diff --git a/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
index 1c2f367..fed6e64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/name/nathanmcrae/numbersstation/StationSettingsController.java
@@ -499,12 +499,25 @@ public class StationSettingsController {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "SFTP connection failed", e);
             }
         } else if (messageMethod.get() == StationSettings.MessageMethod.WORDPRESS) {
+            connectionTestDescription.set("Testing connection");
+            connectionTestStatus.set(ConnectionStatus.NEUTRAL);
+
             System.setProperty("wordpress.username", username.get());
             System.setProperty("wordpress.password", password.get());
             System.setProperty("wordpress.url", stationAddress.get());
             Post post = new Post("Title of post", "content to post");
-            WordpressClient client = new WordpressClient();
-            String newPostId = client.newPost(post);
+            try {
+                WordpressClient client = new WordpressClient();
+                var postTypes = client.getPostTypes();
+
+                logger.log(Level.INFO, "Wordpress connection successful");
+                connectionTestDescription.set("Connection succeeded");
+                connectionTestStatus.set(ConnectionStatus.SUCCESS);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                connectionTestDescription.set("Worpress connection failed");
+                connectionTestStatus.set(ConnectionStatus.FAILURE);
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Wordpress connection failed", e);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/StationSettingsView.fxml b/src/main/resources/StationSettingsView.fxml
index b8b0aba..3a91653 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/StationSettingsView.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/StationSettingsView.fxml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                         <PasswordField fx:id="passwordField" layoutX="444.0" layoutY="95.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="135.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" />
                         <TextField fx:id="externalProgramCommandField" layoutX="-2.0" layoutY="131.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="580.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="-2.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" />
                         <Button fx:id="testConnectionButton" layoutX="464.0" layoutY="7.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#handleTestConnectionButtonPress" text="Test connection" />
-                        <Label fx:id="connectionTestStatusLabel" layoutX="257.0" layoutY="11.0" prefHeight="17.0" prefWidth="196.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="257.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="125.0" />
+                        <Label fx:id="connectionTestStatusLabel" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" layoutX="136.0" layoutY="11.0" prefHeight="17.0" prefWidth="317.0" textAlignment="RIGHT" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="136.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="125.0" />
                      
                    </children>
                      <VBox.margin>