Share Buttons & AI-powered Summaries
Share Buttons & AI-powered Summaries turns every post into an AI-aware destination. It generates an inline AI summary readers can expand next to the share buttons, and offers one-click sharing to every major social network and the leading AI assistants. Among the first plugins to integrate the native WordPress 7.0 AI Connectors API: configure your AI provider once in Settings > Connectors (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) and the plugin reuses those credentials — no API keys to manage, no extra accounts. Inline AI Summary Two-tier cascade: Level A uses the WordPress 7.0 AI Client; Level C is a built-in PHP extractive fallback with zero API cost on any WP 6.1+ install. Choose your AI model and mode: pick the provider and model used to generate summaries, or leave it on Automatic to use a fast, cost-effective model instead of the newest, most expensive one. Set how generation behaves too: AI with extractive fallback, AI only, extractive only, or disabled. Paragraph or bullet-list format: show the summary as prose (one paragraph per sentence) or as a concise bullet list, with configurable length (1-5 sentences or points). Collapsible inline block with native , data-nosnippet and Schema.org CreativeWork microdata, so Google leaves the summary out of its snippets and AI Overviews and it never competes with your own text. Editor controls in the block sidebar and the classic meta box: view, edit manually, regenerate on demand, hide per post (independently from the buttons). Visitor-facing “Generate AI summary” button for posts without a stored summary, restrictable to extractive-only or open to the AI Client. Your own content inside the box: anything you want below the summary, as text, HTML or scripts (an ad, a newsletter form, a map, a notice), loaded when a reader opens the box, with an optional label. Only where there is something to summarize: posts with fewer than 50 words of text get no summary, so the box never shows an AI reply saying there was nothing to summarize. Async generation via WP-Cron. [ayudawp_aiss_summary] shortcode also available. Sharing Social networks: X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, Email, Raindrop, Reddit, Bluesky, LINE, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest. AI assistants: Claude, ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, Qwen, Meta AI — each opens with a citation-ready prompt linking back to your URL. Browser actions: a Copy link button and a native Share button that opens the device share sheet (reaching WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Messages or AirDrop), shown only where the browser supports it. Google Preferred Source: a button that takes readers to the Google tool where they mark your site as a preferred source, with the clicks counted per post. It can go with the social networks, in a section of its own, or anywhere with the shortcode. Where they show: inline before or after the content, through the [ayudawp_share_buttons] shortcode, or in a floating bar pinned to the left, the right or the bottom of the screen — on its own or alongside the inline block. Compact on phones: optionally collapse the whole set behind a single Share button, or show a few buttons plus a More button, without touching the desktop layout. 6 visual styles, 4 sizes, custom colors, brand SVG icons, dark-mode auto-adaptation, drag-and-drop ordering, optional UTM tagging. SEO-friendly ( or , auto-exclusion on noindex content for all major SEO plugins). Analytics Click tracking per platform and per post, timeline chart with per-platform breakdown, period comparison (previous period, same period last year, custom range), CSV export. Dashboard widget with 7-day sparkline. VigIA cross-reference (clicks vs. AI crawler visits) when active. Redis/Memcached compatible. Why use it? Cite your source naturally: when readers expand the summary or share to an AI assistant, your URL travels with the content. Reach every audience: full social spectrum plus 11 AI assistants in one place. Future-proof: built on WP 7.0 Connectors and a REST API ready for agentic clients. External services This plugin connects to third-party AI providers only when the inline AI Summary feature is enabled and an AI Connector is configured (or the WP AI Client is available). All other features — social and AI share buttons, click analytics, the extractive PHP fallback summary — run entirely on your own server and do not contact any external service. AI Summary generation When a post is saved (or when the editor / a visitor explicitly clicks “Regenerate” or “Generate AI summary”), the plugin uses the WordPress 