How to use Eventin’s MCP to manage your WordPress events through Claude, Codex, and other AI assistants

Eventin MCP lets you manage your WordPress events by just talking to your AI assistant. Instead of clicking through the WordPress dashboard, you say what you want — “Create a Tech Conference on June 15–16 with VIP and General tickets” — and your AI does it for you.

It works with Claude, OpenAI Codex, and any other AI tool that supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

What You Can Do #

Once connected, you can ask your AI things like:

• “Create a Tech Conference on June 15–16 in New York with VIP and General tickets”
• “Show me all draft events”
• “List attendees for event 42 who haven’t paid yet”
• “Resend the ticket to attendee 123”
• “Clone the Summer Summit event and set it to draft”
• “What’s the revenue report for event 55?”
• “Enable the Zoom integration”

Behind the scenes it can manage events, attendees, speakers, schedules, orders, categories, reports, and plugin settings — 42 tools in total.

Before You Start #

You need three things:

1. A WordPress site with the Eventin plugin active.
2. A WordPress Application Password (this is not your normal login password — you’ll create one in the next step).

Step 1: Get Your WordPress Application Password #

This is a special, revocable password that lets the AI talk to your site safely.

1. Log into your WordPress admin panel.
2. Go to Users → Profile.
3. Scroll down to Application Passwords.
4. Type a name (for example, Claude MCP) and click Add New Application Password.
5. Copy the password that appears. It looks like this: Ab12 Cd34 Ef56 Gh78 Ij90 Kl12

⚠️ You only see this password once — copy it now and keep it safe.

Note: Your WordPress user needs Eventin admin rights. An Administrator or Event Manager role (If admin, give all access to Eventin) works automatically.

You’ll need these three pieces of info for every setup below:

Detail	Example
Your site URL	https://your-wordpress-site.com
Your WordPress username	your-wp-username
The Application Password	Ab12 Cd34 Ef56 Gh78 Ij90 Kl12

Step 2: Connect It to Your AI #

Pick the guide for the tool you use.

Option A — Claude Desktop (recommended for most people) #

1. Open your Claude Desktop config file:
   • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this mcpServers section (fill in your own details):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eventin": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["eventin-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "EVENTIN_SITE_URL": "https://your-wordpress-site.com",
        "EVENTIN_USERNAME": "your-wp-username",
        "EVENTIN_APP_PASSWORD": "Ab12 Cd34 Ef56 Gh78 Ij90 Kl12"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop (on Mac, press Cmd+Q first).
4. The Eventin tools will now show up in Claude’s tools panel. Start chatting!

💡 You don’t need to install anything manually — npx downloads and runs Eventin MCP automatically the first time.

Option B — OpenAI Codex #

Add this to your Codex config file at ~/.codex/config.toml:

[[mcp_servers]]
name = "eventin"
command = "npx"
args = ["eventin-mcp"]

[mcp_servers.env]

EVENTIN_SITE_URL = “https://your-wordpress-site.com”

EVENTIN_USERNAME = “your-wp-username”

EVENTIN_APP_PASSWORD = “Ab12 Cd34 Ef56 Gh78 Ij90 Kl12”

Save the file and restart Codex. The Eventin tools become available right away.

Option C — Any Other AI Assistant #

Eventin MCP works with any tool that supports the Model Context Protocol. The pattern is always the same — point the tool at the eventin-mcp command and give it these three environment variables:

• EVENTIN_SITE_URL
• EVENTIN_USERNAME
• EVENTIN_APP_PASSWORD

Check your AI tool’s documentation for where to add an MCP server, then plug in the values above.

Optional: Other Ways to Install #

If you’d rather not use npx, you can install it directly:

Install globally:

npm install -g eventin-mcp
eventin-mcp

Or clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/arraytics/eventin-mcp.git
cd eventin-mcp
npm install

If you cloned the repo, point your AI config to the local file instead of npx:

"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/eventin-mcp/src/index.js"]

You can also store your credentials in a .env file (copy .env.example to .env and fill it in) instead of putting them in the AI config.

What Your AI Can Manage (42 Tools) #

You don’t need to memorize these — just ask in plain English. Here’s the full range so you know what’s possible:

Area	What you can do
Events	List, view, create, update, delete, clone events; bulk publish/draft/trash; manage authors
Attendees	List, view, register, update, delete attendees; resend tickets; send certificates
Speakers	List, view, create, update, delete, clone speaker profiles
Schedules	List, view, create, update, delete, clone session agendas
Orders / Bookings	List, view, create, update, delete orders; resend tickets; trigger refunds
Categories, Tags & Locations	Manage event/speaker categories, tags, and venue locations
Settings & Extensions	View/update plugin settings; enable or disable modules (like Zoom)
Reports	Dashboard totals (events, attendees, revenue) and per-event stats

Staying Secure #

• Application Passwords are separate from your login and can be revoked anytime from WP Admin → Users → Profile → Application Passwords.
• Your credentials are kept in memory only — the server never writes them to disk.
• Always use HTTPS for your site URL. The server warns you if it isn’t secure.

Troubleshooting #

Problem	What to do
EVENTIN_SITE_URL is not set	Your credentials aren’t reaching the AI — double-check your config file.
HTTP 401	Wrong username or Application Password.
HTTP 403	Your WordPress user lacks Eventin rights — use Administrator or Event Manager.
HTTP 404 on everything	Wrong site URL, or the Eventin plugin isn’t activated.
Cannot reach ...	Your site is offline or unreachable.
Cannot find module	Run npm install in the project folder.

Quick Recap #

1. Install Node.js 18+ and make sure Eventin is active on WordPress.
2. Create a WordPress Application Password.
3. Add the Eventin server to your AI’s config with your site URL, username, and app password.
4. Restart your AI tool.
5. Start managing events by just asking.

Eventin MCP is open source (MIT License) by Arraytics. Repository: github.com/themewinter/eventin-mcp