Three steps, in order. The first two change nothing on your site.
- Install — add pterodocs to your Docusaurus site and write a config.
- Credentials — an Application Password, kept in a file nothing reads by accident.
- Your first sync — render locally, plan against the site, then publish.
What you need
- Node 20.11 or newer.
- A Docusaurus site, version 3.6 or newer. pterodocs loads it through Docusaurus’s own loader, so the site has to be one Docusaurus can build.
- A WordPress site you can create pages on, with the REST API reachable and
Application Passwords enabled (they are, unless a plugin or
wp-config.phpdisabled them).
Nothing else. There is no build step on the WordPress side and no plugin required to publish — the plugin is worth having, but it is not a prerequisite.