Askeet vs Code Engine – PHP Snippets, AI Functions & Automation for WordPress

Stop reading dashboards. Talk to your data. A freelance data analyst costs $500–$3,000/month. Askeet does the same job for $19/month, available 24/7, with zero technical skills required. Type a question. Get the answer, the chart, and a recommendation — instantly. Example questions you can ask “Show me my top 10 customers this month” “Which products are selling best by region?” “How does this month’s revenue compare to last month?” “What’s my refund rate over the last 90 days?” “Which customers haven’t ordered in 3 months?” “Plot daily sales for the last 30 days” Each answer comes with interactive charts (line, bar, pie, area), a plain-language summary, and actionable recommendations — no SQL, no dashboards, no learning curve. What’s new in v4 🎨 All-new interface (Reach design system) — chat-first home, 3 focused tabs (Ask · Store health · Automations), Saved Queries as a rail, Chart/Table toggle on every answer, and a cleaner upgrade screen ⚡ Faster & self-contained — self-hosted fonts and charts, zero third-party network calls, cache-busted assets ♿ Accessibility pass — ARIA tabs with keyboard navigation, visible focus, reduced-motion support 🐛 Key fixes — stopped an internal AI prompt leaking into Saved Query labels, restored button contrast (WCAG-AA), fixed answer compression, and honest empty states for zero-data stores What’s new in v3 📊 Interactive charts in answers — bar / line / pie / area, auto-selected by AI from your data shape 🎁 14-day Business trial on install — no credit card, all features unlocked 🔥 Founder’s price $19/mo for life — first 200 customers, locked in forever 💼 Business plan with webhooks, REST API, and multi-store (up to 5 stores) 📚 100+ pre-built insights library — sales, products, customers, orders, inventory, marketing, finance 🩺 Store Health Score with proactive weekly alerts ☕ Monday Morning Brief — weekly digest of your KPIs by email 🧠 Smarter AI — now reads your real database conventions (HPOS-aware, real meta_keys, prefer denormalized lookup tables) for dramatically more accurate SQL Why Askeet changes everything 🚀 Save 10+ hours per week — no more manual reports 💡 Decide in seconds, not days — answers in 5 seconds 📈 Grow your revenue — discover opportunities hidden in your data 🎯 Zero learning curve — if you can ask a question, you can use Askeet 🔒 Your data stays put — only your question is sent to Askeet, never your customer/order data Perfect for Store owners who want answers without learning a dashboard Marketing managers tracking campaign performance Operations / inventory managers watching stock and orders Agencies running multiple WooCommerce stores Anyone tired of opening 5 tabs to answer one question Key features 🎤 Natural-language interface Ask in plain English, French, Spanish, German, Arabic — the plugin adapts to your WordPress language No SQL, no dashboards to learn Conversational follow-ups: “and last month?”, “filter by France only”, “sorted by revenue” 📊 Interactive charts (Pro+) Bar charts for rankings and comparisons Line charts for time-series trends Pie charts for breakdowns and proportions Area charts for cumulative growth Hover tooltips, responsive sizing Persisted in saved reports — re-render on demand 📁 Exports (Pro+) PDF for client/team reports Excel for further analysis CSV for ETL pipelines Up to 10,000 rows per export 📚 100+ insights library Sales: revenue trends, top products, AOV, daily/weekly/monthly views Customers: VIPs, lifetime value, new vs returning, cohorts Inventory: low-stock alerts, out-of-stock, dead stock Orders: status breakdown, refund rate, completion rate Finance: revenue per channel, tax breakdown, gross margin Marketing: campaign performance, conversion by source, abandoned-cart analysis 🩺 Store Health Score Composite 0-100 score across sales, inventory, customers, operations Sub-scores per area Actionable recommendations History trend (Business plan) 🔔 Proactive alerts (Pro+) Pro: 5 weekly alerts (top anomalies and opportunities) Business: unlimited, with custom thresholds 📧 Automated reports Pro: Monday Morning Brief (weekly KPI digest) Business: daily, weekly, and monthly reports 🔌 Outbound webhooks (Business) Slack, n8n, Zapier, Make, custom URLs Fire on report delivery, alert trigger Signed payloads 🔑 REST API (Business) wp-json/askeet/v1/insights, /reports, /health-score Per-install API keys Build your own dashboards or sync with your data warehouse 🏪 Multi-store (Business) Connect up to 5 WooCommerce stores under one account Switch between them in the plugin header Aggregated reports across all stores 🔒 Privacy & security Your customer, order, and product data never leaves your server Only the natural-language question + an anonymized schema