# How to Install and Manage WordPress with AI

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With [JetHost MCP](https://jethost.com/mcp-server/) connected, you can spin up a new WordPress site – or manage an existing one – just by telling your AI assistant what you want. It checks your [WordPress hosting](https://jethost.com/hosting-for-wordpress/), suggests a setup, and handles the steps, asking before anything important. This guide shows how.

## Before you start

Make sure your AI assistant is connected to JetHost MCP – see [MCP setup](https://jethost.com/kb/connect-ai-assistant-to-jethost-mcp/) – and that WP Manager is enabled for the hosting service you want to use.

## Install a new WordPress site

Describe the site you want in plain language. The assistant checks your available services, proposes a configuration, and asks for confirmation before it builds anything.

🤖Example prompts

Install a new WordPress site on my hosting and set up a subdomain for it.

Install WordPress, activate an eCommerce theme and the plugins I’d need for an online store.

## Manage an existing site

For sites you already run, you can ask the assistant to check their status, request direct access to the WordPress dashboard, or hand off to the more specific guides for [plugins and themes](https://jethost.com/kb/manage-plugins-and-themes-with-ai/) and [backups and staging](https://jethost.com/kb/wordpress-backups-and-staging-with-ai/).

## When it helps most

- **Launching a project fast** – describe the site and it’s installed, themed, and ready to build on.
- **Spinning up client or test sites** without repeating the same manual setup every time.
- **Non-technical owners** who just want a working WordPress without learning the installer, themes, and plugins first.

**What you gain:** you go from idea to a ready-to-build site in one conversation – instead of clicking through the installer, hunting for a theme, and searching for plugins separately.

## JetHost Experts Tip

Start from the goal, not the steps. Say “I’m launching a small bookstore” and let the assistant suggest the theme, plugins and structure – you approve, it builds.

## Need more help?

Want a hand getting started? Open a ticket through **Client Area → Support** and our team will help.