Installation

title: Installation description: Prerequisites and step-by-step setup for Inhale: MCP Abilities.

Prerequisites

The Abilities API is bundled in WordPress core from 6.9 onward. On 6.8 you'll need to install the Abilities API plugin alongside the MCP Adapter.

Install via wp-admin

1. Open your site's wp-admin and go to Plugins → Add New.
2. Search for Inhale: MCP Abilities.
3. Click Install Now, then Activate.
4. The plugin appears under Settings → Inhale: MCP Abilities.

Install via Composer

If your site is managed with Composer (Bedrock, WP-CLI workflows, deployment automation):

composer require respira/inhale-mcp-abilities
wp plugin activate inhale-mcp-abilities

Inhale: MCP Abilities follows the WPackagist conventions; if your composer.json already includes WPackagist, no additional repository configuration is needed.

Install via .zip upload

1. Download the latest inhale-mcp-abilities.zip from wp.org.
2. In wp-admin, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
3. Choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

First-time setup

1. Confirm the WordPress MCP Adapter is installed and active.
2. Open Settings → Inhale: MCP Abilities.
3. Review the abilities table. Nothing is exposed by default.
4. Tick the abilities you want exposed to your default MCP server. Destructive abilities ask for one confirmation.
5. Click Save changes.
6. Copy the endpoint shown in the Connection section and paste it into your MCP client.

See Connecting MCP clients for client-specific instructions.