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`wp_update_post`

WordPress tool. Update an existing WordPress post — any field including content, status, SEO meta

This is a write tool: it updates post 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:

Update post in my WordPress account for [id].

It takes 1 required and 13 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	Yes	Id
`title`	string	No	Title
`content`	string	No	Content
`excerpt`	string	No	Excerpt
`status`	string	No	Status
`date`	string	No	Date
`categories`	array	No	Categories
`tags`	array	No	Tags
`featured_media`	integer	No	Featured Media
`slug`	string	No	Slug
`meta`	object	No	Meta
`yoast_title`	string	No	Yoast Title
`yoast_description`	string	No	Yoast Description
`yoast_focus_keyword`	string	No	Yoast Focus Keyword

Related WordPress tools

wp_update_post_meta
wp_update_all_plugins
wp_update_category
wp_update_comment
wp_update_core
wp_update_discussion_settings

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.