WDS MCP Content Manager vs Code Engine – PHP Snippets, AI Functions & Automation for WordPress

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. 💕

WDS MCP Content Manager connects your WordPress site to AI agents (Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients) so they can read, create, and manage your content through natural language prompts. How it works The plugin registers a set of abilities on top of the WordPress MCP Adapter. Once installed, your AI agent can list posts, create content, manage categories and tags, upload images, and more — all without leaving your AI client. Free abilities (no license required) wds/get-posts — List published posts with title, URL, date, and excerpt wds/get-post — Fetch full post content, categories, tags, and SEO meta wds/create-post — Create a post with categories, tags, and featured image wds/update-post — Update any field of an existing post wds/reindex-yoast-seo — Run Yoast SEO data optimization (indexables reindex) after bulk SEO updates wds/get-pages — List pages with URL, status, parent, and template wds/create-page — Create a page with slug, parent, template, and featured image wds/update-page — Update page content, status, slug, hierarchy, and template wds/sync-knowledge-graph — Paginated cursor-based export of all site content as a graph (nodes + edges) — traverse the full site incrementally with delta-sync support wds/get-categories — List all post categories wds/create-category — Create a new post category wds/update-category — Update an existing post category wds/delete-category — Delete an existing post category wds/get-tags — List all post tags wds/create-tag — Create a new post tag wds/update-tag — Update an existing post tag wds/delete-tag — Delete an existing post tag Pro abilities (requires a Pro license) wds/build-content-graph — Build a full site content graph with PageRank scores, internal link analysis, topic clusters, and SEO metadata (supports Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, AIOSEO) wds/get-content-insights — Query the content graph for actionable insights: orphaned pages, weak SEO scores, duplicate keyphrases, noindexed content, stale content, top-ranked pages, topic clusters, and internal link gaps wds/get-products — List WooCommerce products with pricing and status wds/get-product — Fetch full WooCommerce product details and taxonomy terms wds/create-product — Create a WooCommerce product with pricing and downloads wds/update-product — Update any field of an existing WooCommerce product wds/get-product-categories — List WooCommerce product categories wds/create-product-category — Create a WooCommerce product category wds/update-product-category — Update a WooCommerce product category wds/delete-product-category — Delete a WooCommerce product category wds/get-product-tags — List WooCommerce product tags wds/create-product-tag — Create a WooCommerce product tag wds/update-product-tag — Update a WooCommerce product tag wds/delete-product-tag — Delete a WooCommerce product tag wds/set-product-schema — Inject JSON-LD structured data into the page head wds/set-elementor-page — Inject a full HTML design via Elementor Canvas wds/inject-elementor-json — Inject native Elementor sections JSON wds/upload-image — Sideload an image from URL into the Media Library wds/set-featured-image — Set or remove the featured image on a post wds/set-post-language — Set Polylang language on a post wds/link-translations — Link posts as Polylang translation pairs wds/set-term-language — Set Polylang language for taxonomy terms wds/link-term-translations — Link taxonomy terms as Polylang translation pairs wds/get-term-translations — Get Polylang translation map for a taxonomy term site-kit/get-top-queries — Returns top Google Search Console queries for the site (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-top-pages — Returns top pages by traffic from Google Analytics 4 (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-page-performance — Returns combined Search Console + GA4 metrics for a single URL (requires Google Site Kit plugin) site-kit/get-traffic-overview — Returns site-wide traffic summary by channel from GA4 (requires Google Site Kit plugin) Pro licenses are available at wallstrdev.de. Requirements WordPress 6.3 or later WordPress MCP Adapter plugin (free, required) WooCommerce — optional, needed for product abilities Elementor — optional, needed for Elementor abilities Polylang — optional, needed for multilingual abilities External Services WordPress MCP Adapter If the WordPress MCP Adapter plugin is not installed, an admin notice offers a one-click install button. Clicking it downloads the adapter from: https://github.com/WordPress/mcp-adapter/releases/latest/download/mcp-adapter.zip This is the official plugin from the WordPress GitHub organisation. The download is triggered only by an explicit admin click — nothing is downloaded automatically. WDS License Server This plugin connects to an external license validation service only when a Pro license key is entered. Service: WDS License Server, operated by Wallstrdev (https://wallstrdev.de) When it is called: – When you save a Pro license key under Settings → WDS MCP Setup → License – Once per day (in the background on admin_init) to revalidate the key What is sent: – Your license key – Your site domain (e.g. example.com) What is NOT sent: post content, user data, personally identifiable information, or site configuration. Why: To confirm the license key is valid for your domain and determine your plan tier (free vs. pro). Data policy: wallstrdev.de/privacy-policy/ Free users (no license key entered) never trigger any external HTTP request. Google Search Console API The Pro abilities site-kit/get-top-queries and site-kit/get-page-performance call the Google Search Console API directly on behalf of the site owner. Service: Google Search Console API, provided by Google LLC (https://searchconsole.googleapis.com) When it is called: Only when an AI agent explicitly invokes the site-kit/get-top-queries or site-kit/get-page-performance Pro ability. Requires the Google Site Kit plugin to be installed, activated, and connected to Search Console. What is sent: – Your Search Console property URL (your site’s domain) – Query parameters: date range, dimensions (query/page), row limit – An OAuth 2.0 Bearer token retrieved from the Site Kit plugin’s stored credentials — no token is stored or transmitted by this plugin What is NOT sent: post content, user data, passwords, or any personally identifiable information beyond the site URL. Why: To retrieve search query and page performance data from Google Search Console so the AI agent can analyse your organic search traffic. Google Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Google Analytics Data API The Pro abilities site-kit/get-top-pages, site-kit/get-page-performance, and site-kit/get-traffic-overview call the Google Analytics Data API directly on behalf of the site owner. Service: Google Analytics Data API, provided by Google LLC (https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com) When it is called: Only when an AI agent explicitly invokes one of the above Pro abilities. Requires the Google Site Kit plugin to be installed, activated, and connected to a Google Analytics 4 property. What is sent: – Your GA4 numeric property ID – Query parameters: date range, metrics (sessions, pageviews, etc.), dimensions (pagePath, sessionDefaultChannelGroup, etc.), row limit – An OAuth 2.0 Bearer token retrieved from the Site Kit plugin’s stored credentials — no token is stored or transmitted by this plugin What is NOT sent: post content, visitor PII, passwords, or any data beyond the analytics query parameters listed above. Why: To retrieve traffic and engagement metrics from Google Analytics 4 so the AI agent can summarise your site’s performance. Google Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy