{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "directus", "name": "Directus", "vendor": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "vendorUrl": "https://directus.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "Directus is a source-available headless CMS and data platform that runs on an SQL database, self-hosted or on a paid cloud. Agents manage items, files and the data model through REST, GraphQL and a built-in MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json", "repo": "https://github.com/directus/directus", "license": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "directus" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@directus/specs" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve on your own instance, with no app review or partner approval. The MCP server at `/mcp` accepts OAuth (PKCE, with dynamic client registration or client ID metadata documents, both off by default) and issues a token with the `mcp:access` scope that works only on the MCP endpoint. REST, GraphQL and MCP also accept a static token, one per user, which doesn't expire and is sent as `Authorization: Bearer` or as `?access_token=` in the URL. Log-in tokens are short-lived with a refresh token. Every credential acts with its user's access policies, down to collection, action, field and item rule.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Core tier is free to self-host with 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, with no card, account or contract, so an agent can start at once. Team is $499 a month on an annual term or $599 monthly, Enterprise is priced by sales, and Directus Cloud hosting is a $99 a month add-on with a 14-day trial. The Open Innovation Grant lifts the limits for organisations under $5M revenue and 50 employees (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$499 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the repository's MCP source (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 12, "popularity": { "githubStars": 38295, "npmWeekly": 22588, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://directus.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://directus.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/main/packages/specs/src/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.schema", "cms.assets", "cms.publish", "cms.localisation" ], "tags": [ "source-available", "self-hosted", "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "graphql", "typescript", "sql", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 217, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "5 August 2026. Directus published GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c (critical, CVSS 9.2, no CVE). On versions before 12.1.0, a public WebSocket client could read, create, update or delete items in user collections after a failed authentication message. At least 20 advisories were published between 24 June and 2 September 2026, at least 11 rated high, among them SQL injection through geometry fields (GHSA-chfm-g7r3-vv42) and a TUS upload authorisation bypass (GHSA-xjxq-pj7h-g676). The critical fix shipped in 12.1.0 on 1 July, before publication, the vendor published every advisory itself, and none mentions exploitation, so we deduct 6 of a possible 15. https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories/GHSA-97xr-jchp-xm3c ; https://github.com/directus/directus/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.", "bestFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "strengths": [ "MCP OAuth with PKCE issues tokens with the `mcp:access` scope and the MCP endpoint as audience, and administrators can revoke registered clients", "Deletes through MCP are refused unless the Allow Deletes setting is on, and the MCP server itself is off by default", "Registry mode at `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` cuts the tool list to `search`, `execute` and `schema`", "Content versioning has REST endpoints to save, compare and promote a version, and revisions record each change", "Six tagged releases between 29 July and 7 October 2026, with breaking changes listed per version in the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period", "The licence is MSCL-1.0-GPL, source-available and not OSI approved, with a ban on competing use and on bypassing the licence key", "Static tokens never expire, are stored in plain text in `directus_users`, and the MCP guide shows them in the URL as `?access_token=`", "Releases don't follow semantic versioning, and 12.1 to 12.5 each carried breaking changes", "At least 20 security advisories were published between June and September 2026, one rated critical and at least 11 rated high" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged", "Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total", "Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model", "Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`", "Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 86, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 81, "security": 68, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 66 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @directus/sdk", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http directus https://your-directus-url.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "directus": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-generated-token" }, "url": "https://your-directus-url.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/directus" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "3 Studio seats, 25 collections, 5 flows" }, { "item": "Team", "unit": "month", "usd": 499, "note": "annual term, or $599 billed monthly. 10 seats, 50 collections, 20 flows" }, { "item": "Team extra seat", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 50, "note": "Studio users only" }, { "item": "Directus Cloud hosting add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "for Core, Team and Open Innovation Grant projects" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Monospace Inc. (doing business as Directus)", "domain": "directus.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-02-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://directus.com/license", "privacy": "https://directus.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.directus.cloud", "changelog": "https://github.com/directus/directus/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (last updated 9 June 2026) names Monospace Inc., doing business as Directus, a Delaware corporation, at 223 Bedford Ave STE A #855, Brooklyn, New York. The terms page, dated 28 April 2025, gives the same entity.", "`terms` points at the MSCL-1.0-GPL licence text, which governs a self-hosted install. directus.com/terms reads as website terms of use, and Directus Cloud has separate Cloud policies at directus.com/cloud-policies.", "The privacy policy says personal information processed for customers of the product is handled under customer agreements, not the policy. No public DPA was found.", "A self-hosted install answers on its owner's domain. It contacts licensing.directus.com when a licence key is set and telemetry.directus.io for usage reports.", "https://directus.