wtf is woocommerce-mcp?

woocommerce-mcp is a small server that lets an AI assistant like Claude look up information from a live WordPress and WooCommerce online store. It follows a standard called the Model Context Protocol, or MCP, which is a way for AI tools to connect to outside data sources in a consistent format. The server is strictly read-only. It cannot create, edit, or delete anything in the store, it can only answer questions by reading data through the store's existing REST APIs. It offers five tools an AI assistant can call: listing or searching products, getting full details on one product, listing recent orders with an optional status filter, generating a sales report for a chosen time period, and searching published blog posts. The blog post search works on any public WordPress site without needing credentials, while the other tools need WooCommerce API keys with read-only permission. Setting it up involves installing the package from npm or building it from source, then providing three pieces of configuration: the store's web address and a WooCommerce consumer key and secret, which are generated from the store's own admin settings and should be limited to read access. Once configured inside an MCP client such as Claude Desktop or Claude Code, a person can ask natural questions like what last month's sales were or which recent orders are on hold, and the assistant will fetch the real answer from the store. The project requires Node.js 18 or newer, keeps its logs separate from its main communication channel so nothing gets corrupted, and never echoes back any credentials in error messages. It is built and maintained by WPPoland and released under the MIT license.