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WordPress runs a large share of the websites an MSP looks after. The sites are yours or your clients', they sit on every kind of host, and the questions about them are always the same: what is…

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WordPress runs a large share of the websites an MSP looks after. The sites are yours or your clients', they sit on every kind of host, and the questions about them are always the same: what is installed, who has an account, is the site healthy, what was changed, and can you switch something off right now.

Connecting WordPress to StackJack gives your AI assistant a family of wp_ MCP tools. MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools are the standardized commands an AI assistant can call through StackJack. They talk to the site's own built-in REST API, so nothing has to be installed on the site. With them, your AI can:

Check the site's health - run WordPress's own Site Health tests on demand: whether automatic background updates work, whether the site can reach WordPress.org, whether HTTPS is right, whether the login header is getting through and how large the site is
See what is installed - every plugin with its status and version, and the installed themes
Review access - every user with their role, and the application passwords each user has created with when and from which address each was last used, which is the offboarding question
Read content and its history - posts, pages, media, comments, categories, tags and search, plus the saved revisions of a post or page, which answer who changed what and when
Moderate and maintain content (on Pro plans) - create, update and delete posts, pages, comments, categories and tags, upload files to the media library and edit images
Act on the site (on Pro plans) - install a plugin from the WordPress.org directory, activate or deactivate one, delete one, change site settings, create and change users and revoke application passwords
Work with the site's design - menus and navigation, widgets and sidebars, and on block themes the templates, template parts, global styles, fonts and icons, the reusable blocks and patterns, and an export of the active block theme as a ZIP
Run what a plugin offers - WordPress's registry of plugin actions (called abilities): list them and run the ones a plugin has made available to the REST API

How StackJack authenticates to WordPress

WordPress uses an application password: a password WordPress generates for one user, used together with that user's WordPress username. There is nothing to register and no developer program to join. It works on WordPress 5.6 and later, on sites served over HTTPS.

An application password has no scopes. It can do exactly what the WordPress user it belongs to can do, nothing more and nothing less. What StackJack can do on a site is therefore decided by that user's role, and the role is the only control WordPress gives you:

Editor - StackJack can work with posts, pages, media and comments, and cannot touch plugins, users or settings.
Administrator - StackJack can also see and manage plugins, users, application passwords and settings. On a multisite network, installing plugins and changing users needs a Super Admin.

Create a dedicated WordPress user for StackJack and give it the lowest role that covers what you want. Do not reuse a person's account: WordPress records every action against the user, and a dedicated user keeps the record readable.

Steps

Decide which role StackJack gets. See above. It is the only way to limit what the connection can do.
Create a dedicated user. In wp-admin go to Users, then Add New. Create a user just for StackJack, for example stackjack-mcp, with the role you chose and an email address you control.
Create an application password. Open that user's profile (Users, then Profile, when signed in as them, or Users, then Edit User) and scroll to Application Passwords. Type StackJack as the name and choose Add New Application Password. The section only appears on a site served over HTTPS, on WordPress 5.6 or later, with application passwords not turned off by a plugin or a setting.
Copy the password immediately. WordPress shows it exactly once, in groups of four characters separated by spaces. Paste it into StackJack just as WordPress shows it: the spaces are harmless. Treat it as a password.
Enter the details in StackJack. Open Connectors, choose WordPress, paste the address you sign in to wp-admin at (without /wp-admin), the WordPress username and the application password. If Settings, then Permalinks in wp-admin shows Plain, tick the plain permalinks switch.
Run a Test Connection. A wrong username or password is reported as that. If the password is right and the test still fails, see the troubleshooting section below.

Changing these later

Open Configure on the WordPress connection and change what you need. The username and the plain permalinks switch are shown as they are stored. The application password is asked for again on every save, because WordPress shows it only once and StackJack never shows it back. If you no longer have it, create a new one under the user's profile and save that.

Getting the address right

This is the field worth checking twice, because a wrong address fails in a way that looks exactly like a wrong password.

Enter the address as the site serves it: the https form, with or without www exactly as your browser ends up after any redirect. StackJack does not follow redirects.
If WordPress lives in a folder, the folder is part of the address and must be entered with it, for example https://www.example.com/blog. Leave it off and every request misses.
Do not add /wp-json. StackJack adds whatever it needs.
StackJack reaches the site from the internet, so the address must be public, served over HTTPS with a valid certificate. A staging copy on a private network or VPN, an intranet site or a local install cannot be connected.

One connection is one website

WordPress has no credential that spans several sites: every site has its own users and its own application passwords. An MSP with many client sites holds one named connection per site, named after the site's address, and names the connection it wants on each request. Add each site from the Connectors page with Add connection.

