Getting started

You're about ten minutes from a calmer site.

There are three small things to do. None of them are hard, all of them are once-and-done, and we walk you through every screen.

What's ahead

01. Download AgentPresso for Mac

There's nothing tricky here. AgentPresso is a regular macOS app, distributed as a .dmg. You download it, double-click to open, and drag the icon to your Applications folder. The first launch will take a few seconds while the app warms up its AI engine — that's normal.

System requirements:

  • macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
  • Apple silicon (M1 and up) or Intel
  • Universal binary — Apple silicon and Intel

Download for Mac

02. Bring your own AI model

AgentPresso is the command center for your WordPress operations. It orchestrates specialized skills — security, content, database, themes, SEO, deployments — turning AI reasoning into real site results. The AI model powers the intelligence; AgentPresso powers the execution. We support 11+ providers — pick ChatGPT / Codex if you want the simplest path with no API keys, or choose any API-based provider if you prefer full control. If you've never done this before, the next few sections are for you.

Pick a provider

Four honest recommendations, depending on what you care about most:

If you want…We recommendWhy
The simplest setup, no API keysChatGPT / CodexBest for new users who already have a ChatGPT subscription and don't want to deal with API keys, billing credits, or provider dashboards. Connect ChatGPT / Codex, choose gpt-5.5, and start using AgentPresso with one of the most powerful AI models on the internet.
The best quality-to-price ratioDeepSeekThe cheapest serious cloud option — deepseek-v4-flash handles WordPress work at a small fraction of OpenAI or Anthropic prices, with almost no real-world quality loss. This is what we use day-to-day ourselves.
To pay nothing at all (and full privacy)LM Studio (local)Runs entirely on your Mac. No account, no card, no per-token fee — and nothing leaves your computer.
The most familiar setupOpenAIMost familiar brand, cleanest dashboard, $5 starting credit works for weeks.

Other providers are listed in the app's Settings if you have a preference. The walkthroughs below cover the API-key options; ChatGPT / Codex is the easiest path if you already have a ChatGPT subscription.

DeepSeek — full walkthrough

  1. Open platform.deepseek.com in your browser. Sign up with email (or a Google account).
  2. Go to Billing in the dashboard and add a small starting credit — $5 is plenty and typically lasts months for normal use.
  3. Go to API Keys in the dashboard. Click Create new API key.
  4. Name it "AgentPresso" and copy the key (it starts with sk-…). DeepSeek shows it only once — copy it before closing the dialog.
  5. Open AgentPresso → Settings → Model. Provider: DeepSeek. Paste the key in the API Key field. Model name: deepseek-v4-flash for everyday work, or deepseek-v4-pro for harder tasks. Save.

Done. Most conversations with the agent will cost you a cent or two — a $5 credit lasts a long time.

LM Studio (local, no key) — full walkthrough

  1. Download LM Studio for Mac. Drag to Applications, open it.
  2. In LM Studio, search and download a model — Qwen2.5 Coder 7B (~4 GB) is a good starting choice for WordPress work.
  3. Click LM Studio's Local Server tab. Click Start Server. It runs on http://localhost:1234.
  4. In AgentPresso → Settings → Model, set Provider to LM Studio. Leave the API key empty.
  5. Model name: the one you loaded in LM Studio. Save.

No payments, no account, no cap, and nothing leaves your Mac. The trade-off is the model is smaller than what cloud providers offer, so for hard requests it'll be slower or less precise. For typical WordPress maintenance, it's plenty.

OpenAI — full walkthrough

  1. Open platform.openai.com in your browser. Sign in or create an account with your email.
  2. You'll be asked to verify a phone number. This is OpenAI's anti-abuse step, not AgentPresso's — we never see your phone.
  3. Click your avatar (top-right) → Billing. Add a starting credit of $5. This is what you'll spend on AI tokens; the credit doesn't expire.
  4. Click Dashboard → API keys in the left nav (or go to platform.openai.com/api-keys).
  5. Click + Create new secret key. Name it "AgentPresso" so you remember.
  6. Copy the key that starts with sk-…. OpenAI shows it only once — if you close the dialog without copying, you'll have to create another.
  7. Open AgentPresso → Settings → Model. Provider: OpenAI. Paste the key in the API Key field. Model name: gpt-4o is a sensible default. Save.

What about Anthropic (Claude) and the others?

Anthropic (Claude) is the premium option — slowest to misstep, sharpest at instruction-following, the one we reach for on the hardest tasks. Same flow as the others: sign up at console.anthropic.com, add $5 credit, go to Settings → API Keys and create one (it starts with sk-ant-…), then paste into AgentPresso with Provider Anthropic and model claude-sonnet-4.

The app also supports OpenRouter (one key, many models — including several free ones), Google AI Studio (Gemini, with a generous free tier and a premium gemini-3.1-pro for serious work), xAI, Z.AI / GLM, MiniMax, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via the Custom provider. Each has its own key flow on its own dashboard — they all look similar. If you'd rather use one of these, search "<provider> API keys quickstart" — every provider has a one-page guide.

03. Connect your WordPress site

AgentPresso needs a way to talk to your WordPress site. The simplest method is the WordPress REST API, which is built into every modern WordPress install. You generate a one-time "application password" inside your site's admin and paste it into AgentPresso. That's it.

  1. Log into your WordPress site's /wp-admin/.
  2. Click Users → Profile (or Users → Your Profile).
  3. Scroll to the bottom — there's a section called Application Passwords.
  4. Enter "AgentPresso" as the name and click Add New Application Password.
  5. WordPress shows you a string of letters and spaces (e.g. xCmU yJa6 i8oP 7Hbe …). Copy it now — WordPress only shows it once.
  6. Open AgentPresso → click + Add Site in the sidebar.
  7. Fill in: Site Name, Site URL (full URL with https://), Application Username (your wp-admin username), Application Password (the string you just copied).
  8. Click Verify & Continue. AgentPresso pings your site to confirm the credentials work.

That's the minimum. If you want the agent to do more advanced things — like editing wp-config.php directly, looking at server logs, or managing files outside wp-content — you can also add SSH and FTP credentials on the same screen. These are optional and you can add them later.

You're done. Open the app.

That's all of it. From now on, opening AgentPresso is just opening AgentPresso — no more setup, no more API keys, no more configuration. You pick a site in the sidebar, type a sentence, and watch.

If anything didn't go the way it should have, use the contact form — we read every message and reply within a day.