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OPTIONAL · GPL-2.0-OR-LATER

Companion plugin

wpreef manages content, media and block-theme design with nothing installed. This plugin adds the parts WordPress does not expose over its REST API.

DOWNLOAD

wpreef Bridge 0.1.0

Works with WordPress 6.7 and newer.

Upload it at Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin. Do not unzip it.Download the plugin
WHAT IT ADDS

The parts REST leaves out

  • Switching, installing, updating and deleting themes.
  • WordPress, plugin and theme updates.
  • Customizer values and Additional CSS on classic themes.
  • Settings, permalink structure and image sizes.
  • Cron, caches and transients.
  • Custom fields the REST API does not expose.
  • Rebuilding thumbnails and replacing a media file in place.
  • Emptying the trash and deleting spam.
WHAT STAYS UNDER YOUR CONTROL

Everything is off until you turn it on

  • Anything that changes how your site runs is switched off until you turn it on at Tools → wpreef.
  • A switched-off group is not registered at all, so an assistant cannot even see it.
  • Settings that could lock you out — your site address, active plugins, security keys — can never be written.
  • Every change is listed with its previous value, behind a stop switch.
  • An assistant can still only do what the WordPress account it signed in as is allowed to do.
INSTALLING IT

Five steps

  1. 1

    Download the ZIP

    Use the button above. Do not unzip it.
  2. 2

    Upload it to your site

    In WordPress go to Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the file, then Install Now and Activate.
  3. 3

    Choose what assistants may do

    Go to Tools → wpreef. Three groups are on already: site information, design, and content and media. Turn on anything else you actually want, such as installing and updating plugins.
  4. 4

    Allow it in wpreef

    Add the site here if you have not already, then open the connector in ChatGPT or Claude and refresh it, so the new tools appear.
  5. 5

    Check it worked

    Ask your assistant to list the abilities on my site. You should see entries beginning wpreef/.
ANOTHER WAY

WP-CLI

With shell access, point WP-CLI straight at the download.

wp plugin install https://wpreef.vercel.app/wpreef-bridge.zip --activate

WordPress’s own REST API can only install plugins from wordpress.org, so an assistant cannot install this one for you yet. That changes once the plugin is listed there.