AI Block Editor – Add and Edit Gutenberg Blocks with an AI Assistant vs AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini

AI Block Editor adds a Gutenberg blocks assistant inside the WordPress editor. Describe what you want to add or change, and AI Editor will place, arrange, and update WordPress blocks directly in the editor. Use it for complex block layouts or simple edits. It supports the latest OpenAI models and lets you use your own API key. When your theme uses theme.json, AI Editor can follow your global styles, presets, and design tokens like colors, typography, spacing, and layout so generated blocks match your site’s design system. Features Natural language block creation: Describe your desired content in plain language and the AI will handle the rest. Core Gutenberg blocks: AI Editor can use core Gutenberg blocks to create complete page sections and complex layouts, not just add single blocks one at a time. Selected block editing: Select one or more blocks in Gutenberg and ask AI Editor to update the selected content or layout. Custom block editing: Custom and third-party blocks can be edited after you add and select them. AI Editor uses the markup it can see for the selected block, so review the result because custom blocks may have private fields, dynamic rendering, or plugin-specific rules the AI cannot fully infer. Existing content lookup (WordPress 6.9+): AI Editor can look up existing WordPress posts, pages, and public custom post types for context, then use that text while helping you create or edit content. Theme-aware output: For themes that use theme.json, AI Editor can use your theme’s presets and editor settings to keep generated layouts consistent with your site’s colors, spacing, typography, and other design styles. Abilities API support: On WordPress 6.9+, connect custom WordPress Abilities API features to AI Editor so it can use site-specific data or actions while helping in the editor. Resizable sidebar: Drag the left edge of the AI Editor sidebar to make the chat panel wider. GPT model selection: Choose from the GPT models supported by AI Editor and available to your OpenAI account. Reasoning effort controls: Choose how much reasoning the model should use for faster simple edits or more careful complex layout work. Conversation context controls: Limit how many recent chat messages are sent with each request. Prompt caching: AI Editor keeps repeated system instructions stable so OpenAI prompt caching can reuse shared context when available, helping monitor API usage and reduce repeated input processing. Theme compatibility check: Review whether the active theme is a good fit for AI Editor’s Gutenberg and theme style workflow. BYOK: Use your own OpenAI API key. Language translation: Multilingual support. Prompt Examples “Add this article as a magazine-style layout using blocks: (paste article here).” “Create a layout for an About Us page, including sections for a mission statement, team members, and contact.” “Add 3 columns, each with a pricing plan.” “Create a table comparing the caffeine content of popular drinks.” “Rewrite this testimonial block to sound more concise.” “Update the selected columns for better balance.” Getting The Best Results Quickly add content blocks: Ask AI Editor to add headings, sections, buttons, lists, tables, columns, and other core blocks for your content. Turn full copy into blocks: Paste a full page draft or section copy and let AI Editor structure it into blocks. Use existing site content: Ask AI Editor to work from existing posts, pages, or custom post types when the request needs site context. With lower models or no reasoning, be explicit, such as “use the current page content as context” or “find posts about pricing and add a summary section.” Choose settings for the task: Select an available model and adjust reasoning effort based on the complexity of the requested layout or edit. Select the right amount of content: If the change depends on a parent layout, columns, group spacing, or surrounding section structure, select the whole relevant block or section and say what you want changed. Use narrow selections for simple edits: If you only need a specific text, button, heading, or single block changed, select just that block and give a direct instruction. Settings Navigate to Settings -> AI Editor to configure the plugin. OpenAI API Key: Add your own OpenAI API key. Requests are sent from your WordPress site to OpenAI. GPT Model: GPT-6 Astra is recommended and is the default for new settings. GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and GPT-5.4 mini are also available. Reasoning Effort: Choose none, low, medium, or high. GPT-6 Astra uses low when none is selected. Lower values are faster for simple edits; higher values can help with larger layouts or more careful restructuring but may take longer and use more tokens. Theme Style Context For AI: A short style note used as design direction. AI Editor can rewrite the active theme description with AI. Raw theme presets are handled separately, so this field should stay short and human-readable. Limit Conversation Context Sent To OpenAI: Turn on/off trimming of older chat messages before sending a new request. Max Messages In Conversation Context: Set how many recent messages are kept when conversation context trimming is enabled. The default is 50. Theme Compatibility For AI Editor: Run a compatibility check for the active theme. It reviews Gutenberg support, block theme signals, editor style support, and available theme presets so you can spot where manual cleanup may be needed. Note: AI Editor is powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology. For more information on the data handling and privacy aspects, please refer to OpenAI’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Connect Custom Abilities On WordPress 6.9+, developers can connect custom abilities registered with the WordPress Abilities API to AI Editor. If your plugin or theme registers a custom ability, add an AI Editor config to the ability meta. Example: 'meta' => array( 'ai_editor' => array( 'action_name' => 'get_product_details', 'description' => 'Use this when the user asks for current product details from WooCommerce.', ), ) AI Editor will only use abilities that explicitly opt in. Keep ability results focused and avoid returning large private datasets or unrelated site data. Requirements PHP 7.0+ is recommended, WordPress 5.8+, with Gutenberg active. An OpenAI API key is required.

