diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/README.md b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/README.md
index 51fd082c9c824..dc5287fd5bd72 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/README.md
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ This loader fetches the text from Wordpress blog posts using the Wordpress API.
 
 ## Usage
 
-To use this loader, you need to pass base url of the Wordpress installation (e.g. `https://www.mysite.com`), a username, and an application password for the user (more about application passwords [here](https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/create-application-password-wordpress/))
+To use this loader, you need to pass base url of the Wordpress installation
+(e.g. `https://www.mysite.com`) and optionally a username, and an application
+password for the user (more about application passwords
+[here](https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/create-application-password-wordpress/))
 
 ```python
 from llama_index.readers.wordpress import WordpressReader
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/llama_index/readers/wordpress/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/llama_index/readers/wordpress/base.py
index 2d494e32286eb..4d15db1b1d2a5 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/llama_index/readers/wordpress/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/llama_index/readers/wordpress/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Wordpress reader."""
 import json
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from llama_index.core.readers.base import BaseReader
 from llama_index.core.schema import Document
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class WordpressReader(BaseReader):
         wordpress_subdomain (str): Wordpress subdomain
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, url: str, password: str, username: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, url: str, password: Optional[str] = None, username: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> None:
         """Initialize Wordpress reader."""
         self.url = url
         self.username = username
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/pyproject.toml
index 0342f560f8155..aae05e3d27cfb 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 maintainers = ["bbornsztein"]
 name = "llama-index-readers-wordpress"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/tests/test_readers_wordpress.py b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/tests/test_readers_wordpress.py
index 6d77c7bb8c274..82a58bc09548e 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/tests/test_readers_wordpress.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-wordpress/tests/test_readers_wordpress.py
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 from llama_index.readers.wordpress import WordpressReader
 
 
-def test_class():
+def test_class() -> None:
     names_of_base_classes = [b.__name__ for b in WordpressReader.__mro__]
     assert BaseReader.__name__ in names_of_base_classes
+
+
+def test_allow_with_username_and_password() -> None:
+    wordpress_reader = WordpressReader("http://example.com", "user", "pass")
+
+
+def test_allow_without_username_and_password() -> None:
+    wordpress_reader = WordpressReader("http://example.com")