--- title: "WordPress: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist" description: "WordPress, a content management system: 4 of 10 checklist rows read are met by default, with 10 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do." canonical: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/wordpress site: "Agent Ready Checklist" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # WordPress: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checklist > WordPress, a content management system: 4 of 10 checklist rows read are met by default, with 10 sourced facts, dated plans and what it does not do. Source: https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/wordpress Site: Agent Ready Checklist Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 Agent endpoints: https://agentreadychecklist.com/llms.txt (index), https://agentreadychecklist.com/openapi.json (API), https://agentreadychecklist.com/mcp (MCP server), https://agentreadychecklist.com/ask (search) Access: https://agentreadychecklist.com/auth.md (no key). Pricing: https://agentreadychecklist.com/pricing.md (free). # WordPress WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt with a default User-agent: \* group and core sitemaps at /wp-sitemap.xml, and renders each request through the theme template hierarchy with real 404 statuses, which meets AR-FIND-01, AR-FIND-03, AR-READ-01 and AR-READ-02. Core has no llms.txt, JSON-LD or markdown negotiation, and the MCP adapter is a separate plugin. ## At a glance Type [CMS](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/cms/) Homepage [wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org), answered HTTP 200 on 2026-11-05 Checklist rows 10 of 31 read: **4** supported, 6 partial, 0 no statement In the crawl 252 of 5,897 home pages counted on 2026-11-04. Counted from the crawl's headers and generator tags, an undercount for hosted builders. Last read 2026-11-05 ## What it does for this layer - WordPress 7.1.4 was announced on 2026-10-28 as "a short-cycle release", with version 7.2 planned for December 8th. primary source, 2026-10-28: [wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4/](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4/), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress.org recommends PHP 8.3 or greater and MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 or greater for running WordPress. primary source: [wordpress.org/download/](https://wordpress.org/download/), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress 6.9, released on 2025-12-02, added the Abilities API, which the release post calls a "standardized, machine-readable permissions system". primary source, 2025-12-02: [wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/), read 2026-11-05 - The WordPress 6.9 release post says developers can register and execute actions through the Abilities API "from PHP and REST endpoints to AI agents". primary source, 2025-12-02: [wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/), read 2026-11-05 - The WordPress/mcp-adapter project "bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol", so MCP clients can discover and invoke plugin, theme and core abilities. primary source: [github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress/mcp-adapter v0.7.1, released on GitHub on 2026-10-16, is still a 0.x project. primary source, 2026-10-16: [api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress 5.5 added basic, extensible XML sitemaps to core, announced on the Make WordPress Core blog on 2020-07-22. primary source, 2020-07-22: [make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress core generates a virtual robots.txt through do\_robots() when no physical file exists in the web root. primary source: [developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do\_robots/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_robots/), read 2026-11-05 - WordPress core has no llms.txt feature; SEO plugins such as Yoast SEO offer one as a setting. secondary source: [yoast.com/features/llms-txt/](https://yoast.com/features/llms-txt/), read 2026-11-05 - The WordPress/mcp-adapter repository on GitHub was created on 2025-07-10 and is licensed under GPL-2.0. primary source: [api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter), read 2026-11-05 ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price | As of | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | WordPress | Open-source PHP content management system. | Free, open source; GPL licence, version 2 or later; wordpress.org/about/license/ | 2026-11-05 | ## Standards | Row | What it asks | Status | What the vendor's pages say | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR-FIND-01 | Do not block agents | supports | The virtual robots.txt has a default User-agent: * group; only the Search engine visibility setting adds a block. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_robots/ | | AR-FIND-03 | Sitemap listed in robots.txt | supports | Core publishes /wp-sitemap.xml and lists it in the virtual robots.txt. | make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/ | | AR-FIND-04 | AI Catalog at .well-known | partial | Files uploaded under /.well-known/ in the web root are served by the web server. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_head/ | | AR-READ-01 | Answer in the initial HTML | supports | Themes render each request in PHP through the template hierarchy. | developer.wordpress.org/themes/classic-themes/basics/template-hierarchy/ | | AR-READ-02 | Real HTTP status codes | supports | Missing paths render the theme 404 template with a 404 status header. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/status_header/ | | AR-READ-07 | Ship llms.txt | partial | Core has none; Yoast SEO and Rank Math offer an llms.txt setting. | yoast.com/features/llms-txt/ | | AR-READ-08 | JSON-LD on key pages | partial | Core prints no JSON-LD; wp_head hooks or SEO plugins add it. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_head/ | | AR-ACT-03 | MCP over Streamable HTTP | partial | The official MCP adapter plugin exposes registered abilities over MCP. | github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter | | CF-CONTENT-SIGNALS | Content-Signal line | partial | The robots_txt filter or a physical robots.txt can add a Content-Signal line. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_robots/ | | CF-MARKDOWN-NEGOTIATION | Markdown by Accept | partial | Core cannot negotiate; a plugin on send_headers or template_redirect, or the CDN, has to. | developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/send_headers/ | ## Checks on its own site | Reading | Result | Date | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare scan of wordpress.org | 33 of 100, band L1 Basic Web Presence | 2026-11-05 | isitagentready.com | | Crawl row for wordpress.org | 7 of 10 checks pass; Tranco rank 65 | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | | Home pages counted in the crawl | 252 of 5,897; Counted from the shared crawl of 2026-11-04 by generator meta tag in the home page HTML; the generator rule only sees tags whose name attribute comes first, so it undercounts | 2026-11-04 | agentreadychecklist.com/data/ | | Check | Result | Verify Kit check | | --- | --- | --- | | robots.txt allows all 17 agent tokens at / | pass | robots-verdicts | | robots.txt blocks no search or user-fetch token | pass | robots-verdicts | | Home page has an h1 and 50 words in the initial HTML | pass | initial-html | | A missing path returns 404 or 410 | pass | status-codes | | /llms.txt exists | pass | llms-linked | | Home page links to llms.txt | fail | llms-linked | | Accept: text/markdown returns text/markdown | pass | markdown-negotiation | | Home page carries JSON-LD that parses | pass | json-ld | | OpenAPI linked from the home page or served at /openapi.json | fail | openapi | | /.well-known/mcp.json serves JSON | fail | mcp-or-cli | ## What it does not do - WordPress core does not generate llms.txt, markdown twins or JSON-LD. - WordPress core does not ship the MCP adapter; it is a separate plugin on GitHub. ## Reading notes api.wordpress.org disallows our user agent in robots.txt, so the version was read from the 7.1.4 release post instead. ## Related pages on this site Recipes [WordPress, Elementor](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platforms/wordpress-elementor/) ([checklist view](https://agentreadychecklist.com/platform/wordpress-elementor/checklist/)) Same recipe page [Elementor](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/elementor/), [Pantheon](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/pantheon/), [WooCommerce](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/woocommerce/), [WordPress.com](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/wordpress-com/) Same type [CMSs](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/by-type/cms/), [all vendors](https://agentreadychecklist.com/vendors/) ## Sources - [wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org)read 2026-11-05 - [wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4/](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4/)read 2026-11-05 - [wordpress.org/download/](https://wordpress.org/download/)read 2026-11-05 - [wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/12/gene/)read 2026-11-05 - [github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest)read 2026-11-05 - [make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/new-xml-sitemaps-functionality-in-wordpress-5-5/)read 2026-11-05 - [developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do\_robots/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_robots/)read 2026-11-05 - [yoast.com/features/llms-txt/](https://yoast.com/features/llms-txt/)read 2026-11-05 - [api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter](https://api.github.com/repos/WordPress/mcp-adapter)read 2026-11-05 - [wordpress.org/about/license/](https://wordpress.org/about/license/)read 2026-11-05 - [developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp\_head/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_head/)read 2026-11-05 - [developer.wordpress.org/themes/classic-themes/basics/template-hierarchy/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/classic-themes/basics/template-hierarchy/)read 2026-11-05 - [developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/status\_header/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/status_header/)read 2026-11-05 - [developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/send\_headers/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/send_headers/)read 2026-11-05 - [isitagentready.com](https://isitagentready.com/)read 2026-11-05 - [agentreadychecklist.com/data/](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/)read 2026-11-04 Edition Data 2026-11-04 Reviewed 2026-11-05 Spec AgentReady v2.0, 273d2d7 Crawl 13,071 rows, 2026-11-04 Ora 132 checks, contract 1.38.0, 2026-11-05 Verify with Ora The scanner this site recommends for the whole checklist. 132 checks, a score out of 100, no account. `npx ax@0.10 audit --min-score ` [Why Ora, and its limits](https://agentreadychecklist.com/verify-with-ora/) Method - [How rows, commands and rates are made](https://agentreadychecklist.com/method/) - [How an Ora check is matched to a row](https://agentreadychecklist.com/checklist/ora-checks/) - [Pass rates by rank band](https://agentreadychecklist.com/data/by-rank/) Sources and read dates sit at the foot of the page. 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