AI Engine connects WordPress with AI models. One install, stable connectors for every major AI provider: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and more. Build intelligent chatbots, generate content, create AI forms, and automate tasks. All from your WordPress dashboard. Take the tour at vibewithwp.ai: what AI Engine does, how the MCP server works, and how it compares to the alternatives. Please make sure you read the disclaimer. For more information, check the official website of AI Engine. Quick Intro Hello! ☀️ I built AI Engine to bring OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI models into WordPress. Create chatbots that understand your content, generate posts in your voice, translate instantly, create images, or build custom AI tools. For developers: internal APIs, REST endpoints, function calling, and MCP support. Build AI features, automate workflows, or create SaaS applications on WordPress. There is also a Workspace: a full-screen AI chat inside wp-admin, with every model you configured, and free apps for iPhone and Android so you can keep working on your site from your phone. Details on workspace.press. Feeling overwhelmed? 🤪 Start simple: Create a chatbot. Then connect Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT, or OpenClaw through MCP, giving AI direct access to your site. Desktop clients can connect via OAuth: users just paste the MCP URL, sign in to WordPress, and approve. No shared token to manage. Add SEO Engine and watch it manage SEO in ways you never imagined. You can even connect AI Engine to multiple WordPress sites and manage them all through conversation. You’ll be having a blast before you’ve explored everything. You’ll probably spot bits of AI Engine in plenty of other AI plugins, code and UI alike. Flattering, really… or fishy? 🤣 But only AI Engine keeps pushing forward with real care for its community, a drive toward perfection, and the patience to get the details right. Core Modules 🤖 Chatbots Create chatbots for your visitors, with five built-in themes (including the new Glass), realtime audio, file uploads, discussions, and conversation memory. Every theme can be restyled, and every text the chatbot says can be translated. 🖥️ Workspace (with free iPhone and Android apps) A full-screen AI chat inside your WordPress admin: every model you configured, conversation history and folders, a prompt library, image generation, web search, and hands-on access to your site through the MCP tools. It also runs on your phone and tablet, through Workspace for WordPress. 🎨 Content & Media Write posts in the Content Studio, create and edit images in the Image Studio, compare models side by side in the Playground, and use Copilot in the WordPress editor to correct, enhance, translate, or rewrite text. 📝 AI Forms Build custom AI-powered forms that handle text, images, audio, or file uploads. Create advanced apps with conditional logic. 🧠 Knowledge & Embeddings Create embeddings and build knowledge bases from PDFs. Connect with Pinecone, Chroma, Qdrant, or OpenAI Vector Store for semantic search. 🔧 Function Calling Connect AI to WordPress functions, WooCommerce, appointments, or custom APIs. Let AI interact with your site’s data and services in real-time. 🛡️ Security & Moderation IP banning, word filtering, and content moderation to keep your AI interactions safe. 💡 Advisor AI-powered recommendations and insights to help you set up and optimize your WordPress site. 🔌 Developer Tools Internal APIs, REST endpoints, MCP support, and extensive hooks. Build AI-driven features, automate workflows, or create SaaS applications. 🖥️ Workspace (and its mobile apps) A full-screen AI chat that lives in your WordPress admin, and now in your pocket too. Every model you configured is one tap away, in the same conversation: start a thread on Claude, continue it on ChatGPT or Gemini, generate an image, search the web, then let it work on the site itself through the MCP tools, with an approval dialog before anything is changed. Workspace for WordPress brings all of it to your phone and tablet, on the App Store and Google Play. You scan a QR code once to pair it with your site, no password typed on a phone keyboard, and the pairing is a revocable Application Password you can cut off at any time. Your conversations, folders and themes stay on your own site, and your API keys never leave it. The app is free, the plugin is free, and there is no markup on anything: you pay your AI providers directly, at their price. Workspace is off by default: enable it under AI Engine → Settings → Modules, and the Workspace entry appears in your admin menu. More about it on workspace.press. Features: Every provider in one thread, switchable per conversation Conversation history, folders, pins, and full-text search Prompt library, image generation, and web search Site actions through MCP, with approval before any change Attach files and save generated images to the Media Library Themes that sync across your