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wp_delete_tag

Description

Use this tool to delete an unwanted tag from your WordPress site. Removing a tag does not delete posts — they simply lose that tag association. Your AI will list tags first to confirm the right one before deleting.

See it in action

Claude Desktop — MCP Connection
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List all tags with zero posts and delete them.
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Calling Tool: wp_delete_tag
Done! I've used wp_delete_tag to complete that for you. 
{"status": "success"}

Example Use Cases & Sample Prompts

  1. Removing unused tags
    • Prompt: “List all tags with zero posts and delete them.”
  2. Duplicate removal
    • Prompt: “I have both ‘wordpress’ and ‘WordPress’ tags — delete the uppercase one and keep the lowercase.”
  3. Taxonomy cleanup
    • Prompt: “Delete these specific tags that are no longer relevant to our content strategy.”
  4. Post-migration cleanup
    • Prompt: “Several junk tags were imported by mistake. List and delete any tags that don’t match our naming format.”
  5. Removing old topic labels
    • Prompt: “We stopped covering cryptocurrency topics — delete the ‘crypto’ and ‘bitcoin’ tags.”

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