Frontman – AI Website Editor vs 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 search engines treat it as derived content, not competition. 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. 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. 6 visual styles, 4 sizes, custom colors, brand SVG icons, dark-mode auto-adaptation, drag-and-drop ordering. 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 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, 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"] 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. 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 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 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.

Frontman is an AI editor for an existing WordPress site. Open Frontman from the WordPress admin menu, keep the page visible, and describe the result that you want. Frontman can inspect supported WordPress structures, make the change, and refresh the preview for your review. Use Frontman for focused site updates without hunting through page builders, theme screens, menus, widgets, and settings. One Task, From Request to Review The screenshots show one complete task: Open the page beside Frontman. Select the FAQ title that needs an update. Describe the new title in plain language. Frontman inspects the WordPress content and applies the supported change. Review the refreshed page before you continue. For headers and footers, Frontman can inspect candidate templates, template parts, menus, widgets, and Elementor content. The structure that controls the rendered page depends on the site. Learn how to identify and edit a WordPress header or footer. Before You Install Frontman requires: WordPress administrator access A Frontman account with GitHub or Google sign-in A supported AI provider connected with OAuth or an API key A staging site and a current backup for initial use Frontman does not include a model credential. Your provider can apply its own usage limits and charges. Common Tasks Use Frontman to: Update page copy, headlines, buttons, and calls to action Edit posts, pages, and Gutenberg blocks Adjust supported Elementor content with Elementor-aware tools Update WooCommerce products and other supported store data Change navigation menus, templates, template parts, and supported widgets Update Additional CSS and allowlisted site settings Read or update supported SEO title and description overrides when a tested provider is available Inspect a page and explain which supported WordPress structure can control it How Frontman Works Frontman puts an AI editor beside a live view of your site. Select mode adds context from the visible element to your request. Frontman then uses WordPress, Elementor, or WooCommerce tools that match the request. The preview refreshes after a supported change, so you can review the page in the same workspace. Frontman works with WordPress content and structures that its current tools support. Custom themes, custom plugins, hosting controls, and unsupported page builders can require a different workflow. Native Post Authors wp_create_post and `wp_update_post` accept an optional positive integer `author` account ID. Omission uses the current user on creation and preserves the existing author on update. These tools assign one native WordPress author, not guest authors or coauthors. They do not create accounts or change roles. The acting user needs the post type’s create capability or permission to edit the existing post. A new published or private status requires the mapped publish capability. An explicit other account requires the mapped edit_others_posts capability, even when that author stays unchanged. Target accounts do not need a particular role. Frontman also requires author support and, on multisite, current-site membership. These are Frontman safeguards, not additional WordPress directory policy requirements. For a user-requested author task, wp_find_users searches either login or display name on the current site. It requires both manage_options and list_users. Each page contains at most 20 candidates in account-ID order, with total and pagination metadata. Results contain only account ID, login, and display name. They do not prove assignment eligibility. Search uses a literal substring of at most 100 Unicode characters after whitespace trimming. Empty input and input that starts or ends with * are rejected before any lookup. This restriction includes whitespace-wrapped boundary asterisks and asterisk-only input. Interior *, %, _, and quotes are literal. Case sensitivity depends on the database collation. Consider the remaining pages before selecting an account. If multiple accounts can match the requested identity, ask which account the user means. Never guess an ID or select the first ambiguous result. Read back successful assignment with wp_read_post. Optional SEO Tools wp_read_seo reads stored SEO title and description overrides. `wp_update_seo` updates one or both overrides. Yoast SEO Free 28.4 is an optional dependency that Frontman does not install. The route requires WordPress 6.9 or later. Tests cover WordPress 7.0.2 with PHP 7.4 and 8.4. Premium and active Rank Math, All in One SEO, or The SEO Framework disable these tools. Frontman cannot detect every custom SEO owner. Supported objects are posts, pages, and editable non-attachment custom post types with an admin interface, including authorized drafts and private content. Revisions, autosaves, attachments, and internal WordPress object types are not supported. Omitted fields stay unchanged. Empty strings clear overrides and restore Yoast templates or defaults, not necessarily empty rendered tags. Results confirm stored overrides, not rendered HTML or search-engine indexing. Yoast expands variables on later requests. External full-page caches and CDNs have separate refresh behavior. Safety, Limits, and Data Only WordPress administrators with the manage_options capability can access Frontman. The plugin uses WordPress nonces, sanitizes inputs, and restricts option changes to an allowlist. Frontman is early-access software. It has not been tested across every theme, page builder, plugin stack, and hosting setup. Start on a staging site. Keep a current backup. Review each change before you use it on a production site. When you submit a request, relevant site content can pass through Frontman AI to your configured model provider. The Third-Party Services section summarizes this data flow. During an active, user-requested chat task, SEO tool results can include overrides from authorized drafts and private content. Frontman sends these results to the selected AI provider as request context. Frontman also stores the results in task history. This process uses the existing chat request and consent flow. During a user-requested author task, lookup account IDs, logins, and display names can enter the selected AI provider’s request context and stored task history. Names and logins can be personal data even though lookup excludes emails and private metadata. This feature uses the existing chat request and consent flow, not a new service. Open Source and Support The Frontman plugin is open source under GPLv2 or later. Browse the code on GitHub. For product details, visit Frontman for WordPress. To report a problem, open a GitHub issue. Third-Party Services This plugin and the hosted Frontman service connect to these external services: Frontman Client and API The plugin loads its interface from app.frontman.sh and connects to api.frontman.sh. Frontman processes prompts, relevant site or store content, tool results, and stored task history to run the agent. SEO tool results can include stored title and description overrides from authorized drafts and private content. Author lookup results can include account IDs, logins, and display names in request context and task history. Stored provider credentials use server-side encryption. Services: Client, API Provider: Frontman AI Policies: Terms, Privacy AI Model Providers Frontman sends the context needed for your request to your selected AI provider. That provider processes data under its terms and privacy policy. WorkOS, GitHub, and Google Sign-In WorkOS AuthKit provides GitHub and Google sign-in. WorkOS and your selected provider process account and authentication data. WorkOS: Service, Terms, Privacy GitHub: Service, Terms, Privacy Google: Service, Terms, Privacy Analytics and Diagnostics Heap measures product use and onboarding. Sentry records errors and performance diagnostics. These services can process interaction, session, device, browser, identifier, and diagnostic data. Frontman uses Heap based on consent where required. Heap: Service, Privacy Sentry: Service, Privacy Optional PHP Error Reports PHP error reports are off by default. An administrator can enable or disable them under Settings > Frontman. This setting controls PHP reports only, not diagnostics from the hosted browser client. When enabled, unexpected Frontman tool exceptions send reports directly to Sentry. Reports include exception types, sanitized stack traces, tool names, and Frontman, WordPress, and PHP versions. Stack traces retain function names, line numbers, and plugin-relative paths or external file names. Reports omit exception messages, source code, arguments, request bodies, cookies, nonces, site URLs, and user context. Sentry receives the server IP address through the network connection. Expected validation errors and unrelated WordPress errors do not produce PHP reports. Reporting requires the PHP cURL and mbstring extensions. Reporting failures do not replace tool results. Delivery has a two-second HTTP timeout. Loading the Frontman UI requests hosted client assets. Your site content is not sent to the Frontman API or model providers until you actively use the chat interface and submit a message.