auth_server_url": "http://localhost:3000",
"mcp_shared_secret": "MCP_SHARED_SECRET",
"disable_confidentiality_check": false
}
}
}
```

Maybe we can include in the main Docs. Thanks for developing this, really useful!

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Research direction

Start with the README and find the existing Claude Desktop configuration example. Add the working alternative using auth_server_url, mcp_shared_secret, and disable_confidentiality_check, while preserving the existing context. Done means the main documentation presents the alternative configuration clearly for Claude Desktop users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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