# James Koster

> James Koster is co-creator of WooCommerce. WooCommerce API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-creator of WooCommerce.

James Koster was a developer at Jigowatt when WordPress theme maker WooThemes hired him and Mike Jolley to work on a fork of Jigoshop. That fork became WooCommerce, launched in September 2011.

## What James builds

- [WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md), graded BB, 73/100, in Commerce & checkout. Open-source commerce plugin for WordPress that you host yourself. Co-creator of WooCommerce, founder, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Matt Mullenweg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matt-mullenweg/), Founder, Automattic
- [Mike Jolley](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-jolley/), Co-creator of WooCommerce

## Questions

### Who is James Koster?

James Koster was a developer at Jigowatt when WordPress theme maker WooThemes hired him and Mike Jolley to work on a fork of Jigoshop. That fork became WooCommerce, launched in September 2011.

### What does WooCommerce (Automattic) make?

Anchor Terminal lists WooCommerce API + MCP from WooCommerce (Automattic). Open-source commerce plugin for WordPress that you host yourself.

### How are James's tools graded?

WooCommerce API + MCP is graded BB, 73 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://woocommerce.com/
- https://woocommerce.com/about/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WooCommerce
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Mullenweg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic

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