How It Works
From conversation to live site
BuildPress is an MCP server that lives inside WordPress. Your AI doesn't generate code for you to paste. It connects to your site through the open Model Context Protocol, sets up your design system first, builds pages from real reusable widgets, and verifies the result before you ever look.
Install & connect
Download the BuildPress plugin, then install and activate it. It runs right on your server. Create an App Password and paste the MCP URL into Claude, Codex, Cursor, or any MCP client you already use. No API keys, no external accounts, no proxy in the middle.
Tell it about the project
Describe what you're building. BuildPress captures the project identity (name, purpose, audience, where the design will come from) and writes it to Project Memory, so every future session resumes with full context instead of you re-explaining your brand.
Set the design system
BuildPress writes your design system (global colors, typography, and theme styles) straight into your site. Set it up with AI, import it from Figma with a preview of every change, or generate an accessible palette from your brand color. Once set, your tokens are protected during builds.
Build through conversation
Ask for pages, sections, content models, layouts. BuildPress composes them from real, reusable widgets bound to your tokens, wires up JetEngine or ACF, and adds GSAP motion when you ask for it in plain English.
Review it on the live page
Open any page in the Feedback screen, click the exact element that's wrong, and leave a pinned comment. Every item captures a screenshot, the element, the URL, and the viewport automatically. Works for you, your team, and your clients.
Ask your AI to work the queue
From the same AI session that built the site, ask it to check the feedback. It reads each pin, applies the fix, replies in the thread, and parks the result in In Review. Marking anything Complete stays a human decision.
Iterate
Add pages, refactor layouts, spin up new content types, tweak the design system and let the site follow. Every change respects what's already there, gets verified, and lands in Project Memory.
Model Context Protocol
MCP is an open standard from Anthropic for connecting AI to external tools. Structured calls, validated parameters, real responses, not screen-scraping or hoping the AI guesses the right HTML. BuildPress runs the server inside your WordPress site, so any client that speaks the protocol can build with it.
What you need to run it
A WordPress site
WordPress 6.5+ on PHP 8.1+, on any host: Cloudways, Kinsta, WP Engine, Hostinger, shared hosting, or local dev.
The BuildPress plugin
Download it from your BuildPress account and activate it on your site. It runs the MCP server right inside your site: no external accounts, no API keys, no proxy in the middle.
An MCP client
Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Cline, Roo Code, Gemini CLI, or any MCP-compatible client.
Let's build your next
WordPress project with AI.
Get BuildPress, activate it, and plug in the AI you already pay for. Build your first page through conversation, and when it's live, the feedback loop is already there for you, your team, or your clients.