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Build a Wp-website-creator-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI Workbench support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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Wp-website-creator is a WordPress plugin facilitating automated website creation and content management accessed via the standard WordPress REST API. The REST API base URL is https://{site}/wp-json and uses HTTP Basic authentication with username and application password.

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv add "dlt[hub]" and start loading Wp-website-creator data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Wp-website-creator?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Wp-website-creator:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
postswp/v2/postsGETRetrieve list of posts
pageswp/v2/pagesGETRetrieve list of pages
mediawp/v2/mediaGETRetrieve media items
typeswp/v2/typesGETRetrieve registered post types
statuseswp/v2/statusesGETRetrieve post statuses

How do I authenticate with the Wp-website-creator API?

Authentication is performed using WordPress Application Passwords via HTTP Basic authentication, where the username and application password are sent in the Authorization header as 'Basic base64(username

)'.

1. Get your credentials

To obtain credentials for the WordPress REST API used by the Wp-website-creator integration, you must generate an Application Password: 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Navigate to 'Users' > 'Your Profile'. 3. Scroll down to the 'Application Passwords' section. 4. Enter a name for your new application password and click 'Add New Application Password'. 5. Copy the generated 24-character password immediately, as it will not be displayed again. This password, combined with your WordPress username, is used for authentication.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.wp_website_creator_source] application_password = "REPLACE_ME"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.


How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

uv init uv add "dlt[hub]"

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

uv run dlthub ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

uv run dlthub ai toolkit install rest-api-pipeline

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the Wp-website-creator API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

uv run python wp_website_creator_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

Pipeline wp_website_creator_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset wp_website_creator_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/wp_website_creator.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

uv run dlthub show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.


Python pipeline example

This example loads wp/v2/posts and wp/v2/pages from the Wp-website-creator API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

import dlt from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources @dlt.source def wp_website_creator_source(application_password=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://{site}/wp-json", "auth": {"type": "http_basic", "username": "REPLACE_ME", "password": application_password}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "posts", "endpoint": {"path": "wp/v2/posts"}}, {"name": "pages", "endpoint": {"path": "wp/v2/pages"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="wp_website_creator_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="wp_website_creator_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(wp_website_creator_source()) print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.


How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("wp_website_creator_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.posts.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM wp_website_creator_data.posts LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("wp_website_creator_pipeline").dataset() data.posts.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.


What destinations can I load Wp-website-creator data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample value
DuckDB (local, default)"duckdb"
PostgreSQL"postgres"
BigQuery"bigquery"
Snowflake"snowflake"
Redshift"redshift"
Databricks"databricks"
Filesystem (S3, GCS, Azure)"filesystem"

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.


Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI harness:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-platform — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install data-exploration uv run dlthub ai toolkit install dlthub-platform

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