7.0 AI Client (wp_ai_client_prompt()) to request a short summary from whichever provider you configured in Settings > Connectors. The plugin never stores your API keys — they are managed centrally by WordPress core. What is sent: Post title (plain text) Post content (HTML stripped, up to ~3000 characters of plain text) A short instruction asking the provider to return a summary What is not sent: API keys (managed by core Connectors), visitor IP addresses, user accounts, analytics data, or any other personal data of your readers. Possible destinations (depending on which Connector your administrator activates): OpenAI — Terms of use · Privacy policy Anthropic — Terms of service · Privacy policy Google AI — Terms of service · Privacy policy If you do not configure any Connector, or your WordPress version is below 7.0, the plugin falls back to the local PHP extractive summarizer and no external request is made. How to opt out Set AI Summary generation to Disabled in the AI Summary tab of the plugin settings. Or choose Extractive only to keep summaries fully local — zero external requests, ever. Or choose AI only while leaving no Connector configured — no requests will be sent, and summaries simply won’t be generated. The visitor-facing “Generate AI summary” button is off by default; if enabled, you can additionally restrict it to the extractive PHP path so visitor clicks never reach an external provider. Sharing buttons The social and AI sharing buttons render as / elements that open the respective destination only when the visitor clicks them — your server does not contact those services. The same goes for the Google Preferred Source button, a plain link to Google’s preferred sources tool with your domain in it: no Google script is loaded (Terms of service · Privacy policy). The plugin’s analytics endpoint that records button clicks runs locally on your own site. Advanced Usage Shortcode parameters The [ayudawp_share_buttons] shortcode accepts several parameters: buttons: Comma-separated list of buttons to display – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons buttons="claude,chatgpt,deepseek,twitter,mastodon"] – Available: twitter, linkedin, facebook, telegram, whatsapp, email, raindrop, reddit, bluesky, line, mastodon, threads, pinterest, copy_link, web_share, google_preferred, claude, chatgpt, google_ai, gemini, grok, perplexity, deepseek, mistral, copilot, qwen, meta_ai style: Visual style to use – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons style="outline"] – Options: minimal, brand, outline, dark, custom, icons-only size: Button size preset – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons size="compact"] – Options: compact, normal, large, fluid show_icons: Show icons with text (for non-icons-only styles) – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons show_icons="true" style="brand"] – Options: true, false icon_style: Icon corner style (for icons-only mode) – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons style="icons-only" icon_style="circular"] – Options: circular, square alignment: Button alignment – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons alignment="center"] – Options: left, center show_title: Show or hide the section title – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons show_title="false"] – Options: true, false title_text: Custom title text – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons title_text="Share this content"] title_style: Title HTML element – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons title_style="h3"] – Options: h3, h4, h5, h6, span ai_title: Section title for AI buttons group – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons ai_title="Summarize with AI"] social_title: Section title for social buttons group – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons social_title="Share on social media"] google_title: Title of the Google Preferred Source section, when it has a section of its own – Example: [ayudawp_share_buttons google_title="Follow us on Google"] Combined examples: [ayudawp_share_buttons buttons="claude,deepseek,twitter" style="brand" show_icons="true"] [ayudawp_share_buttons style="icons-only" icon_style="circular"] [ayudawp_share_buttons show_title="true" title_text="Share or Summarize" title_style="h3"] [ayudawp_share_buttons ai_title="Summarize with AI" social_title="Share" style="outline" show_icons="true"] [ayudawp_share_buttons buttons="chatgpt,qwen,meta_ai,mastodon,threads" size="compact" style="brand"] [ayudawp_share_buttons style="icons-only" icon_style="square" size="large"] [ayudawp_share_buttons size="fluid" style="outline" show_icons="true"] AI summary