An agent can list and inspect every child site, client, and tag on a MainWP dashboard, then add, sync, update, suspend, reconnect, or remove sites and clients, and queue or check the progress of core, plugin, and theme updates across the managed sites.
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Needs WordPress 6.9 or later with MainWP Dashboard active. Every ability checks the manage_options capability through the plugin's own permission helper, so only a WordPress administrator account can use any of them through the Bridge.
62 wp_register_ability calls read directly across the plugin's site, client, tag, update, and batch ability files, matching the directory's count of 62 exactly. Every one carries explicit readonly/destructive annotations in the source, so no defaults were assumed.
Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.
Retrieve status of a queued batch operation (sync, update, reconnect, disconnect, check, suspend). Returns progress, results, and errors.
List MainWP clients with pagination and filtering.
Count total number of MainWP clients.
Get detailed information about a single MainWP client.
Get sites associated with a MainWP client.
Count sites associated with a MainWP client.
Get cost tracker entries for a MainWP client. Requires Cost Tracker module.
List MainWP child sites with pagination and filtering. Returns basic site information including ID, URL, name, and connection status.
Get detailed information about a single MainWP child site.
Get list of plugins installed on a child site.
Get list of themes installed on a child site.
Get list of abandoned plugins on a child site. Returns plugins detected during last sync. Data freshness depends on sync frequency.
Get list of abandoned themes on a child site. Returns themes detected during last sync. Data freshness depends on sync frequency.
Get security status for a MainWP child site including vulnerability counts, security issues, and issue categories detected during last sync.
Get non-MainWP changes detected on a child site. Requires Logs module.
Get client assigned to a MainWP child site.
Get costs associated with a MainWP child site. Requires Cost Tracker module to be active.
Count total MainWP child sites with optional filtering.
Get basic site info (id, url, name only) for fast bulk retrieval. Use list_sites_v1 for full details with filtering, or get_site_v1 for complete single-site information.
List MainWP tags with pagination and filtering. Returns tag information including ID, name, color, and sites count.
Get detailed information about a single MainWP tag.
Get list of sites associated with a tag.
Get list of clients associated with a tag.
List available updates across MainWP child sites with filtering and pagination.
List updates that have been marked as ignored.
Get available updates for a single site with optional filtering by update type.
Create a new MainWP client.
Update an existing MainWP client.
Suspend a MainWP client.
Unsuspend a MainWP client.
Trigger synchronization for one or more child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued for background processing.
Add a new MainWP child site.
Update settings for a MainWP child site.
Reconnect a disconnected MainWP child site.
Disconnect a MainWP child site.
Suspend a MainWP child site.
Unsuspend a MainWP child site.
Check connectivity status of a MainWP child site.
Activate plugins on a MainWP child site.
Deactivate plugins on a MainWP child site.
Activate a theme on a MainWP child site.
Reconnect multiple MainWP child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued.
Disconnect multiple MainWP child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued.
Check connectivity status of multiple MainWP child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued.
Suspend multiple MainWP child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued.
Create a new MainWP tag.
Update an existing MainWP tag.
Execute updates on one or more MainWP child sites. Operations with >200 sites are automatically queued for background processing.
Add or remove items from the ignored updates list for a site.
Update WordPress core for a single site.
Update plugins for a single site. Optionally specify slugs to update only specific plugins.
Update themes for a single site. Optionally specify slugs to update only specific themes.
Update translations for a single site. Optionally specify slugs to update only specific translations.
Add or remove WordPress core from the ignored updates list for a single site.
Add or remove plugins from the ignored updates list for a single site.
Add or remove themes from the ignored updates list for a single site.
Execute ALL available updates (core, plugins, themes, translations) across all sites or specified sites. WARNING: This is a broad operation. For targeted updates, use run_updates_v1 with specific types[] and site_ids_or_domains[]. Operations with >200 sites are queued.
Delete a MainWP client. Requires confirm: true or dry_run: true.
Delete a MainWP child site. Requires confirmation. Supports dry-run mode.
Delete plugins from a MainWP child site. Requires confirmation. Supports dry-run mode.
Delete themes from a MainWP child site. Requires confirmation. Supports dry-run mode.
Delete a MainWP tag. Requires confirmation or supports dry-run mode.
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Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.
Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. MainWP Dashboard registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.
In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.
Every ability from MainWP Dashboard starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.
Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.
Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.
Yes. MainWP registers its site, client, tag, and update operations as abilities in the core WordPress Abilities API with no extra plugin setting, so the Bridge can list and wrap every one once the operator switches it on.
Yes, unconditionally, once MainWP Dashboard is active. Nothing else has to be configured for the Bridge to discover them.
Needs WordPress 6.9 or later with MainWP Dashboard active. Every ability checks the manage_options capability through the plugin's own permission helper, so only a WordPress administrator account can use any of them through the Bridge.
An agent can list and toggle Jetpack feature modules, check and rebuild the XML sitemap, read a post's shortlink and Jetpack-computed related posts, and read or adjust Jetpack Monitor's uptime-notification settings.
An agent can list recent backups with their status and size, start a new full-site or database-only backup, and poll a specific backup's progress until it completes.
An agent can list configured backup jobs, check whether a backup is currently running, start one on demand, cancel a stuck job, and pull backup log content to diagnose a failure, which is useful for taking a safety backup right before a risky change.
Verified from MainWP Dashboard's own free wordpress.org code on 28 September 2026, not from its marketing claims. Not every ability listed here has been run end to end against a live site. Plugin authors change their code, so a name, a capability, or a condition can be different in a later release. This site is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, mainwp or MainWP Dashboard. Back to the full directory.
Every ability starts off, is scoped to the user you connect, and is written to the same audit log as core. Turn on only what you need.
Off by default. Capability checked on every call.