WordPress / API Reference

`wp_add_recent_posts_widget`

WordPress tool. Add a recent posts widget to a sidebar

This is a write tool: it adds recent posts widget 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 recent posts widget in my WordPress account for [sidebar id].

It takes 1 required and 3 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`sidebar_id`	string	Yes	Sidebar Id
`title`	string	No	Title
`number`	integer	No	Number
`show_date`	boolean	No	Show Date

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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

No card required. Connect Google Ads, Meta Ads, GA4 or Search Console and ask Claude for the outcome — it picks the tool.