shortcode The [ayudawp_aiss_summary] shortcode renders the AI-generated summary as a standalone collapsible block. Useful when you want to place the summary somewhere other than where the share buttons are auto-inserted, or when you have buttons disabled but still want to surface the summary. post_id: Render the summary of a specific post – Example: [ayudawp_aiss_summary post_id="123"] – Defaults to the current post in the loop when omitted The shortcode outputs nothing when the post has no stored summary, so it is safe to drop into templates without conditional wrappers. Printing the blocks in theme hooks Some themes rewrite the post content after WordPress filters it, for example to place ads, and end up duplicating whatever plugins added to it. For those, the ayudawp_aiss_content_anchors filter prints what goes before the content, what goes after it, or both, in an action of the theme instead: add_filter( 'ayudawp_aiss_content_anchors', function ( $anchors ) { $anchors['before'] = array( 'hook' => 'mytheme_before_content', 'priority' => 20 ); $anchors['after'] = array( 'hook' => 'mytheme_after_content', 'priority' => 1 ); return $anchors; } ); The settings still decide whether the buttons and the summary show and where (before, after or both). The stylesheet still loads in the head, exclusions and the floating bar keep working, and each block is printed once per page. Leave an anchor as the_content to keep it inside the content. CSS Customization Guide The plugin uses CSS custom properties for all brand colors. You can override these in your theme to change any platform color globally: Override platform colors: .ayudawp-share-buttons { –ayudawp-claude: #ff0000; –ayudawp-chatgpt: #00ff00; } Main container classes: – .ayudawp-share-buttons – Main wrapper container – .ayudawp-buttons-container – Direct container for all buttons – .ayudawp-title – Title element before buttons – .ayudawp-section-title – Section title with extra top margin – .ayudawp-aiss-centered – Applied when centered alignment is enabled Button classes: – .ayudawp-share-btn – Base class for all buttons (both and elements) – .ayudawp-icon-wrapper – Container for button icons – .ayudawp-button-text – Text label inside buttons – .ayudawp-icon – SVG icon element Style modifier classes: – .brand – Brand colors style – .outline – Outline style (brand-colored borders) – .minimal – Minimal style – .dark – Dark background style – .custom – Custom colors style – .icons-only – Icons-only mode – .with-icons – Text buttons with icons – .circular – Circular icon buttons – .square – Square icon buttons Size modifier classes: – .size-compact – Compact button size – .size-large – Large button size – .size-fluid – Fluid width buttons Platform-specific classes (on buttons): – .twitter, .linkedin, .facebook, .telegram, .whatsapp – .email, .raindrop, .reddit, .bluesky, .line – .mastodon, .threads, .pinterest – .claude, .chatgpt, .google-ai, .gemini, .grok – .perplexity, .deepseek, .mistral, .copilot – .qwen, .meta-ai – .ai – Applied to all AI platform buttons Example: Change Claude button color: .ayudawp-share-buttons { –ayudawp-claude: #your-color; } Example: Change all AI buttons background: .ayudawp-share-buttons .ayudawp-share-btn.ai { background: #f0f0f0; } Example: Hide specific button: .ayudawp-share-btn.facebook { display: none; } Customize or remove separator lines: The main container has top and bottom border lines. You can hide either of them from the settings (Share Buttons → Separator lines) with no code. CSS is only needed to replace them with your own style: .ayudawp-share-buttons { border-top: 2px dashed #ccc; border-bottom: 2px dashed #ccc; } Important notes: – The use of !important is no longer needed for most overrides – Use CSS custom properties to change brand colors cleanly – Test on both desktop and mobile viewports – Icons-only buttons have fixed dimensions (44px default, 36px compact, 54px large) Technical Details System requirements WordPress 6.1 or higher (7.0+ for AI-generated summaries) PHP 7.4 or higher (compatible up to PHP 8.4) Theme compatible with wp_head() and wp_footer() Performance features Modular file structure for maximum efficiency Selective loading of resources (CSS/JS only where buttons display) No external dependencies: the front end script is plain JavaScript and does not load jQuery The floating bar ships its CSS and JS as separate files, loaded only where the bar is shown Optimized CSS with custom properties and minimal specificity Lightweight SVG icons (under 1KB each) Minimal database impact: analytics queries are cached (5 min) and compatible with persistent object cache (Redis, Memcached) Smart responsive