devices through your WordPress account Requires iOS 17 or newer, or Android 8 or newer 🤖 Chatbots Transform visitor interactions with intelligent, customizable chatbots. Features: Five built-in themes: Timeless, Messages, ChatGPT, Foundation, and Glass, a frosted glass theme with a dark and a light mode A Themes editor for colors, fonts, and custom CSS Popup, inline, or fullscreen, with an optional macOS-style window Realtime audio conversations File and image uploads, several at once, or simply pasted Discussions list and conversation memory Every text translatable, and message actions reachable with the keyboard Cross-site embedding GDPR compliance tools 🎨 Content & Media Create, refine, and visualize content with AI assistance. Studios: Content Studio: from a brief to a full draft, with templates you can reuse Image Studio: generate images, keep every version, and edit them with a brush Playground: try a prompt on several models side by side Copilot (Magic Wand): Correct grammar and spelling Enhance text for readability and quality Make text longer or shorter Translate text and full posts Generate content from scratch Multi-block support in the WordPress editor Image Tools: Create images from text prompts Edit existing images with AI Vision AI for image analysis Automatic alt text generation 📝 AI Forms Build powerful AI-driven forms and applications. Capabilities: Text, image, audio, and file inputs Conditional logic and validation Custom AI-powered apps Multi-step workflows Result templates 🧠 Knowledge & Embeddings Create intelligent knowledge bases and semantic search. Vector Databases: Chroma, Qdrant, Pinecone OpenAI Vector Store Automatic synchronization Dimension validation Smart Features: PDF import with auto-chunking AI-powered search (Simple, Context-Aware, Smart) Content classification Personalized recommendations 🔧 Developer Tools Extend WordPress with AI capabilities. APIs: Internal API for plugin integration REST API for external applications MCP (Model Context Protocol) support Function calling framework Integration: Works with SEO Engine, Social Engine, Code Engine Media File Renamer support Custom shortcodes and hooks Extensive WordPress filters Resources: Code Examples & Customization MCP (Model Context Protocol) AI Engine turns your WordPress site into an intelligent MCP server. AI agents like ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, and OpenClaw can connect directly, browse content, edit posts, manage media, and handle complex tasks through natural conversation. More than 130 tools, over 200 with the Meow Apps family. Posts, pages, media, comments, users, taxonomies, block patterns, editor notes, image generation and vision come free. Pro adds plugins, themes, database, WooCommerce, Polylang and WPML. SEO Engine, Code Engine and Social Engine plug in their own, and any WordPress Ability can join. You choose which sets are on, so each AI only carries what it needs. Direct and private. AI apps connect straight to your site. There is no relay service in between, your credentials never leave WordPress, and the MCP server is free, with no monthly fee and no usage cap. Rather have it set up for you? Connect with Meow Apps adds your site to ChatGPT or Claude in a few clicks, through our gateway, which passes requests along without storing them. What AI Agents Can Do: Create and edit posts Moderate comments Install and manage plugins Customize themes Check SEO and analytics Manage media files Run SQL queries Create images for your posts, in the shape you need Manage WooCommerce products, orders, inventory, and customers Handle Polylang and WPML translations Setup Guides: General MCP Overview MCP with ChatGPT MCP with Claude MCP with Claude Code Plugin Integration: Other plugins add their features to the MCP system: SEO Engine – Let AI analyze and optimize your content, fix SEO issues, and manage meta data Social Engine – AI can schedule posts, manage social media, and create social content Code Engine – Give AI access to code snippets and custom functions Plugins that register their features with the WordPress Abilities API, such as Easy Digital Downloads, can join too: turn on Abilities in the MCP settings and they become MCP tools, each one keeping its own permission checks. AI Engine can also connect to external MCP servers, extending your chatbots with tools and services beyond WordPress. A note on safety and “full access”: AI Engine’s MCP tools are curated and permission-aware on purpose. They do not run arbitrary code, so your site stays safe even while an AI agent works on it. Each person connects with their own WordPress account, so every action shows up under their name. Administrators get full access. Editors can connect too once you turn on Editor Access, limited to the content they can already edit in WordPress: settings, users, plugins, themes and deleting stay with administrators. Some people have asked us to match tools like Novamira and give an AI agent full, unrestricted