What to know before your AI uses this connector

Publishing is live at once

Creating or updating a post or page with the status publish puts it on the public website immediately. Use draft to stage content. A new template or template part that is given the name of one of your theme's own takes over from it at once, in the same way. StackJack does not treat publishing as a destructive action, because it is what a content management system is for; the tool descriptions say it plainly so your AI does too.

Some deletes can be undone and some cannot

Posts, pages and comments go to the Trash unless the call says to bypass it, and can be restored from there. Categories, tags, menus, users, media, application passwords and most other items have no Trash: deleting one is permanent. Deleting a user also requires naming the user who inherits their content. Each delete tool says which kind it is.

Some writes reach further than they look

Whether your AI application asks you to confirm before running a marked tool depends on that application's own settings; see Destructive tools and confirmation. Review that setting before you grant the Pro tools.

Installing and activating a plugin runs third-party code on a live website. Deactivating the wrong plugin can take a client's checkout, forms or security offline.
Changing site settings includes the Site URL and the admin email address. A wrong Site URL breaks the site.
Creating or changing a user can raise privileges and sets a password. A new user can be given any role, an administrator included, with a password the request chooses. Updating a user can set a new password, email address or role, which can also lock that person out. Both are marked destructive, and each tool says how to undo it where that is possible.
Revoking an application password stops whatever uses it at once. StackJack refuses to revoke the password it is signing in with and refuses to revoke all passwords of the user it signs in as, because either would cut the connection off in the middle of a session. Retire the connection's own password in wp-admin once you no longer need the connection.
Deleting the user this connection signs in as ends the connection. The tool exists, it says so, and it needs the user who inherits the content.

WordPress cannot update plugins, themes or itself over this connection

WordPress's REST API can install, activate, deactivate and delete a plugin and report which versions are installed. It cannot upgrade a plugin or a theme to a new version, and it reports no "update available" field. StackJack can tell you what is installed and which versions; it cannot patch the site.

Uploads and the theme export

A file for the media library can be given to the tool as base64 or as a public https address StackJack downloads (up to 25 MB), or you can give the address of an external image and the website itself fetches it. An upload can also set the author, the date, the featured media, the comment settings and any extra fields the site has registered for media, and can switch off the site's automatic image resizing so that the sizes are uploaded one by one, as the block editor does. The site's own upload limit and allowed file types still apply.

The theme export gives your AI a link rather than the file. It works for thirty minutes, so open it or save it inside that window. It only works on a block theme: a classic theme answers with an error. If your StackJack deployment has no file storage configured, the tool fails with a clear message instead of returning a link that would not work.

Lists are paged, and the totals are not in the answer

A list returns at most 100 items. WordPress reports the totals in headers that the tool answer does not carry, so a page with fewer items than were asked for is the last page, and a page number past the end is refused by WordPress with an error.

Abilities depend on the site

Abilities are actions that plugins register with WordPress, and they appear only when the plugin has chosen to expose them to the REST API. Each one declares whether it only reads, changes data or is destructive, and StackJack runs it only through the matching tool: a read-only ability through the free read tool, a destructive one through the marked destructive tool. That declaration is the plugin's own claim about its code, so read an ability's description before running it.

Block themes, menus and widgets are mostly design work

Templates, template parts, global styles and fonts exist only on block themes. Menus, widgets and patterns are site-building surfaces. They are all here so an assistant can answer questions about a site's design and fix small things, but they are the work of a web designer more than an MSP.

What is not included

WordPress.com's own cloud API and sign-in. This connector reaches a site through that site's own address. WordPress.com sites that offer application passwords work like any other site; the WordPress.com sign-in flow is not offered.
Creating an application password. The response would carry a plaintext password with every capability of its user, so an assistant cannot mint one. Create them in wp-admin.
Routes a plugin adds (shop, SEO and page-builder plugins have their own). A plugin that registers abilities for the REST API is reachable through the ability tools.

Plans and limits

Reading is available on every plan. Anything that creates, changes or deletes needs the Pro plan. Business uses the same tools as Pro with a higher monthly call allowance: WordPress has no way to sign in as individual people over its API, so every call is made as the one WordPress user you created.

See the generated WordPress tool reference for the current inventory, plan assignment, input schemas, and destructive-action labels.

StackJack limits itself to 60 requests per minute per connection, because many client sites run on small shared hosting and an assistant paging through a large media library is real load on the site. WordPress itself publishes no limit; your host or a security plugin may have its own.