layouts REST API for lightweight analytics data retrieval Developer features Clean, documented code WordPress coding standards compliant Hook-based architecture Modular class structure in /includes folder Extensible icon system using Simple Icons Translation ready Comprehensive shortcode API SEO-friendly markup options Post meta for individual exclusions Centralized platform color definitions Filters: ayudawp_aiss_floating_bar_buttons (which buttons the bar shows), ayudawp_aiss_show_floating_bar (whether it renders on a given request), ayudawp_aiss_utm_args (the campaign parameters added to a shared link), ayudawp_aiss_trusted_proxies (which addresses may set the forwarding header behind a CDN or load balancer), ayudawp_aiss_content_anchors (print the blocks in theme actions), ayudawp_aiss_summary_min_words (minimum length for a summary), ayudawp_aiss_summary_custom_html (the custom content inside the summary box, per post) and ayudawp_aiss_google_preferred_domain (the domain sent to Google) Support Need private support or custom development? Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just contact me and tell me what you need. Need help or have suggestions? Official website WordPress support forum YouTube channel Documentation and tutorials Love the plugin? Please leave us a 5-star review and help spread the word! About AyudaWP We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, AI and performance optimization plugins. We create tools that solve real problems for WordPress site owners while maintaining the highest coding standards and accessibility requirements.
Axtolab AI Connector
Axtolab AI Connector for WordPress connects your WordPress site to AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP-compatible tool. AI agents can safely create drafts, edit content, manage media, work with taxonomies, and integrate with Yoast SEO — all through a secure gateway with per-connection tool access, sensitive-action consent, and Roll Back / Undo on every write. How it works: The plugin adds a REST API gateway to your WordPress site. A lightweight MCP server runs on your local machine and translates AI tool calls into WordPress REST requests. The plugin enforces per-connection permissions and allow / ask first / block consent for sensitive actions, validates requests, captures every write into a Roll Back / Undo changelog, and logs actions. Key Features Roll Back / Undo on every write — every AI-driven change captures a before/after snapshot. Revert any tool call with one click from the Logs & Roll Back admin page. Sensitive-action consent — choose whether publishing, trash/delete/restore, WooCommerce price/coupon updates, and AI image actions run automatically, ask first, or are blocked for each connection. Content Management — Create, edit, and manage posts, pages, and custom post types. Clone existing content as drafts. View and restore revisions. Generate shareable preview links. Media Library — Upload images from URL, local file, or drag-and-drop portal. Search and browse existing media. Set featured images. Insert, replace, and remove inline images. WooCommerce Tools — When WooCommerce is active, list products and orders, update product prices, bulk-adjust prices, and create guarded coupons with Roll Back capture. Stock Photos — Search and import free stock photos from Unsplash and Pexels with automatic attribution. Yoast SEO — Read SEO and readability scores. Update focus keyphrase, SEO title, and meta description. Preview rendered meta tags. Authors & Taxonomies — Assign authors from an allowlist. Create and assign categories, tags, and custom taxonomy terms. Per-connection privilege model — every MCP connection authenticates as a WordPress user via Application Password. The connection’s capability set determines which AI tools can be called; the user’s WP role determines which objects they can act on. Both layers must allow an action for it to succeed. The plugin never creates WordPress users — admins create the Application Password under their own (or a dedicated) WordPress profile and paste it into the connection wizard. Sensitive-action behavior controls can require approval or block actions after the tool permission check passes. Allowlist-driven content type and taxonomy controls. Rate limiting on authentication endpoints. Two authentication methods — Application Passwords (for Desktop AI clients) and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (for Web AI clients like ChatGPT and Claude Web). Upload Portal — Drag-and-drop media uploads with time-limited tokens. No WordPress login required for the upload session. Available MCP Tools The connector exposes a categorized tool