OpenStation vs Rimoq

wp-admin forgets. OpenStation doesn’t. You know the moment. You’re deep in a post and you need one image from the Media Library. You click over, find it, click back, and everything you had going is gone. Your scroll position, your half-typed thought, the three other things you had queued up in your head. That’s not a bug you hit. That’s the design. wp-admin shows you one screen at a time, and every navigation throws the last one away. It has worked this way since 2003, like a fridge that empties itself every time you close the door. WordPress has rebuilt almost everything else. The editor, the site editor, the patterns, the styles. The admin’s one-screen-at-a-time model is the layer nobody touched. OpenStation touches it. Install it and admin screens become draggable, resizable windows. Edit a post while the Media Library sits open next to it. Drag an image from one window straight into the other. Keep comments open in the corner. Reload the browser and your window layout — open pages, positions, sizes, and window states — comes back where you left it. OpenStation itself is free, GPL, and opt-in per user. One click in the admin bar turns it on for you. One click turns it off. Nobody else on your site sees anything change, and deactivating the plugin restores the classic admin exactly. No Core patches and no lock-in. Optional AI providers may charge for their service. Built and maintained by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, and Tumblr. Work on more than one thing at once Admin pages open as windows, including pages added by most other plugins. Drag them, resize them, snap them, tile them, minimize them to a taskbar. The admin menu becomes a dock of icons. Two editors open at once is one click away. Never lose your place Moving between open windows leaves each page in place. Across reloads, OpenStation remembers your open pages, window positions, sizes and states, virtual desktops, and focus. Closing a window with unsaved changes warns you first. A desk you can actually put things on Drop posts, media, and links right onto the wallpaper. Sort them into folders. Trash them to a Trash that actually holds things. The stuff you’re working on this week can just sit out where you can see it. One desktop per job Virtual desktops, the way your operating system does them. One for writing. One for the store. One for comment triage. One for that redesign you keep poking at. Switch between them without closing anything. Find anything with Cmd+K The full WordPress command palette, plus slash commands from your plugins, all under one keystroke. Turn on the optional AI assistant and you can ask it things like “which post had the comment asking for the recipe?” and it searches your own content to answer. (Requires an AI provider configured in Settings → Connectors on WordPress 7.0+. Details under “External services” below.) See how your site fits together The Corkboard is an interactive, zoomable map of how your posts, pages, and products link to each other. Pan around it. Find the orphans. Find the hubs. Running a store? Orders, Products, Coupons, and Customers become browsable folders with stock and sale ribbons. Open a customer to see their lifetime spend and what they buy most. Follow a product to its buyers, or a coupon to who redeemed it. Make it yours Wallpapers, from color presets to animated scenes to your own photo. Live widgets pinned to the desktop: drafts, stats, recent comments, a focus timer. Uploadable desktop themes, including a built-in Legacy theme that brings the old WordPress blue back in one click. And Mio, a soft-body desk companion that drifts across your wallpaper and gets bumped around by your windows. Off by default. You’ll turn it on. For developers Extend OpenStation through documented PHP and JavaScript APIs. Register windows, icons, wallpapers, widgets, commands, and settings tabs through stable openstation_register_* PHP APIs and a typed JavaScript API; customize dock items through documented hooks; add AI tools with the WordPress Abilities API. Copy-paste examples live in the developer docs on GitHub. External services No external service is required for OpenStation’s desktop interface. The optional AI Assistant and two user-initiated enrichment features make the external requests described below. AI Assistant The optional AI Assistant sends data to the AI provider you configure in WordPress’s Settings → Connectors (for example OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). Generation is routed through WordPress 7.0’s built-in AI Client, which supplies the credentials stored in Connectors. The plugin never handles an API key itself. With no provider configured in Connectors, no external AI requests are made. When the AI Assistant is enabled and a user invokes it (via Cmd+K or the slash-command palette): What is sent: the user’s prompt, the conversation history for the active session, and tool-call metadata. The plugin’s built-in tools (search_posts, search_pages, search_comments) run WordPress’s native keyword search and may include excerpts of the matching posts/pages/comments in tool results, which are then sent back to the provider as part of the agentic loop. When it is sent: on user-initiated AI requests, and (if an administrator enables “Score new comments with AI”) on comment-save hooks for spam analysis. Posts, pages, and taxonomy terms are not sent