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Publish Claude drafts to WordPress on Kinsta

Marketing content & social · Dev, web & IT · checked 2026-10-17

Draft posts in Claude, create them in WordPress with status draft through the REST API, use Kinsta’s API for staging when you test theme or plugin changes, and publish yourself after review.

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Goal

Keep WordPress publishing fast without skipping review.

Connects through: API

Steps

#WhoWhat happensHowStatus
1Claude Drafts the post AI platform Confirmed
2WordPress REST API Creates the post with status draft, authenticated with an Application Password API Confirmed · source ↗
3Kinsta Creates a staging environment, pushes staging to live and clears cache through the Kinsta API
Pushing staging to live can overwrite newer live content; keep posts as live drafts instead.
 API Confirmed · source ↗
4You Preview the draft, then publish Human step Confirmed

Confirmed means the vendor documents it (linked). It doesn't mean IonBin has tested it. AI-platform and human steps need no source.

Human approval

You publish after reviewing on staging.

Watch out for

Keep the human approval step: You publish after reviewing on staging.

Starter prompt

Goal: Keep WordPress publishing fast without skipping review. Tools involved: Claude, Kinsta. Your part: drafts the post. Work step by step, show me each draft or proposed change, and wait for my approval before anything is sent, published, signed, filed or changed in a live system.

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Tools in this workflow

ToolRoleOfficial site
ClaudeAI platform claude.ai ↗
KinstaAPI kinsta.com ↗

Which AI platforms can run it

PlatformStatusWhy
Claude (incl. Claude Code) Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
OpenAI Codex Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
Google Antigravity Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
ChatGPT Confirmed Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
Gemini To verify WordPress REST API: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n); Kinsta: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n)
Perplexity To verify WordPress REST API: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n); Kinsta: code execution to verify (or run it in Make or n8n)

Computed from the MCP and API steps only: "Confirmed" needs the tool's docs to name the platform and the platform to support the connection. Browser, upload and human steps work from any platform.

What we checked (2026-10-17)

  • WordPress REST API. A post’s status can be publish, future, draft, pending or private. Creating it with status draft keeps it off the site until you publish. Application Passwords (built in since WordPress 5.6) let a script authenticate without your main password.
  • Kinsta API is in public beta. Company owners, administrators and developers can create API keys, and a key’s access matches its creator’s role. The API can create a staging site, push staging to live, delete staging, clear the site cache and list sites and environments. Kinsta doesn’t host an MCP server. Its blog shows how to build your own MCP server on top of the API.
  • Pricing. Kinsta’s single WordPress plan is $350 a year.

Set it up

  1. Create an Application Password for a user with the Author or Editor role, not an administrator.
  2. Have Claude draft the post, then send it to the posts endpoint with status draft.
  3. Preview it in WordPress and fix formatting and links.
  4. Publish yourself. Use Kinsta staging for theme or plugin changes rather than for individual posts.

Sources

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