surface to MCP-compatible AI clients. All tools are documented and discoverable via the standard MCP tools/list JSON-RPC method. Search & Discovery — wp_find_content (filter + search), wp_list_content_types, wp_get_content, wp_site_info, wp_getting_started Content Authoring — wp_create_draft, wp_update_content, wp_publish_content, wp_clone_content, wp_get_preview_link Trash & Revisions — wp_trash_content, wp_restore_content, wp_list_revisions, wp_restore_revision Media — wp_search_media, wp_get_media, wp_update_media, wp_set_featured_image, wp_upload_media_from_url Inline Images (Gutenberg-aware) — wp_insert_inline_image, wp_replace_inline_image, wp_remove_inline_image Authors & Taxonomy — wp_list_authors, wp_assign_author, wp_list_terms, wp_create_term, wp_assign_terms Yoast SEO — wp_get_yoast_analysis, wp_update_yoast_metadata, wp_get_yoast_head_preview WooCommerce — wp_woo_list_products, wp_woo_get_product, wp_woo_update_product_price, wp_woo_bulk_update_prices, wp_woo_list_orders, wp_woo_get_order, wp_woo_create_coupon Stock Photos — wp_search_stock_photos, wp_import_stock_photo (Unsplash + Pexels with auto-attribution) Image Providers — wp_generate_image, wp_list_image_providers, wp_confirm_image with site-owner supplied provider API keys Upload Portal — wp_create_upload_session, wp_get_upload_session (drag-and-drop with time-limited tokens) Connection Introspection — wp_get_my_capabilities returns the calling connection’s capability groups, named preset (if any), and the resolved tool list — letting AI agents plan work without trial-and-error. Custom Post Type support — Default allowlist accepts post, page, featured_item. To accept ANY registered public post type (e.g. WooCommerce product, EDD download, custom CPTs), set the allowlist to ["*"] in MCP Gateway settings. wp_list_content_types then expands the wildcard to the live list of public types on the site. Audit Log — every tool call is recorded with timestamp, source, and redacted parameters Rate Limiting — per-IP token bucket on every authenticated endpoint What’s Included Axtolab AI Connector is fully featured with no limits. No publish limits, no connection caps, no feature gates. Everything included free: Create, edit, publish, and schedule content with AI agents Unlimited connections — connect Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP agent Upload and manage media (URL, local file, drag-and-drop portal) Search and import stock photos (Unsplash, Pexels) Generate images through supported providers when you configure your own provider API key WooCommerce read/write tools for products, orders, prices, and coupons when WooCommerce is active Yoast SEO integration Both authentication methods (App Passwords, OAuth 2.1) All taxonomy and author management The free core is feature-complete and useful on its own. Separate plugins may extend it, but no built-in feature in this WordPress.org package requires a license key. Getting Started Install and activate the plugin Go to AI Connector > Connections in wp-admin Click “+ Add new connection” and follow the wizard — it walks you through creating an Application Password on your WordPress profile (or on a dedicated WP user if you prefer the production-grade setup), pasting it into the connection, and choosing what that connection can do Click the “Download Extension (.mcpb)” button on the setup page to grab the Claude Desktop bundle from GitHub Releases, then drag it into Claude Desktop’s Extensions panel — or connect a compatible client through MCP-over-HTTP Start using your AI agent with WordPress External Services This plugin connects to the following external services only when the corresponding feature is configured or used. Provider API keys are supplied by the site owner. The plugin does not send telemetry or analytics to Axtolab. Claude (Anthropic) — OAuth Callback Service: Anthropic’s Claude products at https://claude.ai and https://claude.com Type: OAuth 2.1 authorization-code callback redirect (no inbound network call from Anthropic during this step) Endpoints (registered redirect URIs): https://claude.ai/api/mcp/auth_callback https://claude.com/api/mcp/auth_callback When used: When a logged-in WordPress administrator authorizes a Claude AI client to connect to their WordPress site via the plugin’s OAuth 2.1 flow. The plugin’s /oauth/authorize endpoint redirects the administrator’s browser to one of these URLs after consent. Data sent in redirect: A one-time, short-lived OAuth authorization code plus the original state parameter. No personal data, no site content, no credentials. Terms: Anthropic Consumer Terms Privacy: Anthropic Privacy Policy ChatGPT (OpenAI) — OAuth Callback Service: