AcrossAI connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI clients to your self-hosted WordPress site via a free, permissioned MCP server and Abilities API.
Category
AI
Pricing
Free WordPress.org plugins (Abilities Manager, MCP Manager) with paid annual AI Connector add-on licenses: Personal $99/year (1 site), Professional $149/year (up to 5 sites), Agency $199/year (up to 10 sites), all with a 30-day free trial.
AcrossAI is a WordPress plugin system that gives AI assistants controlled access to a self-hosted WordPress site. It ships as two free WordPress.org plugins — Abilities Manager, a registry of typed, permissioned actions any plugin can expose, and MCP Manager, a standards-based Model Context Protocol server — so tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Grok, Gemini, Copilot, and VS Code can create and edit posts, pages, media, and taxonomies without routing data through a third-party relay. Access is governed by per-ability allow/ask/deny controls, WordPress-role-aware capability checks, draft-first writes for new content, an append-only audit log, and revocable, token-scoped Application Passwords. The base plugins are free; paid add-ons (Claude Connectors, ChatGPT Connectors, Grok Connectors, and a BuddyBoss Abilities integration) provide one-click connector setup and are sold as annual site licenses.
Key Features
Abilities Manager — A central registry so any WordPress plugin can expose typed, permissioned actions (create/edit posts, pages, media, taxonomies) for AI clients to call.
Built-in MCP Server — A standards-based Model Context Protocol server that exposes registered abilities to any MCP-compatible AI client.
Granular Permissions — Per-ability allow/ask/deny controls that respect WordPress user roles and capabilities.
Audit Logging — An append-only audit log recording who, what, and when for every sensitive AI-triggered action.
Draft-First Writes — New content created by AI clients defaults to draft status rather than publishing immediately.
AI Connectors — Paid one-click connector add-ons for Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok, plus a BuddyBoss Abilities integration for community sites.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Free, open-source core plugins distributed on WordPress.org with no forced subscription for basic MCP/Abilities functionality
Self-hosted architecture keeps site data on the customer's own server instead of routing through a third-party relay
Granular per-ability allow/ask/deny permissions plus an append-only audit log and revocable token-scoped access
Works with a wide range of AI clients (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Grok, Gemini, Copilot, VS Code) via the standard MCP protocol
Cons
Paid connector add-ons (Claude/ChatGPT/Grok Connectors) are licensed per year, adding ongoing cost on top of the free plugins
Setup requires WordPress admin access and comfort installing/configuring plugins, unlikely to suit non-technical users
Company/team information is minimal, showing only a single named contact rather than a full corporate profile
Value depends entirely on already using WordPress and an MCP-compatible AI client, a fairly narrow target audience