How to connect WordPress to Codex

1. 1. Enable WordPress in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the WordPress MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add the server and sign in

   The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.

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   codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
   codex mcp login metorial

3. 3. Check the connection

   Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its WordPress tools.

• Update Post: Update an existing blog post.
• List Users: Retrieve a list of users on the WordPress site.
• List Pages: Retrieve a list of pages with optional filtering by status, search term, and sorting.
• Create Page: Create a new page on the WordPress site.
• Get Site Stats: Retrieve site traffic statistics including page views, visitors, and top posts.
• Delete Page: Permanently delete a page by its ID.
• Update Media: Update metadata of an existing media item including title, caption, alt text, and description.
• Get Post: Retrieve a single blog post by its ID, including full content, metadata, and comment count.
• Moderate Comment: Moderate a comment by updating its status (approve, hold for moderation, spam, or trash) or editing its content.
• Delete Post: Permanently delete a blog post by its ID.
• List Media: Browse the site's media library.
• List Tags: Retrieve all tags on the site.
• Get Media: Retrieve details of a single media item by its ID, including URL, dimensions, caption, and alt text.
• Update Page: Update an existing page.
• Create Post: Create a new blog post on the WordPress site.
• And 22 more on the WordPress MCP server page.

• Limit which WordPress tools Codex sees with enabled_tools and disabled_tools on the metorial server in config.toml.
• Set default_tools_approval_mode to auto, prompt, writes or approve. writes prompts only for tools that are not marked read-only.
• Type /mcp in the composer to see the connected servers.
• Override the approval behavior for a single WordPress tool with tools.<tool>.approval_mode.

Metorial is listed but tools are missing

Codex can connect without credentials and then see nothing. Run codex mcp login metorial to complete the OAuth sign-in.

Metorial times out at startup

Codex waits 10 seconds by default. Raise startup_timeout_sec under [mcp_servers.metorial] in ~/.codex/config.toml.

Long tool calls fail after a minute

The default tool timeout is 60 seconds. Raise tool_timeout_sec for the metorial server in config.toml.

Based on the Codex MCP documentation.