--- title: "Connect WordPress to Shortpixel - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in WordPress, your agent runs \"Optimize image file\" in Shortpixel." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-shortpixel" --- # Connect WordPress to Shortpixel When **New Comment** fires in [WordPress](https://apiant.ai/connections/wordpress), your agent runs **Optimize image file** in [Shortpixel](https://apiant.ai/connections/shortpixel). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. WordPress **7** triggers WordPress **16** actions Shortpixel **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want WordPress and Shortpixel to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What WordPress can start in Shortpixel - When **New Comment** in WordPress then **Optimize image file** in Shortpixel - When **New Media** in WordPress then **Optimize image from URL** in Shortpixel Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with WordPress and Shortpixel ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is posted on your WordPress site. - Trigger **New Media** Triggers when a new media item (image, video, audio or document) is uploaded to the WordPress media library. - Trigger **New page** Triggers when a new page is created on the WordPress site. - Trigger **New Post** Triggers when a new post is published on your WordPress site. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user registers on your WordPress site. - Trigger **Updated Post** Triggers when a post is created or updated, newest changes first. - Trigger **Updated User** Triggers when a WordPress user is added or their profile is changed (name, email, roles, bio and other details). - Action **Add category** Creates a new post category on your WordPress site and returns the created category. - Action **Add comment** Adds a new comment to a WordPress post or page. - Action **Add page** Creates a new page on your WordPress site with the title, content, status and other details you provide. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on your WordPress site. - Action **Create Post** Creates a new post on your WordPress site with the title, content, status, categories and tags you provide. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user account on your WordPress site with the login name, email and password you provide. - Action **Delete post** Deletes a post, moving it to the trash or removing it permanently. - Action **Delete user** Permanently deletes a WordPress user and reassigns their posts and links to another user. - Action **Find comments by criteria** Finds comments on the WordPress site matching search text, post, author, status, date range and other criteria. - Action **Find pages by criteria** Returns the pages on your WordPress site that match the search text, slug, author, status, dates and other criteria you supply. - Action **Find Post** Finds posts on your WordPress site matching a search text, slug, author, category, tag, status or date range. - Action **Find User** Finds WordPress users matching a search text, slug, role or other criteria and returns the matching users. - Action **Update page** Updates an existing page on your WordPress site. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Post** Updates an existing WordPress post's title, content, status, categories, tags and other details. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing WordPress user's profile, such as their name, email, roles or password. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Upload Media** Uploads a file from a URL to the WordPress media library and returns the new media item. - Action **Optimize image file** Uploads an image file to ShortPixel and optimizes it, optionally resizing, upscaling, converting to WebP/AVIF or removing the background. Returns the download links and sizes of the optimized versions. - Action **Optimize image from URL** Optimizes (compresses) an image that is available online and returns download links for the optimized versions, plus original and optimized sizes. Can also resize, upscale, remove the background or convert to WebP/AVIF. ## Each app on its own - [ **WordPress** WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.](https://apiant.ai/connections/wordpress) - [ **Shortpixel** Image optimization API that compresses and converts JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, and HEIC files to WebP or AVIF.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shortpixel) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from WordPress - [ **WordPress to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-zoom) - [ **WordPress to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-linkedin) - [ **WordPress to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-facebook) - [ **WordPress to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-anthropic) - [ **WordPress to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-supabase) - [ **WordPress to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/wordpress-to-elevenlabs) ## More into Shortpixel - [ **HubSpot to Shortpixel** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shortpixel) - [ **Salesforce to Shortpixel** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shortpixel) - [ **Slack to Shortpixel** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shortpixel) - [ **Google Sheets to Shortpixel** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shortpixel) - [ **Gmail to Shortpixel** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shortpixel) - [ **Google Calendar to Shortpixel** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shortpixel) Questions ## WordPress and Shortpixel, answered ### ### What can start an automation from WordPress? Any of WordPress's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Media, New page and New Post. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shortpixel when something happens in WordPress? Any of Shortpixel's 2 actions, including Optimize image file and Optimize image from URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shortpixel to WordPress? Shortpixel has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in WordPress. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shortpixel's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for WordPress or Shortpixel? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use WordPress and Shortpixel without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.