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

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. 💕

IntelliDesc for WooCommerce is an AI product description generator built specifically for WooCommerce. Give it a product title and it writes a complete, SEO-friendly listing — a short description, a long description, and a clean technical specifications table — in seconds. Stop writing product descriptions by hand. Whether your catalog has 10 SKUs or 10,000, IntelliDesc automates the most repetitive part of running a store. It doesn’t just generate filler text: its Smart Specs Extractor researches the product and pulls out real technical details (Processor, Material, Dimensions, Battery Capacity, and more) into a clean, structured feature list. Try the live demo — generate a real description right in your browser, no install or API key needed. Choose your own AI provider Most “AI product description” plugins lock you into a single vendor. IntelliDesc doesn’t. Pick the AI engine that powers your content, right from the plugin settings: Google Gemini — fast and cost-effective, with built-in Google Search grounding for more accurate specs. Anthropic Claude — for stores that prefer Claude’s writing style and reasoning. OpenAI — the same GPT models that power ChatGPT. xAI Grok — xAI’s latest models. OpenRouter — one API key, hundreds of models from every major provider, some with a free tier. Bring your own API key for any of the five, switch providers anytime from WooCommerce → IntelliDesc, and stay in full control of your AI costs. Built with WooCommerce SEO in mind Every generated description is written to help your product pages rank and convert: clean, keyword-relevant short and long descriptions, a structured specs table that reads well to shoppers and search engines alike, and — in the Pro version — direct SEO meta title/description generation for Yoast SEO and RankMath. External services This plugin connects to a third-party AI service to generate product descriptions and extract technical features. You choose which service to use under WooCommerce → IntelliDesc and supply your own API key for it — nothing is sent anywhere until you click “Generate Content”. When you click “Generate Content”, the plugin sends the product title (and, if present, your existing feature/attribute data and short description notes) to the selected provider’s API, which returns the generated description and specs. No personal customer data, order information, or store data beyond the product content itself is ever sent to these services. Depending on which provider you select, the plugin talks to one of the following: Google Gemini (default provider) * Endpoint: https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/ * Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms * Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Anthropic Claude * Endpoint: https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages * Terms of Service: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms * Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy OpenAI * Endpoint: https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions * Terms of Service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use * Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy xAI (Grok) * Endpoint: https://api.x.ai/v1/chat/completions * Terms of Service: https://x.ai/legal/terms-of-service * Privacy Policy: https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy OpenRouter * Endpoint: https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions * Terms of Service: https://openrouter.ai/terms * Privacy Policy: https://openrouter.ai/privacy * Note: OpenRouter itself routes your request to one of many underlying model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and others) depending on the model you select — see OpenRouter’s own policies for how it handles data passed to those upstream providers. FEATURES (FREE VERSION) Multi AI Provider Support: Generate content with Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, xAI Grok, or OpenRouter — switch anytime, using your own API key. Smart Specs Extractor: Automatically searches for and extracts technical features (Processor, Material, Dimensions, etc.) into a clean table. Intelligent Descriptions: Generates a concise Short Description and a detailed Long Description. One-Click Generation: Just enter a product title (e.g., “Samsung Galaxy S24”) and click Generate. Category Templates: Define mandatory features for specific categories (e.g., ensure all “Laptops” have “RAM” and “CPU” fields). Unit & Format Rules: Define a per-feature dictionary of formatting rules (e.g., “Battery Capacity → Output ONLY in mAh”). The AI strictly follows these rules for every generation. Clean Data: AI is trained to remove marketing fluff from specs (e.g., cleans “2.2 GHz Octa-core” to just “Helio G99”). AI Model Selection: Choose which model to use for generation directly from plugin settings. Generate Descriptions Only: Skip spec extraction entirely and generate only Short and Long Descriptions — useful for stores that manage attributes manually or want faster, token-light generation. Multi-language Support: Works in English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Spanish, French, and many more. Duplicate Content Scan: Scan your whole catalog for products with identical or near-identical descriptions and see exactly which products are affected (WooCommerce → IntelliDesc Duplicates), so you can fix thin/duplicate content before it hurts your SEO. PRO FEATURES (Available on our website) Upgrade to Pro for advanced workflow automation and deeper WooCommerce integration. Visit our website for details, or try the Pro live demo directly. Native WooCommerce Attributes: Automatically creates real, filterable Global Attributes instead of just visual tables. Bulk Generation (Smart Queue): Select 50+ products in the list and let the AI process them in the background without timeouts. SEO Optimization: Generates Focus Keywords, Meta Titles, and Meta Descriptions for Yoast SEO / RankMath. Social Media Ready: Generates ready-to-post captions for Instagram/Facebook. Niche Presets: Optimized AI instructions for Apparel, Electronics, Beauty, Automotive, and Home goods. Tone of Voice: Choose between Neutral, Persuasive (Sales), Playful, or Luxury styles. Extended Duplicate Scan: Clickable links straight to each affected product, a similarity score for every near-duplicate group, and a separate Thin Content report flagging descriptions under a configurable word count. FREE VS PRO The Free version covers everything you need to generate AI product descriptions and specs one product at a time, with your choice of AI provider. The Pro version adds: Bulk generation for 50+ products at once via a Smart Queue, instead of one product at a time. Features saved as real, filterable WooCommerce Attributes, instead of a visual text table. Automatic SEO meta titles/descriptions for Yoast SEO and RankMath. Ready-to-post Instagram/Facebook captions generated alongside each product. Selectable Tone of Voice (Persuasive, Playful, Luxury, Minimalist) instead of neutral-only copy. Duplicate Content Scan results link directly to each product and show a similarity score, plus a separate Thin Content report — instead of just a list of names. Unit & Format Rules and AI Model/Provider Selection are available in both versions.