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Use Cursor to edit WordPress safely with Respira: duplicate-before-edit, review-first approvals, rollback, audit log, and security validation.

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Setup modes

  1. Open Cursor and open your project folder.
  2. In that project, create a folder named .cursor if it does not exist.
  3. Create a file named .cursor/mcp.json.
  4. Paste the config below.
  5. Replace WORDPRESS_SITE_URL with your real site and WORDPRESS_API_KEY from WordPress Admin → Respira → API Keys.
  6. Save the file and restart Cursor.
  7. Ask Cursor: “List WordPress pages from respira-wordpress MCP.”
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "respira-wordpress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@respira/wordpress-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "WORDPRESS_SITE_URL": "https://yoursite.com",
        "WORDPRESS_API_KEY": "respira_your_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Optional: install MCP package first

npm i @respira/wordpress-mcp-server

First 3 prompts to try

  1. "Inspect the Home page structure and summarize opportunities. No edits yet."
  2. "Duplicate the Home page and only update the main CTA copy."
  3. "Validate this duplicate, then give me an approval checklist and rollback note."

Troubleshooting in 60 seconds

  • node -v (Node 18+)
  • npx -y @respira/wordpress-mcp-server --help
  • npx @respira/wordpress-mcp-server --test
  • Re-check API key and site URL in .cursor/mcp.json
  • Restart Cursor

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