Respira for WordPress is a standalone AI infrastructure for WordPress, officially positioned as "WordPress built for AI agents." Through MCP, it connects the AI assistants users are already paying for (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or other MCP clients) to WordPress sites, enabling AI to make direct changes to the site using natural language instructions.
Purpose and Core Approach
The problem the product aims to solve is: letting AI truly "take action" on WordPress, while not turning the live site into a testing ground. Its workflow is explicitly designed as "copy—review—approve—keep evidence": users submit change requests in plain text, Respira completes the changes on a copy of the page, users view the copy's result within WordPress, and publish after confirming; every change retains a snapshot and evidence and can be undone within 90 days. As long as the user has not approved, the live page remains untouched.
Main Capabilities
- Builder-aware editing: Supports 18 page builders; those officially listed include Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Gutenberg, and WPBakery, and it mentions 18 platforms in total. Respira writes in each builder's own format, and pages can still be opened and further edited in the original editor; the official emphasis is that it is not embedding or raw HTML.
- Copy-first and safety: All changes land on a copy first; mandatory rules can be set, for example prohibiting any agent from writing to a certain page, and the rules are enforced by the plugin itself.
- Private direct connection: The official description states that site content is connected directly between the site and the AI, without passing through Respira servers.
- AI toolset: Provides agents with WordPress-specific tools; official examples include respira_get_builder_info (query builder information), respira_search_docs (search documentation), etc.; documentation pages can be accessed in a simplified version by adding .md to the URL.
- Respira AER: Chat-based builder intelligence connecting all WordPress sites, usable on the dashboard and mobile, where a single question can target a single site or all sites.
- Scanning and remediation: Performs WCAG 2.2 accessibility scans on any URL and generates shareable reports; Scanner provides read-only checks for known vulnerabilities and malware, and for each issueRepair prompts executable by AI are now provided.
- SEO and structured data checks: the official examples provide an SEO score and grade, missing meta description, missing Open Graph, missing internal links, and JSON-LD structured data checks, and suggest types such as Article, FAQPage, and HowTo.
- WooCommerce add-on: officially said to bring 104 store tools, covering product catalog, inventory, pricing, orders, and storefront.
- Other components: Respira Exhale (HTML to WordPress, placing HTML files or AI-generated pages into the dashboard and converting them into builder-native blocks), Figma to page (reads the design structure and rebuilds it on a safe draft using native builder elements), Skills and Playbooks (preset workflows and recordable playbooks), WebMCP (brings Respira's tools to the page itself), Snapshots (backup before every change, 90-day undo), Governance (scoped keys, read-only and approval-required configurations, signed audit trail), Murmur (clients click a location on the page to leave a comment, no login required), Fleet (specify multiple sites by name in one session), Resonance (save conventions, rules, and experience per site, with rules enforced by the plugin), Art Direction (save color palettes, fonts, spacing, and text rules per site), white-label (replace the dashboard with your own brand), Earn (view AI costs per site and per task, for quoting).
How to use
The steps officially provided are: first, make a change request in plain text in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any existing MCP client; second, view the copy inside WordPress, and the live page does not change before viewing; third, approve and publish, or undo within 90 days, with every change having a snapshot and receipt. Users need to connect once via MCP, and different assistants share the same scoped access for the same site. Officially, a Prompt Book is also provided, in which the session guidance and the first two prompts of the per-site brief are free. Documentation pages can be read by adding .md to the URL.
Use cases
Aimed at individual site owners, and also at people who manage sites for others: officially mentioned are managing an entire client list with one account, a cost figure for every task, client-readable reports, and an example of 6 client sites with one login. Supports limiting edit, view, and management permissions by site or by member.
Limitations and not yet provided
The official materials provided do not state the specific pricing plans or whether all features are included in the free or paid versions, only mentioning a 7-day free trial, no credit card required, and no terminal required. They also do not state the minimum supported WordPress or PHP version requirements. Regarding accessibility scanning, the official source itself states that the scanner covers 6 rules, about 12% of the WCAG AA set, and should be regarded as a preliminary check rather than full compliance. Other capabilities, platforms, or effects not appearing in the materials are not yet provided.