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wp_create_category
Description
Use this tool to create a new category for organizing your WordPress posts. Your AI can set the name, slug, description, and parent category in a single action. Great for restructuring your content taxonomy or quickly adding new categories to match a new content strategy.
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Claude Desktop — MCP Connection
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Create a new parent category called 'AI Tools' with a brief description.
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Calling Tool: wp_create_category
Done! I've used wp_create_category to complete that for you.
{"status": "success"} Example Use Cases & Sample Prompts
- Setting up a content section
- Prompt: “Create a new parent category called ‘AI Tools’ with a brief description.”
- Subcategory creation
- Prompt: “Create a subcategory called ‘Prompting Guides’ under the existing ‘AI Tools’ category.”
- Organizing before publishing
- Prompt: “I’m about to write a series on WordPress security. Create a ‘Security’ category first so I can assign it.”
- Batch category setup
- Prompt: “Create these five categories for me: Tutorials, News, Case Studies, Reviews, and Comparisons.”
- Multilingual content
- Prompt: “Create a category called ‘Spanish Content’ with the slug ‘contenido-espanol’.”
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