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# Use an application password instead

Connect without browser sign-in, for sites without HTTPS or tools that cannot open a browser.

Updated 8 October 2026

An application password is a key that WordPress creates for one tool. Use one when browser sign-in is not possible: the site has no HTTPS, or the tool cannot sign in through a browser.

The key works as you until you revoke it, so treat it like a password.

## Create the key

- Go to Divi → MCP for Divi 5 and open the Connect your tool step.
- Pick your tool.
- Open Use an application password instead and click Create an application password.
- Copy the config that now contains the key.

The key is shown only once. Copy the config before you leave the page.

Already have a key? Paste it into Or enter one you already have. It stays in that browser tab.

## Add the config to your tool

The screen shows the exact text for your tool, with your key already in it.

- Claude Code: run the command in your terminal.
- Claude desktop app: open Settings → Developer → Edit Config, add the text to claude_desktop_config.json and restart Claude. This route needs Node.js installed on your computer.
- ChatGPT Codex: add the text to ~/.codex/config.toml and restart Codex. The Codex command line, IDE extension and app all share this file.
- Cursor: add the text to ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, and restart Cursor.

To go back to browser sign-in, click Switch back to browser sign-in.

## Revoke the key

Go to Users → Profile, find Application Passwords and revoke the key named MCP for Divi 5.

A connection made with a key does not appear under Connected apps. That list shows browser sign-ins only, so revoking the key is how you cut it off.

## If the button is missing

If the screen says application passwords are turned off, WordPress only allows them over HTTPS, and a security plugin can also disable them. Turn them back on, or use browser sign-in on an HTTPS site.

[← PreviousConnect your AI tool](https://divicake.com/docs/mcp-for-divi/connect-your-ai-tool/)[Next →Disconnect an app](https://divicake.com/docs/mcp-for-divi/disconnect-an-app/)

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