In both cases, you\u2019ll get practical examples to get started and enjoy managing your plugin through your favorite AI assistant.<\/p>\n
Step 1: Understanding MCP Abilities with Imagify<\/h2>\n
What is MCP?<\/strong><\/p>\n MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows AI assistants to securely interact with applications like WordPress plugins. Think of it as giving your AI assistant secure access to specific plugin capabilities.<\/p>\n For example<\/strong><\/p>\n You only need to configure your AI assistant once per website. After setup, your AI assistant can securely interact with all your plugins exposing MCP abilities, including Imagify.<\/p>\n Before configuring your AI assistant, you\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n You\u2019ll use the following information in the next step:<\/p>\n Select your AI assistant below, then choose either the OAuth (recommended) or Manual Configuration setup instructions.:<\/p>\n Make your life easier<\/strong><\/p>\n Update all your websites with confidence.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> Once connected, your AI assistant can help you:<\/p>\n We created more advanced skills for you to do the following.<\/p>\n Overview This documentation explains how to leverage MCP capabilities with Imagify to automate image optimization, monitor your media library, and perform actions directly through your preferred AI assistant. This page is designed for two types of users: Advanced users who already understand MCP concepts and want to quickly connect Imagify and start using practical workflows. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-assistants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagify.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nInstead of manually navigating through your WordPress dashboard, MCP enables you to:<\/p>\n\n
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\nStep 2: Connect Imagify<\/h2>\n
2.1 Make your WordPress site accessible to your AI assistant<\/h3>\n
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Steps<\/h4>\n
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2.2 Connect your AI assistant to your WordPress site<\/h3>\n
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Step 3: Get started<\/h2>\n
can you review the image optimization health of all my client websites and tell me which one needs my attention?<\/code><\/p>\nWhat else you can do<\/h3>\n
Optimization Monitoring<\/h4>\n
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\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> is the last image I uploaded optimized in Imagify<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-media-status<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> show me how much space Imagify has saved on my site<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-stats<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> how many of my images are missing a WebP or AVIF version?<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-backup-health-status<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> do i have enough credits to optimize all my unprocessed images?<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-account<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOptimization Management<\/h4>\n
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\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> optimize the hero image I just uploaded<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/optimize-media<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> the homepage hero looks wrong after compression \u2013 restore it<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/optimize-media<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> check if my optimization settings look correct<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-settings<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTroubleshooting<\/h4>\n
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\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> why isn\u2019t my latest image optimized?<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-media-status<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> check if my Imagify API key is working properly<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-account<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> what compression level am I using?<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-settings<\/code><\/li>\n
\n\ud83d\udc64 Example:<\/strong> find any images missing a next-gen version?<\/code>
\n\ud83d\udcbb Abilities: \/get-nextgen-coverage<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAdvanced skills<\/h2>\n
Activity report<\/h4>\n
# Mission\n\nCreate a .pdf document that summarizes for the website owner the state of their image optimization.\n\n# Format\n\nIn the header of the page, include the following information:\n- URL of the website\n- Date and time\n\nIn the content of the page, include:\n- Total number of images\n- Number of optimized images\n- Number of images waiting to be optimized\n- Number of optimization errors, if any\n- Total original size\n- Total optimized size\n- Total disk space saved\n- Average optimization percentage\n- Current optimization level (Normal, Aggressive, or Ultra)\n- WebP status\n- AVIF status\n\nAt the top of the page, highlight your summary, specifically:\n- Whether all images are optimized\n- Whether there are images waiting to be optimized\n- Whether any optimizations failed\n- The total storage saved thanks to Imagify\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"