Troubleshooting

A wrong username or password is reported as exactly that. Check that the username is the login name (not the display name) and create a fresh application password if in doubt.
The password is right but the test fails with a not-signed-in answer. Some hosts strip the Authorization header before it reaches WordPress, so a correct password looks wrong. In wp-admin open Tools, then Site Health, or ask StackJack to run the authorization-header Site Health test. The fix is a one-line rule in the host's Apache or Nginx configuration, and your host's support can apply it.
A block page instead of a WordPress error. Many sites sit behind a host firewall, a CDN such as Cloudflare, or a security plugin. If one of them blocks requests from StackJack or blocks the REST API for signed-in requests, the site answers with a block page. StackJack reports that as a block rather than a wrong password, and does not treat it as a failed credential. Ask your host or the security plugin's support to allow the request; StackJack's addresses are available by support ticket.
Application passwords are turned off. A plugin or a setting can disable them for the whole site or for one user. Re-enable them, or use a user they are allowed for.
The site answers "not found". Check the address first: a site in a folder must be entered with the folder. If the site uses plain permalinks, tick the switch on the connection. A plugin that disables the REST API gives the same answer.
The site redirects. Enter the address exactly as the site finally serves it, including the www form and the https scheme.
An action is refused by WordPress with a message that begins rest_cannot. The StackJack user's role is too low for that action. Give the user a role that covers it, or leave the tool unused.

WordPress tools

wp_ · 200 tools · Free 119 · Pro 81

Abilities

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_ability` Free · Read-only	Retrieve an ability.
`wp_get_ability_category` Free · Read-only	Retrieve an ability category.
`wp_list_abilities` Free · Read-only	List abilities.
`wp_list_ability_categories` Free · Read-only	List ability categories.
`wp_run_ability` Pro · Write	Run an ability that changes data on the site but is not annotated destructive.
`wp_run_destructive_ability` Pro · Destructive	Run an ability that its plugin annotates as destructive.
`wp_run_readonly_ability` Free · Read-only	Run an ability that its plugin annotates as read-only.

Fonts

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_font_face` Pro · Write	Add a font face to a font family.
`wp_create_font_family` Pro · Write	Add a font family to the font library.
`wp_delete_font_face` Pro · Destructive	Delete a font face.
`wp_delete_font_family` Pro · Destructive	Delete a font family.
`wp_get_font_collection` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a font collection.
`wp_get_font_face` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a font face.
`wp_get_font_family` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a font family.
`wp_list_font_collections` Free · Read-only	List font collections.
`wp_list_font_faces` Free · Read-only	List the font faces of a font family.
`wp_list_font_families` Free · Read-only	List font families.
`wp_update_font_family` Pro · Write	Update a font family.

Global styles

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_global_styles` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a global styles record.
`wp_get_global_styles_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a global styles revision.
`wp_get_theme_global_styles` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the global styles of a theme.
`wp_list_global_styles_revisions` Free · Read-only	List the revisions of a global styles record.
`wp_list_theme_global_style_variations` Free · Read-only	List the global style variations of a theme.
`wp_update_global_styles` Pro · Write	Update a global styles record.

Icons

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_icon` Free · Read-only	Retrieve an icon.
`wp_get_icon_collection` Free · Read-only	Retrieve an icon collection.
`wp_list_icon_collections` Free · Read-only	List icon collections.
`wp_list_icons` Free · Read-only	List icons.
`wp_list_icons_in_collection` Free · Read-only	List the icons of a collection.

Template parts

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_template_part` Pro · Write	Create a template part.
`wp_create_template_part_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a template part.
`wp_delete_template_part` Pro · Destructive	Delete a template part.
`wp_delete_template_part_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a template part revision.
`wp_get_template_part` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template part.
`wp_get_template_part_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template part autosave.
`wp_get_template_part_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template part revision.
`wp_list_template_part_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a template part.
`wp_list_template_part_revisions` Free · Read-only	List the revisions of a template part.
`wp_list_template_parts` Free · Read-only	List template parts.
`wp_lookup_template_part` Free · Read-only	Look up the fallback template part for a slug.
`wp_update_template_part` Pro · Write	Update a template part.

Templates

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_template` Pro · Write	Create a template.
`wp_create_template_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a template.
`wp_delete_template` Pro · Destructive	Delete a template.
`wp_delete_template_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a template revision.
`wp_get_template` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template.
`wp_get_template_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template autosave.
`wp_get_template_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a template revision.
`wp_list_template_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a template.
`wp_list_template_revisions` Free · Read-only	List the revisions of a template.
`wp_list_templates` Free · Read-only	List templates.
`wp_lookup_template` Free · Read-only	Look up the fallback template for a slug.
`wp_update_template` Pro · Write	Update a template.