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. directus.io redirects to directus.com.", "RDAP for directus.com gives a registration date of 1997-02-06, which predates the company's use of the domain.", "The status page runs on Statuspage and covers Directus Cloud regions and the dashboard, not self-hosted installs." ], "score": 66 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.json", "live": { "slug": "directus", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.directus.cloud", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:59.495414141Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:59.495414141Z" } }, "answer": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against WordPress's 64.8 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. WordPress leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "wordpress", "name": "WordPress", "vendor": "WordPress.org (open-source project)", "vendorUrl": "https://wordpress.org", "kind": "http-api", "category": "cms", "summary": "WordPress is an open-source content management system that its owner hosts. Agents create, revise and publish posts, pages and media through the built-in REST API, WP-CLI or the official MCP Adapter plugin.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wordpress.json", "repo": "https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop", "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later. The MCP Adapter plugin is GPL-2.0-or-later too", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve on your own site, with no app review or approval by WordPress.org. A user creates an Application Password on their profile, through `/wp/v2/users/\u003cid\u003e/application-passwords` or with `wp user application-password create`, and the agent sends it as Basic auth over HTTPS. A password has no scopes or expiry and carries every capability of its user, so access is set by the user's role. Each password can be revoked on its own. The MCP Adapter's HTTP transport takes the same credential, and its STDIO transport runs as the user named in `--user`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free software with nothing to buy from WordPress.org, so an agent can start without a contract or a card. The owner pays for their own hosting. WordPress.com and other hosts sell hosted WordPress under their own prices, which aren't graded here (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the REST API handbook, wordpress.org/llms.txt or the core and MCP Adapter repositories (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 21460, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/", "llmsTxt": "https://wordpress.org/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "cms.content", "cms.publish", "cms.assets" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "rest", "mcp", "cli", "php", "llms-txt", "security-txt", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.8, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 272, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 65, "security": 62, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "22 September 2026. WordPress 7.1.2 fixed a critical flaw, CVE-2026-87902 (GHSA-7hp8-65ch-5whp), in which an unauthenticated attacker could, where server and theme conditions were met, make template resolution include a local PHP file and reach remote code execution. 7.1.1 on 17 September and 7.1.3 on 6 October fixed 18 further security issues. All were published by the project with the fix and backported, and we found no report of exploitation in the release posts, so we deduct 5 of a possible 15. https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-2-release/ ; https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-3-maintenance-and-security-release/" ], "verdict": "The REST API is part of core, and a post created without a status is saved as a draft with revisions kept on the owner's server. Application Passwords carry no scopes, so limits come only from the user's role. Revisions can be read and deleted but not restored over REST, and a critical flaw was fixed on 22 September 2026.", "bestFor": "Sites that already run WordPress, where an agent drafts posts and uploads media under a Contributor or Author account and a person publishes.", "strengths": [ "Posts created without `status` are saved as drafts, and DELETE moves a post to the Trash unless `force=true` is passed", "Every REST or WP-CLI update to a post writes a revision that `/wp/v2/posts/\u003cid\u003e/revisions` lists with author and date", "`_fields` trims responses down to nested properties, with `per_page` up to 100 and X-WP-Total headers on every list", "Six stable releases between 6 August and 6 October 2026, and security fixes backported to 4.7", "GPL-2.0-or-later, free to self-host, with a valid security.txt and a HackerOne programme for core" ], "weaknesses": [ "Application Passwords have no scopes or expiry. Each one carries every capability of its user", "The revisions route supports GET and DELETE only, so a rollback means writing the old content back as a new update", "Core has no rate limit, no idempotency keys and no log of API calls beyond revisions and a password's last use", "A critical flaw (CVE-2026-87902) fixed in 7.1.2 on 22 September 2026 allowed remote code execution under certain server and theme conditions", "No published OpenAPI file. Each site describes its own routes at `/wp-json`, and core has no content localisation" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for a dedicated user with the lowest role that fits. A Contributor can draft and edit its own posts but can't publish them", "Send the Application Password as Basic auth over HTTPS only. Core disables Application Passwords on plain HTTP outside a local environment", "Upload a file with POST `/wp-json/wp/v2/media` first, then set `featured_media` or reference the returned URL in the post content", "To roll back, GET `/wp/v2/posts/\u003cid\u003e/revisions/\u003crev\u003e?context=edit` and POST its title and content to the post. There's no restore route", "Pass `_fields=id,status,link,modified` on lists and read X-WP-TotalPages. `per_page` stops at 100" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 65, "security": 62, "transparency": 72 }, "provenanceScore": 63 }, "connect": { "install": "wp core download \u0026\u0026 wp core install --url=\u003curl\u003e --title=\u003ctitle\u003e --admin_user=\u003cuser\u003e --admin_email=\u003cemail\u003e", "http": "curl --user \"USERNAME:PASSWORD\" https://HOSTNAME/wp-json/wp/v2/users?context=edit", "config": { "mcpServers": { "wordpress": { "args": [ "--path=/path/to/your/wordpress/site", "mcp-adapter", "serve", "--server=mcp-adapter-default-server", "--user=admin" ], "command": "wp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/cms.content", "tool": "https://letme.dev/wordpress" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "WordPress, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "GPL, you pay for your own hosting" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "WordPress.org, an open-source project. The WordPress trademark belongs to the WordPress Foundation", "domain": "wordpress.org", "domainRegistered": "2003-03-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "No terms of service govern the software. It is licensed under GPL version 2 or later, and no service agreement or API terms were found, so `terms` is left out.", "The privacy policy covers the WordPress.org websites and names api.wordpress.org, the service installations call to check for updates. It names no company, and gives dpo@wordpress.org as the contact. It doesn't cover content held on a self-hosted site.", "The REST API answers on each owner's own domain.", "https://wordpress.org/.well-known/security.txt returned 200 with Contact https://hackerone.com/wordpress and Expires 2027-06-30.", "RDAP for wordpress.org gives a registration date of 2003-03-28.", "The make.wordpress.org footer says the WordPress trademark is the intellectual property of the WordPress Foundation. `license.txt` gives copyright to the contributors.", "No status page applies to self-hosted software." ], "score": 63 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress.json", "live": { "slug": "wordpress", "pages": [ { "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/category/releases/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:52.505193763Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cbd71d93d029" }, { "url": "https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:50.079319583Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "61575a1b129f" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:52.505193763Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Monospace Inc. (Directus)", "b": "WordPress.org (open-source project)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT", "b": "GPL-2.0-or-later. The MCP Adapter plugin is GPL-2.0-or-later too", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "12", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-09", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "38k stars, 23k npm/wk", "b": "21k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against WordPress's 64.8 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. WordPress leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Directus or WordPress?" }, { "answer": "Directus takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. WordPress needs an API key.", "question": "Do Directus and WordPress need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Directus. WordPress runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Directus and WordPress without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Directus. WordPress is open source (GPL-2.0-or-later. The MCP Adapter plugin is GPL-2.0-or-later too).", "question": "Are Directus and WordPress open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 62" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.", "slug": "directus", "watchFor": "Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 55", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 61" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Sites that already run WordPress, where an agent drafts posts and uploads media under a Contributor or Author account and a person publishes.", "slug": "wordpress", "watchFor": "Application Passwords have no scopes or expiry. Each one carries every capability of its user" } ], "job": { "capability": "cms.content", "name": "Cms content" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-directus.json", "title": "Contentstack vs Directus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-directus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Contentstack vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/contentstack-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs Directus", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-directus" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "DatoCMS vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/datocms-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-ghost.json", "title": "Directus vs Ghost", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-ghost" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-payload.json", "title": "Directus vs Payload", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-payload" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-sanity.json", "title": "Directus vs Sanity", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-sanity" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-storyblok.json", "title": "Directus vs Storyblok", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-storyblok" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi.json", "title": "Directus vs Strapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-strapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-webflow.json", "title": "Directus vs Webflow", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-webflow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Ghost vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ghost-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Payload vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payload-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Sanity vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sanity-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Storyblok vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/storyblok-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Strapi vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/strapi-vs-wordpress" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/webflow-vs-wordpress.json", "title": "Webflow vs WordPress", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/webflow-vs-wordpress" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 4, "directus": 82, "edge": "directus", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "wordpress": 78 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "directus": 81, "edge": "directus", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "wordpress": 65 }, { "by": 1, "directus": 73, "edge": "wordpress", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "wordpress": 74 }, { "by": 6, "directus": 68, "edge": "directus", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "wordpress": 