OpenAI’s ChatGPT custom-connector platform and OpenAI apps platform Type: OAuth 2.1 authorization-code callback redirect (no inbound network call from OpenAI during this step) Endpoints (registered redirect URIs): https://chatgpt.com/connector_platform_oauth_redirect https://platform.openai.com/apps-manage/oauth When used: When a logged-in WordPress administrator authorizes ChatGPT (or an OpenAI Apps Platform client) to connect to their WordPress site via the plugin’s OAuth 2.1 flow. The plugin’s /oauth/authorize endpoint redirects the administrator’s browser to one of these URLs after consent. Data sent in redirect: A one-time, short-lived OAuth authorization code plus the original state parameter. No personal data, no site content, no credentials. Terms: OpenAI Terms of Use Privacy: OpenAI Privacy Policy GitHub Releases (Claude Desktop installer bundle download) Service: GitHub Releases — the Axtolab AI Connector for WordPress (Free) public repository Type: Static binary file download (HTTP GET, no inbound request from GitHub to the WordPress site) Endpoint: API host github.com, path /Axtolab/axtolab-ai-connector-for-wordpress-free/releases/latest/download/axtolab-ai-connector.mcpb (HTTPS). When used: When a logged-in WordPress administrator clicks the “Download Extension (.mcpb)” button on the AI Connector setup page. The administrator’s browser is redirected to GitHub Releases to fetch the file. The plugin itself does not initiate an outbound request to GitHub; the user’s browser does, when they click the link. Filterable via axtolab_ai_connector_mcpb_download_url if a site owner wants to self-host the bundle. Data sent: Standard HTTP browser request headers only. No WordPress site data, content, credentials, or telemetry is sent. Terms: GitHub Terms of Service Privacy: GitHub Privacy Statement Local MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code) Service: A local AI client running on the site administrator’s own computer. When used: When the site administrator installs the .mcpb bundle (downloaded from GitHub Releases via the AI Connector setup page) into a local AI client such as Claude Desktop. That client then connects inbound to the site’s REST API using credentials issued during setup. The plugin does not initiate any outbound network call to these clients. Data sent: Only what the AI client requests through tool calls the administrator has approved. The plugin does not send unsolicited data. Unsplash (Stock Photo Search) Service: Unsplash Endpoint: API host api.unsplash.com, path /search/photos (HTTPS). When used: When an AI agent searches for stock photos via the stock photo tool Data sent: Search query, orientation preference Terms: Unsplash Terms Privacy: Unsplash Privacy Policy Pexels (Stock Photo Search) Service: Pexels Endpoint: API host api.pexels.com, path /v1/search (HTTPS). When used: When an AI agent searches for stock photos via the stock photo tool Data sent: Search query, orientation preference Terms: Pexels Terms of Service Privacy: Pexels Privacy Policy Google Imagen (AI Image Generation) Service: Google Cloud AI Endpoint: API host generativelanguage.googleapis.com, path /v1beta/models/imagen-3.0-generate-002:predict (HTTPS). When used: When an AI agent generates images using the Google Imagen provider and the site owner has configured a Google API key Data sent: Text prompt, aspect ratio, safety filter level Terms: Google Cloud Terms Privacy: Google Privacy Policy OpenAI (AI Image Generation) Service: OpenAI Endpoint: API host api.openai.com, path /v1/images/generations (HTTPS). When used: When an AI agent generates images using the OpenAI provider and the site owner has configured an OpenAI API key Data sent: Text prompt, image size, quality setting Terms: OpenAI Terms of Use Privacy: OpenAI Privacy Policy All API keys are stored encrypted using AES-256-CBC with WordPress security salts and are only decrypted at the time of the API call. Support WordPress.org plugin support forum — https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/axtolab-ai-connector/ (please use this for general questions; replies are public so the next merchant searching for the same answer can find it). Email support — support@axtolab.com (for license, account, or anything sensitive). Documentation — https://axtolab.com/docs/ai-connector-free Bug reports — use the WordPress.org support forum for public issues or email support for sensitive reports. The same support entry points are also surfaced inside wp-admin: a “Need help?” footer on every Axtolab settings page, and “Settings · Support” / “Email support · WordPress.org forum · Docs” rows on the Plugins admin row for this plugin.