Block patterns

Tool	What it does
`wp_list_block_pattern_categories` Free · Read-only	List the categories of block patterns.
`wp_list_block_patterns` Free · Read-only	List block patterns.

Block types

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_block_type` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a block type.
`wp_list_block_types` Free · Read-only	List block types.
`wp_list_block_types_in_namespace` Free · Read-only	List the block types of a namespace.
`wp_render_block` Free · Read-only	Render a block to HTML.

Directories

Tool	What it does
`wp_search_block_directory` Free · Read-only	Search the WordPress.org block directory.
`wp_search_pattern_directory` Free · Read-only	Search the WordPress.org pattern directory.

Pattern categories

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_pattern_category` Pro · Write	Create a pattern category.
`wp_delete_pattern_category` Pro · Destructive	Delete a pattern category.
`wp_get_pattern_category` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a pattern category.
`wp_list_pattern_categories` Free · Read-only	List pattern categories.
`wp_update_pattern_category` Pro · Write	Update a pattern category.

Reusable blocks

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_reusable_block` Pro · Write	Create a reusable block.
`wp_create_reusable_block_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a reusable block.
`wp_delete_reusable_block` Pro · Destructive	Delete a reusable block.
`wp_delete_reusable_block_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a reusable block revision.
`wp_get_reusable_block` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a reusable block.
`wp_get_reusable_block_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a reusable block autosave.
`wp_get_reusable_block_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a reusable block revision.
`wp_list_reusable_block_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a reusable block.
`wp_list_reusable_block_revisions` Free · Read-only	List the revisions of a reusable block.
`wp_list_reusable_blocks` Free · Read-only	List reusable blocks.
`wp_update_reusable_block` Pro · Write	Update a reusable block.

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_category` Pro · Write	Create a Category.
`wp_delete_category` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Category.
`wp_get_category` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Category.
`wp_list_categories` Free · Read-only	List Categories.
`wp_update_category` Pro · Write	Update a Category.

Comments

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_comment` Pro · Write	Create a Comment.
`wp_delete_comment` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Comment.
`wp_get_comment` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Comment.
`wp_list_comments` Free · Read-only	List Comments.
`wp_update_comment` Pro · Write	Update a Comment.

Content types

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_post_status` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a post status.
`wp_get_post_type` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a content type.
`wp_list_post_statuses` Free · Read-only	List post statuses.
`wp_list_post_types` Free · Read-only	List content types.

Page autosaves

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_page_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a page.
`wp_get_page_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a page autosave.
`wp_list_page_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a page.

Page revisions

Tool	What it does
`wp_delete_page_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Page Revision.
`wp_get_page_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Page Revision.
`wp_list_page_revisions` Free · Read-only	List Page Revisions.

Pages

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_page` Pro · Write	Create a Page.
`wp_delete_page` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Page.
`wp_get_page` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Page.
`wp_list_pages` Free · Read-only	List Pages.
`wp_update_page` Pro · Write	Update a Page.

Post autosaves

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_post_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a post.
`wp_get_post_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a post autosave.
`wp_list_post_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a post.

Post revisions

Tool	What it does
`wp_delete_post_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Post Revision.
`wp_get_post_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Post Revision.
`wp_list_post_revisions` Free · Read-only	List Post Revisions.

Posts

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_post` Pro · Write	Create a Post.
`wp_delete_post` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Post.
`wp_get_post` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Post.
`wp_list_posts` Free · Read-only	List Posts.
`wp_update_post` Pro · Write	Update a Post.

Search

Tool	What it does
`wp_search` Free · Read-only	Search the site's posts, terms and post formats.

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_tag` Pro · Write	Create a Tag.
`wp_delete_tag` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Tag.
`wp_get_tag` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Tag.
`wp_list_tags` Free · Read-only	List Tags.
`wp_update_tag` Pro · Write	Update a Tag.

Taxonomies

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_taxonomy` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Taxonomy.
`wp_list_taxonomies` Free · Read-only	List taxonomies.

Editor tools

Tool	What it does
`wp_export_block_theme` Free · Read-only	Export the active block theme as a ZIP and get a download link back.
`wp_get_oembed` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the oEmbed data of one of the site's own pages.
`wp_get_oembed_proxy` Free · Read-only	Preview an embed through the site.
`wp_get_or_create_navigation_fallback` Pro · Write	Retrieve or create the navigation fallback.
`wp_get_url_details` Free · Read-only	Fetch details of a URL through the site.

