Royal MCP is a free plugin, and it runs entirely inside your own WordPress database, no data goes to Royal Plugins’ servers.
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New, search for “Royal MCP”, install and activate it.
- Open Royal MCP → Settings and toggle Enable Royal MCP Integration on.
- An API key is generated automatically on activation, copy it from the settings screen and keep it somewhere safe, you will paste it into your AI client.
- Note the Remote MCP Server URL, it looks like
https://yoursite.com/wp-json/royal-mcp/v1/mcp.
Before you start
You need WordPress 5.8 or newer with HTTPS enabled, and PHP 7.4 or newer. If your site sits behind Cloudflare, check that “Block AI Bots” is switched off in Cloudflare’s security settings, otherwise your AI client’s requests get blocked before they reach WordPress.
Full reference: Royal MCP documentation.