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Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP

by Royal Plugins · AI

Also makes 4 other plugins · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

170+ MCP tools. OAuth 2.0. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & any MCP agent to your WordPress site. 100% self-hosted.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 58/100

84 health vs 75 average across 1,576 AI plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 46/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2026-01-15 · 223 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+36% vs prior 30d
465Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29.2K

now · peak 31.3K

31.3K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Royal MCP · #2040 you Easy MCP AI · #2439 Angie · #394 WPVibe · #2005

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

3.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

37

releases in the last 12 months

1mo ago

latest release · v1.4.35

37

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.35 · 1mo ago1.4.34 · 2mo ago1.4.33 · 2mo ago1.4.32 · 2mo ago1.4.31 · 2mo ago1.4.30 · 2mo ago1.4.29 · 2mo ago1.4.28 · 2mo ago1.4.27 · 2mo ago1.4.26 · 2mo ago1.4.25 · 3mo ago1.4.24 · 3mo ago1.4.23 · 3mo ago1.4.22 · 3mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 99%
v1.2 0.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈16K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 20K+ in roughly 151 days.

Install history · since 2026-01-14 · 221 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
1.4.43
Last updated
yesterday
Added
2026-01-14
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.4.36 Feature: New wp_get_site_status tool returns WordPress, PHP, MySQL, plugin, theme, and environment info in a single call. Feature: New wp_get_error_log_tail tool returns the last lines of the debug log with optional keyw 1.4.36
  2. Version 1.4.35 Fix: OAuth-authenticated MCP sessions remain valid across access-token rotation. 1.4.35
  3. Version 1.4.34 Feature: wp_update_post_meta accepts any JSON type (string, number, boolean, array, object). Feature: New wp_add_post_meta tool adds a meta row without overwriting existing values under the same key. Feature: New wp_get_ 1.4.34
  4. Version 1.4.33 Feature: wp_create_post , wp_update_post , wp_create_page , and wp_update_page accept a date parameter for scheduling and backdating. Feature: Create-post and create-page status enum expanded to include future , pending 1.4.33
  5. Version 1.4.32 Feature: wp_search accepts optional snippet and per_page parameters for excerpted results. Feature: wc_get_orders accepts a page parameter and returns {orders, page, per_page, total, total_pages} . Docs: General readme c 1.4.32
  6. Version 1.4.31 Hardening: wp_delete_post capability check runs before the post-existence lookup. Hardening: wp_get_post_meta requires edit_post capability for protected (underscore-prefixed) meta keys. Hardening: Empty-string text fiel 1.4.31

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-06-18 CVE-2026-54842 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.4.25 Patched in 1.4.26
  2. 2026-06-10 CVE-2026-10750 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.4.25 Patched in 1.4.26
  3. 2026-04-21 CVE-2026-40775 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.4.2 Patched in 1.4.3

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Japanese 89%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-05 9K+ → 10K+ up after 10 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-26 8K+ → 9K+ up after 11 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-15 7K+ → 8K+ up after 5 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-10 6K+ → 7K+ up after 14 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-26 5K+ → 6K+ up after 8 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 12 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 10 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-27 2K+ → 3K+ up after 9 days in tier

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