dump goes to Askeet GDPR compliant Stripe-secured payments 30-day money-back guarantee Pricing 🆓 Free — $0/mo forever * 50 queries / month * Text answers * 10 starter insights * Community support 💼 Pro — $19/mo billed yearly (or $29/mo monthly) * Unlimited queries * Interactive charts * PDF / Excel / CSV export * Health Score * 5 weekly proactive alerts * Monday Morning Brief * 100+ insights library * Email support (24h) 🚀 Business — $49/mo billed yearly (or $79/mo monthly) * Everything in Pro * Unlimited proactive alerts * Daily + weekly + monthly reports * Slack / n8n / Zapier webhooks * REST API access * Multi-store (up to 5) * Priority support (12h SLA) 🔥 Founder’s price — $19/mo for life (limited to 200 seats) * Same unlimited Pro plan * Locked at $19/mo as long as you stay subscribed * No yearly commitment required 30-day money-back guarantee Not satisfied? Get a full refund within 30 days, no questions asked. Visit https://www.askeet.ai/ to learn more. Source Code The unminified source code for JavaScript and CSS is included in the /assets/js/ and /assets/css/ folders of this plugin. External Services This plugin connects to https://api.askeet.ai to process AI queries, check user plans, and manage subscriptions. Data sent: site URL, install ID, the natural-language question, and an anonymized list of your database table names. No customer, order, or product data is sent. Service provider: Askeet (Reach Technologies) Legal Notice: https://www.askeet.ai/#mentions Privacy Policy: https://www.askeet.ai/#privacy Support & Community Website: https://www.askeet.ai/ Support email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1438540885758443570/1438540942973079766 Slack: https://reach-technologies.slack.com/archives/C09S953P6MD

Code Engine is a snippets manager that doesn’t stop at snippets. Yes, it runs your PHP and JavaScript exactly where and when you want: frontend, backend, on a schedule, or inside your content. But its real magic is what happens after you write a function: the same little piece of code instantly becomes a tool your AI chatbots can call, a step you can drag into a visual workflow, and an endpoint the outside world can trigger. One function, three superpowers. Most “code snippets” plugins stop at a textarea and a toggle. Code Engine treats your functions as first-class building blocks for the whole Meow Apps ecosystem, and for anything that can speak REST. Think out of the box, let your creativity flow, because the possibilities really are endless! ✨ For more, check the official website and come say hi on the Discord. Quick Intro Hello! ☀️ I built Code Engine because I was tired of pasting mystery snippets into functions.php and praying. I wanted a place where small bits of code are organized, safe, AI-assisted, and reusable everywhere. Here’s the idea. You write a function (or let the AI write it for you from a plain-English description). That function immediately shows up in three places: AI Engine: your chatbots and MCP clients (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code) can call it as a tool, with real arguments. Ask “how many orders shipped today?” and your chatbot runs your function to answer. Workflow Engine: your function appears in the step picker as its very own block. Drag it onto the canvas, wire it between an AI step and a Slack step, done. No glue code. REST / External tools: give it a secure endpoint and a token, then trigger it from Make.com, n8n, Zapier, a cron job, or a webhook. You never wrote an “integration.” You just wrote a function. Code Engine did the rest. 🤝 Core Modules 🧩 Snippets Manager Backend, Frontend, Persistent, Scheduled, Functions, and in-content (PHP/JS) snippets, all in one clean dashboard with tags, search, scope filters, and priorities. 🪄 AI-Assisted Coding Describe what you want in plain English and let AI Engine write the snippet: code, name, arguments, and scope included. Refine existing code or implement it straight from your comments. 🤖 Functions as AI Tools Every Function snippet becomes a function-calling tool and an MCP tool, so your AI Engine chatbots (and external AI agents) can actually do things on your site, not just talk. 🔀 Functions as Workflow Steps Workflow Engine surfaces each of your functions as its own draggable step. Your custom logic becomes a first-class citizen on the automation canvas. 🌐 External Access (REST) Expose any runnable snippet through a secured REST endpoint with a bearer token. Perfect for Make.com, n8n, webhooks, and scheduled external jobs. 🛡️ Safe Mode A snippet that throws a fatal error is automatically caught and disabled before it can take your site down. Code with confidence. ⏰ Scheduling Run a snippet daily at a chosen time via WP-Cron (reports, cleanups, syncs) without touching the server crontab. 