Governed ability
Count media
aafm/count-mediaRead only
Count media is a governed ability in Agent Abilities for MCP, a free WordPress plugin that runs an MCP server on your site.
Count media library items, total and broken down by mime type.
How it is governed
The same model as every ability in the plugin, stated for this one.
- Off until you enable it
Like every ability, Count media ships switched off. You turn it on one at a time, and an update never widens access on its own.
- Reads only
It reads data and returns it to your client. Nothing on your site is created, changed, or removed.
- Capability gated
A connection only sees Count media if the user you connected can run it, and the plugin checks that capability again before it executes.
- Every call audited
The call is written to the log in your own database, denials included, with the argument keys and the identifiers it touched, never free-text content.
Count media is one of the 7 governed Media abilities. Browse the other Media abilities in the catalog.
See it in action
An illustrative run. Your real calls and data stay on your own site.
Try it with a prompt
Example requests you could paste to your agent.
How many items are in the media library?
Give me a count of media broken down by mime type.
Tell me how many images versus PDFs the library holds.
These are illustrative example prompts. The agent runs them as the user you connected, checked against that user's capabilities and written to your audit log.
Frequently asked
Short answers for Count media.
What does this return?
Count media returns a count of media library items plus a breakdown by mime type. Since 1.4.3 that count covers the connected user's own uploads only, unless that user holds the edit_others_posts capability, which counts the whole library. The count moved with the listing on purpose, so a total can never contradict the list beside it. The ability reads counts only and never touches the files.
Does it change anything?
No. Count media is strictly read-only, off by default, and every call is logged.
Governed by default, from the first call.
Count media is off until you enable it, scoped to the user you connect, and logged like everything else. Turn on only what you need.
Every ability off until you enable it, capability-gated on every call.