Media

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_media` Pro · Write	Upload a file to the site's media library.
`wp_delete_media` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Media Item.
`wp_edit_media_image` Pro · Write	Edit an image in the media library.
`wp_finalize_media` Pro · Write	Finalize the generated sizes of an image.
`wp_get_media` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Media Item.
`wp_list_media` Free · Read-only	List Media.
`wp_post_process_media` Pro · Write	Create the sub-sizes of an uploaded image.
`wp_sideload_media` Pro · Write	Upload one generated sub-size of an image that is already in the media library.
`wp_update_media` Pro · Write	Update a Media Item.

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_menu_item` Pro · Write	Create a menu item.
`wp_create_menu_item_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a menu item.
`wp_delete_menu_item` Pro · Destructive	Delete a menu item.
`wp_get_menu_item` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a menu item.
`wp_get_menu_item_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a menu item autosave.
`wp_list_menu_item_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a menu item.
`wp_list_menu_items` Free · Read-only	List menu items.
`wp_update_menu_item` Pro · Write	Update a menu item.

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_menu_location` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a menu location.
`wp_list_menu_locations` Free · Read-only	List menu locations.

Menus

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_menu` Pro · Write	Create a menu.
`wp_delete_menu` Pro · Destructive	Delete a menu.
`wp_get_menu` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a menu.
`wp_list_menus` Free · Read-only	List menus.
`wp_update_menu` Pro · Write	Update a menu.

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_navigation` Pro · Write	Create a block navigation.
`wp_create_navigation_autosave` Pro · Write	Save an autosave of a block navigation.
`wp_delete_navigation` Pro · Destructive	Delete a block navigation.
`wp_delete_navigation_revision` Pro · Destructive	Delete a block navigation revision.
`wp_get_navigation` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a block navigation.
`wp_get_navigation_autosave` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a block navigation autosave.
`wp_get_navigation_revision` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a block navigation revision.
`wp_list_navigation_autosaves` Free · Read-only	List the autosaves of a block navigation.
`wp_list_navigation_revisions` Free · Read-only	List the revisions of a block navigation.
`wp_list_navigations` Free · Read-only	List block navigations.
`wp_update_navigation` Pro · Write	Update a block navigation.

Plugins

Tool	What it does
`wp_delete_plugin` Pro · Destructive	Delete a Plugin.
`wp_get_plugin` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Plugin.
`wp_install_plugin` Pro · Destructive	Install a plugin from WordPress.org.
`wp_list_plugins` Free · Read-only	List plugins.
`wp_set_plugin_status` Pro · Destructive	Activate or deactivate a plugin.

Settings

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_settings` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the site settings.
`wp_update_settings` Pro · Destructive	Update the site settings.

Site

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_site_info` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the site's discovery document.
`wp_get_view_config` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a data view configuration.

Site health

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_directory_sizes` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the Site Health directory sizes.
`wp_run_site_health_test` Free · Read-only	Run one WordPress Site Health test.

Themes

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_theme` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a Theme.
`wp_list_themes` Free · Read-only	List themes.

Application passwords

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_application_password` Free · Read-only	Retrieve an application password.
`wp_introspect_application_password` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the application password this connection signs in with.
`wp_list_application_passwords` Free · Read-only	List a user's application passwords.
`wp_revoke_all_application_passwords` Pro · Destructive	Revoke EVERY application password of one user.
`wp_revoke_application_password` Pro · Destructive	Revoke one application password of a user.
`wp_update_application_password` Pro · Write	Update an application password.

Users

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_user` Pro · Destructive	Create a User.
`wp_delete_current_user` Pro · Destructive	Delete the user this connection signs in as.
`wp_delete_user` Pro · Destructive	Delete a User.
`wp_get_current_user` Free · Read-only	Retrieve the user this connection signs in as.
`wp_get_user` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a User.
`wp_list_users` Free · Read-only	List Users.
`wp_update_current_user` Pro · Destructive	Update the user this connection signs in as.
`wp_update_user` Pro · Destructive	Update a User.

Sidebars

Tool	What it does
`wp_get_sidebar` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a sidebar.
`wp_list_sidebars` Free · Read-only	List sidebars.
`wp_update_sidebar` Pro · Write	Set the widgets of a sidebar.

Tool	What it does
`wp_encode_widget` Free · Read-only	Encode widget form data into instance settings.
`wp_get_widget_type` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a widget type.
`wp_list_widget_types` Free · Read-only	List widget types.
`wp_render_widget` Free · Read-only	Render a widget preview.

Widgets

Tool	What it does
`wp_create_widget` Pro · Write	Create a widget.
`wp_delete_widget` Pro · Destructive	Delete a widget.
`wp_get_widget` Free · Read-only	Retrieve a widget.
`wp_list_widgets` Free · Read-only	List widgets.
`wp_update_widget` Pro · Write	Update a widget.

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