Foundry Helper

Foundry Helper is the WordPress.org pairing plugin for the WP Foundry desktop app. It stores a shared secret on this site so you can add the site in WP Foundry. There is no central cloud service: pairing credentials stay on this site and in your local WP Foundry install.

This directory plugin does not run WP-CLI, install or activate other plugins or themes, create backups, or update itself from GitHub.

What it does

• Shows a Settings screen with the shared secret used to pair the site
• Exposes HMAC-authenticated REST endpoints used by WP Foundry to confirm the helper version and rotate the secret

Remote management

To manage plugins, themes, users, backups, and WP-CLI from the desktop app, install the full WP Foundry Helper from wpfoundry.app or the project’s GitHub repository. The full helper uses the same shared secret, so you do not need to re-pair the site.

Third-party service

This plugin is designed to be used with the WP Foundry desktop application:

• Site: https://wpfoundry.app
• The plugin does not phone home on page load. It only talks to WP Foundry when the desktop app (or another client that knows the shared secret) calls the REST API.