control of WordPress through arbitrary PHP execution. We will not add that to the official AI Engine plugin, because it is genuinely unsafe: it effectively turns your site into remote code execution. If you specifically want that Novamira-style power on a development or staging site, we made an optional companion plugin, AI Engine YOLO, which brings the same unrestricted PHP execution and file access to AI Engine’s MCP server. It is dangerous by design, switches itself off on production, and is offered on GitHub only. Please never run it on a live site. Pro Features AI Forms: Create dynamic forms that generate answers, images, or files using AI. Embeddings & Vector Databases: Build knowledge bases from your content and PDFs for semantic search. Content-Aware: Let AI use your post and page content as context for smarter responses. Function Calling: Connect AI to WordPress functions, WooCommerce, or any custom API. Cross-Site Chatbots: Embed your chatbots on external websites. Editor Assistant: An AI sidebar in the post editor that can read, rewrite, insert, and rearrange your content blocks through chained function calls. Realtime Audio: Voice-based conversations on OpenAI’s GA Realtime API, with the latest voice reasoning capabilities. Statistics & Usage Control: Track usage, set limits per role, and monitor costs. Extra MCP Tools: Adds plugin, theme, database, Polylang, WPML, and WooCommerce management to the MCP server. Models API: Let coding agents and OpenAI-compatible apps use your site’s AI models with one key, with usage tracked in Insights. Priority Support: Get faster help from the Meow Apps team. Why AI Engine? Native to WordPress Built specifically for WordPress with seamless integration. No clunky interfaces, just native WordPress experience. Flexible & Powerful Built-in connectors for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI (Grok), Mistral, Perplexity, OpenRouter, Replicate, Azure (OpenAI), plus a Custom (OpenAI-compatible) connector for Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp, LocalAI, or any self-hosted server. Use the models that work best for you. Google (Gemini) runs on the new Interactions API by default, bringing stateful conversations, streaming with a live event log, function calling, and built-in Google Search and Google Maps grounding, with the classic API kept as a one-click fallback. Developer Friendly Clean APIs, extensive hooks, and MCP support. Build custom AI features or entire SaaS applications on WordPress. Real MCP, for Real WordPress You may have heard of MCP Adapter, built by the WordPress team primarily for their WordPress.com hosting service. It’s essentially a thin layer on top of the REST API. AI Engine takes a different approach: its MCP tools are specifically crafted for AI agents, with rich context, smart defaults, and practical actions that go far beyond what a generic REST API wrapper can offer. And it works on any WordPress installation, regardless of your hosting provider. AI Engine also exposes its REST API as MCP tools if you want that, but the dedicated tools are where the real power is. Privacy First IP hashing, GDPR tools, secure file handling, and session-based tracking. You control your data. The free version sends nothing to us; the Pro version’s update check also says whether MCP was used in the last 30 days (a simple yes or no, nothing about what it did) and how many phones are paired with Workspace (a number only). Constantly Evolving Weekly updates based on real user feedback. We listen, we improve. My Dream for AI I am excited about AI, but I believe we need to use it with intention and clarity. Social media showed us how powerful tools can reshape our lives in ways we never expected, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. I want to avoid repeating those mistakes. AI should help us remove the meaningless, tedious work or enhance the work we enjoy. Modern tools should give us more time for what truly matters: spending beautiful moments with the people we love! 💕 Disclaimer AI Engine is a plugin that helps you to connect your websites to AI services. You need your own API keys and must follow the rules set by the AI service you choose. For OpenAI, check their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It is also important to check your usage on the OpenAI website for accurate information. Please do so with other services as well. The developer of AI Engine and related parties are not responsible for any issues or losses caused by using the plugin or AI-generated content. You should talk to a legal expert and follow the laws and regulations of your country. AI Engine does only store data on your own server, and it is your responsibility to keep it safe. AI Engine’s full disclaimer is here. Compatibility Please be aware that there may be conflicts with certain caching or performance plugins, such as SiteGround Optimizer and Ninja Firewall. To prevent any issues, ensure that AI Engine is excluded from these plugins.