Does an IDX Broker MCP need WordPress? No. The IDX Broker MCP only talks to your IDX Broker account. What changes between setups is where you put the links and embed codes it gives you. This guide shows the same jobs in four setups, with example prompts and what to expect. Self-serve sign-up is open: sign up.
The names and numbers in the prompts are fictional examples. They are not client stories.
The one rule that applies everywhere
No IDX Broker MCP tool edits WordPress or any other website. It creates or changes things in your IDX Broker account and returns links, counts, embed codes and records. You or your web person paste results into your site. Tools that change your IDX pages, such as custom CSS or sub-headers, change what IDX Broker serves, and ask you to confirm twice.
Setup A: a Virtual Results site
Your IDX Broker account is connected to a site that Virtual Results manages. Virtual Results clients get access through Virtual Results support, so the connection is set up with you.
Prompt: "Make me a saved link for East Sacramento: 3+ beds, under $900,000. Call it East Sac Family Homes." Expected: a shareable results page URL. Ask "How many listings match the East Sac link right now?" for a count. Add the URL to your neighborhood page or menu. Difference: none in the tools. The VR site is where you place the link.
Setup B: WordPress, not hosted by Virtual Results
Your WordPress site shows IDX Broker pages or widgets, and you manage the install yourself.
Prompt: "Create a listings showcase widget called Home Page Featured." Expected: a new widget in your IDX Broker account and its embed address. Paste the embed code into a block or widget area on your WordPress page. Prompt: "Do I have any legacy widgets? Upgrade the slideshow one." Expected: a list of legacy widgets, then a confirm-twice step before the upgrade runs. Difference: pasting into WordPress is manual. The connection to your IDX Broker account does not touch your WordPress login.
Setup C: a non-WordPress site
Your website is on another platform, or custom-built.
Prompt: "Set up an email alert for the Hendersons: Land Park or Curtis Park, 3+ bedrooms, up to $700,000." Expected: the assistant looks up valid search fields, creates the alert, and reads it back. Prompt: "Make me a saved link for Land Park, then give me the URL." Expected: a URL you can link from any website, email or text message. Difference: same tools. Paste embed codes into your platform's HTML or embed block, or ask your web person.
Setup D: no website at all
You only use IDX Broker for lead capture and alerts, or you are between sites.
Prompt: "Add a lead: Daniel Ortiz, daniel.ortiz@example.com, 916-555-0142, looking in Midtown." Expected: a new lead. Note that IDX Broker sends the lead its own verify-your-email message. Prompt: "Add a note to Priya Nguyen: called about the Elm St house, wants a second showing Saturday." Expected: a private note on that lead. Difference: nothing needs pasting. Everything lives in IDX Broker.
What you need in every case
- An IDX Broker account and its access key.
- A Virtual Results login for an organization that has been granted access.
- An MCP-capable assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT.
Which setup is for you?
- Want the least manual pasting? Ask Virtual Results support what fits your site.
- Already have WordPress? Use setup B and keep the pasting step in mind.
- No site? Setup D is a valid place to start.
Next: the use-case library, the connect guide, and the hub.