WordPress / API Reference

`wp_add_post_term`

WordPress tool. Add a term to a post without removing existing terms

This is a write tool: it adds post term in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Add post term in my WordPress account for [post id], [taxonomy], [term id].

It takes 3 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`post_id`	integer	Yes	Post Id
`taxonomy`	string	Yes	Taxonomy
`term_id`	integer	Yes	Term Id

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected WordPress account. The WordPress connect guide covers how to authorize it and what it unlocks, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

Start free — 30 tool calls a month

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