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        "level": "no",
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        "privacy": "https://www.elasticpath.com/company/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.elasticpath.com",
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      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "The plugin is free under GPL with no platform fee or revenue share. You pay for hosting, which Woo puts at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, extensions at $29 to $299 a year each, and card processing, about 2.9% + 30 cents per US transaction with WooPayments (https://woocommerce.com/pricing/).",
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        "endpoints": []
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      "docsUrl": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/",
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        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "tasks"
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        "strengths": [
          "Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share",
          "Store API runs carts, coupons and checkout with a Cart-Token instead of a key",
          "Code examples in five languages on every REST endpoint, and official JavaScript and Python clients",
          "Automattic's HackerOne bug bounty covers WooCommerce core",
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          "Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page",
          "MCP is a developer preview behind the mcp_integration flag, with 7 abilities",
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          "Store API rate limiting is off by default",
          "No OpenAPI file, so the contract only comes from a live store"
        ],
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          "Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL",
          "Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce",
          "Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size",
          "Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages",
          "Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone"
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          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 55,
          "transparency": 86
        },
        "provenanceScore": 65
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://yourstore.com/wp-json/wc/v3/products?per_page=5\" \\\n  -u \"$WC_CONSUMER_KEY:$WC_CONSUMER_SECRET\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --env WP_API_URL=https://yourstore.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server --env WP_API_USERNAME=$WP_USER --env WP_API_PASSWORD=$WP_APP_PASSWORD woocommerce_store -- npx -y @automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest",
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                "-y",
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                "WP_API_PASSWORD": "${WP_APP_PASSWORD}",
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          }
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products",
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        {
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          "usd": 0,
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        },
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          "item": "WooPayments US card rate",
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      ],
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        "legalEntity": "WooCommerce, Inc.",
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
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        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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          "woocommerce.com/terms-conditions redirects to the WordPress.com terms, which name WooCommerce, Inc. as an Automattic company",
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        ],
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      },
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            "registry": "pypi",
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          "status": 200,
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/woocommerce.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Elastic Path API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick WooCommerce API + MCP for reliability (+12), schema \u0026 documentation (+11), agent ergonomics (+50), security \u0026 auth (+16), payments \u0026 pricing (+48), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+12).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Elastic Path API + MCP | WooCommerce API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 80 | WooCommerce API + MCP +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 77 | WooCommerce API + MCP +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 83 | WooCommerce API + MCP +50 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 55 | WooCommerce API + MCP +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 12 | 60 | WooCommerce API + MCP +48 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 82 | WooCommerce API + MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 76 | WooCommerce API + MCP +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.4 · D** | **73 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Elastic Path API + MCP | WooCommerce API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Elastic Path | WooCommerce (Automattic) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | GPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 95 | 7 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | 754 npm/wk | 11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Elastic Path API + MCP.** Cart, promotion code, checkout and order endpoints cover the whole test flow. MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence.\n\n**WooCommerce API + MCP.** Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share. Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Elastic Path API + MCP\n\n1. Use a client_credentials token server-side only. It has full CRUD on the store\n2. Pick the base URL for the store's region (useast or euwest), or every call returns 401\n3. Loading the MCP server costs 95 tool definitions, so enable it only for agents that need the back office\n4. On a 429, wait a few seconds and retry. No Retry-After header is sent\n5. Check out a cart with POST /v2/carts/{id}/checkout, then pay the resulting order\n\n### WooCommerce API + MCP\n\n1. Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL\n2. Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce\n3. Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size\n4. Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages\n5. Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone\n\n## Other comparisons with Elastic Path API + MCP or WooCommerce API + MCP\n\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Medusa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-medusa.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-swell.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Swell vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Vendure vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vendure-vs-woocommerce.md)\n",
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