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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 · 10.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

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250+ MCP tools. OAuth 2.0 + WebMCP. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or any MCP agent to your WordPress site. 100% self-hosted.

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

A 91/100

Few reviews

Active installs

10K+

≈12K estimated

Momentum

+14%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “ai” and “elementor” for “llms” and “claude ai”. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “llms” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “elementor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “claude ai” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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How scoring works →
91 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 100/100
Security 75/100

91 health vs 77 average across 3,393 AI plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈12K estimated

187.6K

Total downloads

since 2026 · 5.3% still active

4.3/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 7 reviews

+14%

47K

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

5.3%

of downloads still active

At least 10K of 187.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,009 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 61 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 7 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
7 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5.13
Last updated
3d ago
Added
2026-01-14
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 3 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 60/100

5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

10 of 10 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 15 Jan 2026 · 291 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+14% vs prior 30d
7381 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 48.8K · peaks are release surges

46.9K1 Nov 2026

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 · #1547youAI Engine · #481AI Puffer · #1854Angie · #303

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

911 Nov 2026

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.

4.7K1 Nov 2026

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.

61

releases in the last 12 months

3d ago

latest release · v1.5.13 · 29 Oct 2026

61

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.13 · 29 Oct 20261.5.12 · 26 Oct 20261.5.11 · 22 Oct 20261.5.10 · 19 Oct 20261.5.9 · 15 Oct 20261.5.8 · 12 Oct 20261.5.7 · 6 Oct 20261.5.6 · 29 Sep 20261.5.5 · 28 Sep 20261.5.4 · 22 Sep 20261.5.3 · 21 Sep 20261.5.2 · 15 Sep 20261.5.1 · 10 Sep 20261.5.0 · 5 Sep 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 ≈12K

Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 10K.

At the current install trend, crossing 20K+ in roughly 180 days.

Install history since 14 Jan 2026

10K1 Nov 2026

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

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 6 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.13). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP < 1.5.10 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-10-28 CVE-2026-111961 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.5.10 Patched in 1.5.10
  2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 1.4.38 - 1.5.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-10-28 CVE-2026-111960 Missing Authorization Affects 1.4.38 - 1.5.9 Patched in 1.5.10
  3. Patched High · 7.5 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP < 1.5.7 - Authentication Bypass ↗
    2026-10-20 CVE-2026-111958 Improper Authentication Affects < 1.5.7 Patched in 1.5.7
  4. Patched Medium · 4.3 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini <= 1.4.25 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-06-18 CVE-2026-54842 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.4.25 Patched in 1.4.26
  5. Patched Medium · 5.3 Royal MCP <= 1.4.25 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated MCP Tool Use ↗
    2026-06-10 CVE-2026-10750 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.4.25 Patched in 1.4.26
  6. Patched Medium · 5.3 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini <= 1.4.2 - Missing Authorization ↗
    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 80%

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Share of voice

How often each assistant names Royal MCP when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.

Assistants
ChatGPT, Claude
Topics tracked
AI agents
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Readme readiness

8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "250+ MCP tools. OAuth 2.0 + WebMCP. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or any MCP agent to your Wo..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 20 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 20 of 20 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you want").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, Contact Form 7 and 12 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 5 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 15,708 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.

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

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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