🧱 Code Blocks & Shortcodes (Pro) Drop PHP or JS straight into a post or page with a Gutenberg block or the [code-engine] shortcode, with safety guards. 🧩 Snippets, the way they should be Code Engine organizes your code by scope, so each snippet runs exactly where it belongs: Persistent: runs everywhere (frontend and backend). Your everyday “add this to functions.php” code, but managed. Frontend: runs only on the public site. Backend: runs only in the admin. Function: a named, callable function with typed arguments and defaults. This is the reusable building block (see below). Scheduled: runs on a WP-Cron schedule, at the hour and minute you pick. Content (PHP / JS): runs inside a specific post or page, via a Gutenberg Code Block or the [code-engine] shortcode (Pro). Everything is searchable, taggable, sortable by priority, and importable/exportable. The CodeMirror editor gives you proper syntax highlighting and keyboard shortcuts (Cmd+S to save, Cmd+Enter to run). A nikic/php-parser pass validates your PHP before it ever runs. 🪄 Let AI write it for you Don’t feel like writing the boilerplate? Describe the snippet in plain language and Code Engine, powered by AI Engine, generates the whole thing: the code, a sensible name, a description, the right scope, and, for functions, the argument list with names, types, and defaults. Already have code? Ask the AI to modify it from a prompt, or write a few comments describing what you want and let it fill in the implementation. It’s pair programming, right inside your dashboard. ✨ The big idea: write once, use everywhere This is what makes Code Engine different. A Function snippet is not just code you call from other code. It’s a reusable capability that the rest of your stack can plug into. The moment you save it, the same function is available in three places at once: 1. As an AI tool, for chatbots and AI agents With AI Engine active, your functions are exposed through function calling and over MCP (Model Context Protocol). Your on-site chatbot can run them mid-conversation, and external AI agents (Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, OpenClaw) can call them too. Want a chatbot that checks stock, looks up a booking, or kicks off a process? Write the function; the chatbot gains the skill. 2. As a workflow step, for automation With Workflow Engine, every active function shows up in the Add-step picker as its own block, named after your snippet, with one input per argument. Drag it onto the canvas and wire it between other steps: an AI step that summarizes, your function that saves, a Social Engine step that posts. There’s also a generic “Execute snippet (by ID / by name)” step when you want to call one dynamically. You never write integration code; your function is the integration. 3. As a REST endpoint, for the outside world Give a snippet a custom endpoint name and a bearer token, and it’s instantly callable from anywhere: POST /wp-json/code-engine/v1/snippets-endpoint/your-endpoint Pass arguments as JSON in the body, secure it with a token, and trigger it from Make.com, n8n, Zapier, GitHub Actions, or a humble cron job. Automation without a middleware bill. 🛡️ Safe by default Running arbitrary code is powerful, so Code Engine takes safety seriously: Safe Mode catches fatal errors and auto-disables the offending snippet, so a typo never white-screens your site. REST whitelisting means global snippets only run on trusted REST routes by default, so you choose what to open up. Per-snippet tokens secure your external endpoints. Validation with a real PHP parser before code is saved. For developers who want fewer guardrails, there’s a “Bypass REST Security” option and filters (mwcode_rest_authorized, mwcode_rest_whitelist) to tailor exactly what’s allowed. Works beautifully with the Meow Apps family Code Engine is one engine in a connected set, each one useful alone, magical together: AI Engine: chatbots, content generation, and MCP. Turns your functions into AI tools. Workflow Engine: visual automation. Turns your functions into draggable steps. SEO Engine: smart, lightweight AI SEO. Social Engine: schedule and automate social posts. Why Code Engine? Reusable, not throwaway Other snippet plugins give you a place to paste code. Code Engine gives you a place to build capabilities that your AI, your workflows, and your external tools can all use. Native to WordPress Clean, fast, and built the WordPress way. No clunky external dashboards, no bloat. AI-native Write snippets with AI, expose them to AI. The whole loop lives in your wp-admin. Developer friendly REST API, MCP tools, function calling, scheduling, import/export, and plenty of filters to hook into. Cared for Part of the Meow Apps family, with regular updates and a real human behind it. 💕