WordPress / API Reference

`wp_set_post_terms`

WordPress tool. Set terms (categories/tags/custom) on a post, replacing existing

This is a write tool: it sets post terms 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:

Set post terms in my WordPress account for [post id], [taxonomy], [term ids].

It takes 3 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`post_id`	integer	Yes	Post Id
`taxonomy`	string	Yes	Taxonomy
`term_ids`	array	Yes	Term Ids

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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.

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