Installation
EMCP Tools is not on the WordPress.org plugin directory. Install it from a GitHub release zip: three steps, one minute.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”- WordPress 6.9 or later
- Elementor 3.20 or later (Elementor 4.0+ adds 13 atomic-element tools)
- PHP 8.0 or later
- The WordPress MCP Adapter plugin, active
If any of these are missing on activation, EMCP Tools shows an admin notice listing what to install and refuses to register its tools until you fix it. Nothing breaks.
Install
Section titled “Install”- Download the latest release zip from the Releases page. The asset is named
emcp-tools-{version}.zip. - In WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- Choose the zip, click Install Now, then Activate.
After activation, a new EMCP Tools menu appears in the WordPress sidebar. It opens on a Dashboard with your tool stats, a feature overview, video guides, and a version/update indicator.
What happens on first activation
Section titled “What happens on first activation”- The plugin registers its MCP server at
/wp-json/mcp/emcp-tools-server. - Up to 207 MCP tools register with the WordPress Abilities API (scaled by your environment, fewer if you don’t have Elementor Pro / Elementor 4.0).
- 98 tools ship disabled-by-default (SEO & Accessibility, Widget Builder, PHP Snippets, the 9 Plugins & Themes write tools,
delete-media, the 2 Users write tools, the 3 Filesystem write tools, and the 3 Database write tools). Re-enable any of them from the Tools screen. - A one-time defaults marker is set so the disable-by-default doesn’t repeat on every page load.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Verify the requirements: quick sanity check that everything’s wired correctly.
- Connect an MCP client: pick your client and follow the matching guide.
- First steps: what to do once a client is connected.
Updates
Section titled “Updates”As of v3.1.0, the free plugin updates in your dashboard, the same experience as a WordPress.org plugin, but sourced from GitHub releases:
- When a newer release is published, WordPress shows an update available notice in Plugins → Installed Plugins (and Dashboard → Updates) within ~12 hours. Click Update Now. You can also enable auto-updates.
- The plugin’s own Dashboard shows a version indicator: “You’re on the latest version” or “Update available”.
- Prefer to do it by hand? Re-download the latest
emcp-tools-{version}.zipfrom the Releases page and overwrite the install.
Pro installs update through the bundled Freemius SDK using your license, no GitHub download needed.