62 }, { "by": 5, "directus": 55, "edge": "wordpress", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "wordpress": 60 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "directus": 86, "edge": "directus", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "wordpress": 83 }, { "by": 7, "directus": 61, "edge": "wordpress", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "wordpress": 68 } ], "summary": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against WordPress's 64.8 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. WordPress leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do cms content.", "verdicts": { "directus": "The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.", "wordpress": "The REST API is part of core, and a post created without a status is saved as a draft with revisions kept on the owner's server. Application Passwords carry no scopes, so limits come only from the user's role. Revisions can be read and deleted but not restored over REST, and a critical flaw was fixed on 22 September 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/directus-vs-wordpress.min.md" }, "markdown": "Directus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against WordPress's 64.8 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. WordPress leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do cms content.\n\n- Directus: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #217 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/directus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/directus.json\n- WordPress: grade B, 64.8/100, rank #272 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/wordpress.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Directus (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that already keep content in an SQL database and want an agent to edit items, files and the data model under a named user's permissions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 68 against 62\n\nWatch for: Version 12 (10 June 2026) added licence enforcement. The free Core tier allows 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and an instance over its limits is locked after a grace period\n\n### WordPress (B)\n\nGood for: Sites that already run WordPress, where an agent drafts posts and uploads media under a Contributor or Author account and a person publishes.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 55\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Application Passwords have no scopes or expiry. Each one carries every capability of its user\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Directus | WordPress | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 82 | 78 | Directus +4 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 65 | Directus +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 74 | WordPress +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 62 | Directus +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 55 | 60 | WordPress +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 83 | Directus +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 68 | WordPress +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **67.1 · B** | **64.8 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Directus | WordPress |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Monospace Inc. (Directus) | WordPress.org (open-source project) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MSCL-1.0-GPL (Monospace Sustainable Core Licence 1.0), source-available with a licence key for paid tiers, each version converting to GPL-3.0 after four years. `@directus/sdk` is MIT | GPL-2.0-or-later. The MCP Adapter plugin is GPL-2.0-or-later too |\n| Tools exposed | 12 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-09 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 38k stars, 23k npm/wk | 21k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Directus.** The built-in MCP server works under the connecting user's permissions, supports OAuth limited to the MCP endpoint and blocks deletes unless an administrator allows them. Since version 12 a licence check caps the free Core tier at 3 Studio seats, 25 collections and 5 flows, and the default tool list carries about 79 KB of instructions.\n\n**WordPress.** The REST API is part of core, and a post created without a status is saved as a draft with revisions kept on the owner's server. Application Passwords carry no scopes, so limits come only from the user's role. Revisions can be read and deleted but not restored over REST, and a critical flaw was fixed on 22 September 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Directus\n\n1. Connect with OAuth or an `Authorization: Bearer` header. Don't put the token in the URL as `?access_token=`, where it can be logged\n2. Use `/mcp?tool_mode=registry` when the client loads every tool definition. Default mode sends each tool's full instructions, about 79 KB in total\n3. Read the `schema` tool before writing. Item payloads are untyped objects, so field names and types come only from the data model\n4. Publish a version with `POST /versions/{id}/promote` over REST. The MCP `items` tool refuses system collections such as `directus_versions`\n5. Count translation and junction tables against the 25-collection Core limit before creating collections\n\n### WordPress\n\n1. Ask the owner for a dedicated user with the lowest role that fits. A Contributor can draft and edit its own posts but can't publish them\n2. Send the Application Password as Basic auth over HTTPS only. Core disables Application Passwords on plain HTTP outside a local environment\n3. Upload a file with POST `/wp-json/wp/v2/media` first, then set `featured_media` or reference the returned URL in the post content\n4. To roll back, GET `/wp/v2/posts/\u003cid\u003e/revisions/\u003crev\u003e?context=edit` and POST its title and content to the post. There's no restore route\n5. Pass `_fields=id,status,link,modified` on lists and read X-WP-TotalPages. `per_page` stops at 100\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Directus or WordPress?\n\nDirectus scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against WordPress's 64.8 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. WordPress leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Directus and WordPress need an API key?\n\nDirectus takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. WordPress needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Directus and WordPress without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Directus. WordPress runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Directus and WordPress open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Directus. WordPress is open source (GPL-2.0-or-later. 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