WordPress / API Reference

`wp_delete_option`

WordPress tool. Delete a WordPress option by name

This is a write tool: it deletes option 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:

Delete option in my WordPress account for [option name].

It takes 1 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`option_name`	string	Yes	Option Name

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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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