SpritesAdd Sprites to Gemini
Available on Gemini CLI, free and paid, on macOS, Linux and Windows. You need a Sprites account with WordPress already connected — the connector acts on that connection, so Gemini never handles a WordPress credential.
Open the Gemini settings file
Gemini CLI keeps MCP servers in its settings JSON. Use ~/.gemini/settings.json to have Sprites available everywhere, or .gemini/settings.json inside a project to scope it there.
Gemini CLI~/.geminisettings.jsonAdd Sprites under mcpServers
Use httpUrl, not url or command — that is the key Gemini CLI reads for a streamable HTTP endpoint. A url entry is treated as SSE and a command entry as a local process, and neither is what this is.
~/.gemini/settings.json{ "mcpServers": { "sprites": { "httpUrl": "https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp" } } }Sign in
Gemini CLI supports OAuth 2.0 for remote servers and discovers the authorization server from the endpoint itself. Restart the CLI, and the first call opens a browser for the Sprites consent screen; the token is stored in ~/.gemini/mcp-oauth-tokens.json.
Spriteswants access on behalf of Gemini- Read your connected ad accounts and site data
- Draft campaigns, creatives and pages for your approval
- Apply only the changes you approve
AllowCancelCheck it landed
Type /mcp in the CLI to list every server and the tools it exposes, or run gemini mcp list from a shell to see connection status without opening a session.
Terminalgemini mcp list
Run the first prompt
Ask Gemini this. It routes to a Sprites door, which reads your WordPress account and answers — no account to name, no confirmation to give first.
- With Sprites, write a post on "wordpress speed optimization" and draft it in WordPress.
- Ask Sprites which WordPress pages lost position in the last 28 days and why.
- Use Sprites to rewrite the meta title and description on our /pricing page.
- Have Sprites add an FAQ section with schema to the three posts that get AI Overview impressions.
- With Sprites, cluster our blog by intent and tell me which posts cannibalise each other.
Run `gemini mcp list`, or type /mcp inside the CLI — Sprites should show as connected with its tools listed.
What Gemini can do with WordPress
The same doors, whichever client you are in. The account and the analytics are already Google: Gemini reads Google Ads and GA4 alongside Search Console without leaving the family it belongs to.
The post lands in WordPress, not in the chat
A draft in your posts list with the title, excerpt, focus keyphrase, meta description and internal links already filled in — not a wall of text you have to paste and reformat.
It has read your site first
Internal links point at pages that exist, and the voice matches what is already published, because Sprites crawled the site before it wrote anything.
Page edits arrive as a diff
You see which block changes before anything touches the live site. No agent rewriting a page you cannot recover.
Metadata and schema written with the page
Titles, descriptions, headings and FAQ schema produced alongside the body rather than bolted on by a plugin afterwards.
Search Console is in the same conversation
Queries you rank 8–20 for, pages that slipped, and the post that would close the gap — asked and answered without changing tools.
Publishing is always a separate yes
Drafts are created without asking. Nothing goes live on your domain until you approve it.
How approvals work here
Gemini renders tool results as text, so a WordPress change comes back written out rather than as a card. Nothing is applied until you approve it, and the approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues.
What it reads
- Your published posts, pages, categories and internal link structure
- Search Console queries, impressions, clicks and average position
- Keyword volume, difficulty and what currently ranks
- Existing titles, meta descriptions and schema
What it can change
- Posts and pages, created as drafts
- Titles, meta descriptions, focus keyphrases, headings and FAQ schema
- Edits to existing pages, delivered as a reviewable diff
- Publishing is a separate, explicit approval — never implied by a draft
When it does not work in Gemini
Three things go wrong in this client specifically, and each has a one-line fix.
Gemini connects but reports no tools.
The entry is probably using url rather than httpUrl, so the CLI is speaking SSE to a streamable HTTP endpoint. Change the key and restart.
Edits to settings.json do nothing.
The CLI reads its settings at startup. Restart it, then re-check with /mcp.
A project file and your home file disagree.
.gemini/settings.json in the working directory takes precedence. Keep Sprites in one of the two rather than both.
WordPress and Gemini: questions
Which URL do I paste into Gemini?
https://mcp.sprites.ai/mcp. There is one endpoint and every client uses it — every OAuth grant is bound to exactly that address, so a variant of it will not be honoured.
Can Gemini change my WordPress account without asking?
Gemini renders tool results as text, so a WordPress change comes back written out rather than as a card. Nothing is applied until you approve it, and the approval waits for you in Sprites — open it there and the same run continues.
Do I need a WordPress API key or developer token?
No. WordPress is connected once inside Sprites through WordPress (Application Password or the Sprites plugin), and the connector acts on that connection. Gemini never sees a credential for it.
Why Gemini for WordPress specifically?
The account and the analytics are already Google: Gemini reads Google Ads and GA4 alongside Search Console without leaving the family it belongs to.
Is there an official WordPress MCP server?
Sort of, and it changed in 2026. The Abilities API shipped in WordPress core 6.9, and the bridge that exposes those abilities as MCP tools is the WordPress/mcp-adapter plugin, on its own release cadence. Automattic’s earlier wordpress-mcp repository was archived on January 19, 2026, so any guide telling you to install that one is out of date.
What is the difference between that and Sprites?
The adapter exposes WordPress to a model. It does not do the research, know what already ranks, read Search Console, or write in your voice — it gives an agent the ability to create a post, and leaves the deciding to whatever is on the other end. Sprites is the other end.
Keep going
The same Gemini connector reaches every other channel — nothing else to add.
WordPress, from Gemini
Paste one URL, sign in once, and the next WordPress question you ask Gemini gets answered from the live account.