🚀 SiteBay MCP Server

Manage WordPress hosting through natural language with Claude

Features • Installation • Configuration • Usage • Support

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude direct access to the SiteBay WordPress hosting platform. Manage sites, execute commands, and control your cloud infrastructure—all through conversation.

✨ Features

🌐 Site Management

List all your hosted WordPress sites
Get detailed site information (active, HTTP auth, plan)
Create new WordPress sites using ready-made templates
Update settings (Cloudflare, domain, HTTP auth, Git URL)
Delete sites

⚡ Site Operations

Execute shell commands on SiteBay servers
Run WP-CLI commands directly
Edit files in wp-content directory

🛠 Advanced Features

🔜 Point-in-time backup restores
🔜 Team management for collaborative hosting
🔜 WordPress/Shopify/PostHog API proxy

🗺 Helper Tools

Browse ready-made site templates
🔜 Account and billing information

📦 Installation

🎯 Via Smithery (Fastest)

npx -y @smithery/cli install @sitebay/sitebay-mcp --client claude

📦 Using uvx (Recommended)

# Install and run directly
uvx sitebay-mcp

# Or install for repeated use
uv tool install sitebay-mcp
sitebay-mcp

🌐 HTTP Transport

💡 Recommended for hosted deployments

📡 Run over HTTP

# Defaults to 127.0.0.1:7823
uvx sitebay-mcp --http

# Or specify host/port
uvx sitebay-mcp --http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 7823

# Environment variables also supported
MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0 MCP_HTTP_PORT=7823 uvx sitebay-mcp

🐍 Using pip

pip install sitebay-mcp

# Or from source
git clone https://github.com/sitebay/sitebay-mcp.git
cd sitebay-mcp && pip install -e .

⚙️ Configuration

Step 1: Get Your API Token

Log in to my.sitebay.org
Navigate to Settings → API Tokens
Generate and copy your token

Step 2: Configure Claude Desktop

Choose your installation method:

📦 uvx (STDIO mode)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["sitebay-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

🐍 pip (STDIO mode)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "sitebay_mcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

🌐 HTTP mode

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitebay": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:7823",
      "env": {
        "SITEBAY_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config File Locations

Platform	Path
🍎 macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
🪟 Windows	`%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`
�� Linux	`~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

💬 Usage Examples

🆕 Create a Site

Create a new WordPress site on team 00000000-0000-4000-a000-000000000000 
with domain "www.example.org", blog name "Example", admin Jane Smith 
(email [email protected]), username "taylor89", password "AStrongPassword". 
Use ready-made site "blog-basic" and set Git URL to https://github.com/acme/wp-site

📋 Manage Sites

List all my WordPress sites and show their current status
Get detailed information about myblog.example.com
Enable Cloudflare dev mode for myblog.example.com
Turn on HTTP auth for myblog.example.com

🖥️ Execute Commands

Run "wp plugin list" on myblog.example.com
Execute "wp search-replace 'http://old.com' 'https://new.com'" on myblog.example.com
Check disk usage on myblog.example.com with "df -h"

📁 File Management

Edit the style.css file in my active theme on myblog.example.com

🧰 Available Tools

Tool	Description
`sitebay_list_sites`	List all WordPress sites hosted on SiteBay
`sitebay_get_site`	Get detailed information about a hosted site
`sitebay_create_site`	Create a new WordPress site on SiteBay
`sitebay_update_site`	Update site configuration
`sitebay_delete_site`	Delete a hosted site
`sitebay_site_shell_command`	Execute shell/WP-CLI commands
`sitebay_site_edit_file`	Edit files in wp-content
`sitebay_list_ready_made_sites`	List available ready-made templates

🔒 Security

✅ API tokens stored securely in environment variables
✅ All communications use HTTPS encryption
✅ Tokens can be revoked anytime from your dashboard
✅ MCP server runs locally—no data stored

🐛 Troubleshooting

🔑 Authentication Issues

Verify your API token is correct
Check that the token is properly set in the environment variable
Ensure the token hasn't expired
Try regenerating from your SiteBay account

🌐 Connection Issues

Check your internet connection
Verify SiteBay service status
Check firewall settings
Try restarting Claude Desktop

🔧 Tool Not Found

Restart Claude Desktop after configuration changes
Verify the configuration file location
Check JSON syntax is valid
Ensure uvx or Python is properly installed

🤝 Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Make your changes
Add tests for new functionality
Ensure all tests pass
Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

🆘 Support

Resource	Link
🐛 Issues	GitHub Issues
📖 API Docs	SiteBay API Documentation
💬 Help	SiteBay Help Center

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