automatically. Why it is sent: to obtain model completions and tool-call decisions that drive the AI Assistant. Who provides the service: whichever provider you configured in Settings → Connectors. Which provider (and endpoint) receives the data depends entirely on that configuration. Review the chosen provider’s own terms and privacy policy (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google). URL shortcut favicons When an authorized user creates a desktop shortcut to an external URL, OpenStation asks that URL for its page HTML and favicon so the shortcut can display the site’s icon. The request is made from your WordPress server and sends the requested URL, the server’s IP address, an OpenStation user-agent string, and normal HTTP request metadata to the operator of that site. This happens only when a user creates the shortcut. The destination site’s terms and privacy policy apply. WordPress.org plugin information When an authorized user opens or refreshes parts of OpenStation’s Plugins window, OpenStation may request public plugin details, update metadata, and review excerpts from WordPress.org. These requests send plugin slugs, the site’s locale, and normal HTTP request metadata to WordPress.org. This information is used only to display and manage plugins. Review the WordPress.org Privacy Policy. OpenStation’s OAuth relay does not contact a service by itself. Third-party plugins that configure the relay may contact their own providers and are responsible for disclosing those services. Credits OpenStation is brought to you by Automattic. The plugin is open source under GPLv2-or-later; contributions are welcome on GitHub. Third-party libraries The plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript library, loaded on demand only when a feature that needs it is in use: PixiJS (MIT License) — used by the Corkboard window, built-in canvas wallpapers (e.g. the animated WordPress logo), the Mio desk companion, and the Inkfall typing game. PixiJS is loaded from the plugin’s own assets/vendor/ directory; no CDN requests are made. Data files The Inkfall game’s word list (assets/games/inkfall/words.txt) is generated from the following sources (attribution also ships in the file’s header): FrequencyWords by Hermit Dave (CC-BY-SA 4.0) — English word-frequency ranking derived from the OpenSubtitles corpus. english-words by dwyl (Unlicense) — used as a validity filter. LDNOOBW English list (CC-BY 4.0) — used as an exclusion filter.

Rimoq is an AI-powered chatbot service that helps your visitors find information on your website quickly and efficiently. It learns from your content and provides instant answers to user questions. With the Rimoq plugin, you can: Automatically sync your WordPress posts and pages with Rimoq Embed the Rimoq chatbot on your website with a simple configuration Provide instant answers to your visitors’ questions Improve user experience and reduce support requests Track user interactions and gain insights into what your visitors are looking for Rimoq also supports integration with popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Discord, and Slack—allowing your AI assistant to engage with users beyond your website. 🌐 Rimoq supports 15+ languages out of the box and works on desktop, mobile, and tablet devices. Note: This plugin relies on the Rimoq cloud service to provide its AI-powered features. The plugin itself will activate and load without any credentials, but in order to enable chatbot functionality, you must provide a valid Rimoq API Key. You can sign up directly from the plugin’s “Signup” tab. After registering, you will receive an activation email. You must click the activation link in that email to activate your account and generate your API Key. If you already have an account, you can generate or manage your API Key at: https://rimoq.com/apikey Privacy policy and Terms of use For more details on how data is handled, please refer to: * Privacy policy: https://rimoq.com/resources/texts/privacypolicy.txt * Terms of use: https://rimoq.com/resources/texts/tos.txt We will notify you by email when these files change. Highlights 🚀 AI-powered assistant trained on your WordPress content 💬 Embedded chatbot with support for WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Slack, and more 🌍 Supports 15+ languages for multilingual audiences 🔐 End-to-end encrypted API Key storage 📊 Understand what your users are asking with real-time feedback Key Features Easy Setup: Configure your API Key and Bot ID, and you’re ready to go Automatic Content Sync: Your posts and pages are automatically synced with Rimoq when published or updated Bulk Sync: Sync all your existing content with a single click Simple Embed: The chatbot script is automatically added to your website Secure Storage: Your API Key is securely encrypted in the database How It Works Install and activate the Rimoq plugin Sign up for a Rimoq account through the plugin Configure your API Key and Bot ID Enable sync to start sending your content to Rimoq The chatbot will appear on your website and start answering questions Use of third party/external services This plugin relies on external services provided by Rimoq.com to deliver AI-powered chatbot functionality. Below are all the external endpoints and data transfers: External JavaScript File https://rimoq.com/embed.js – Loaded to initialize and display the chatbot widget on the frontend * When: Loaded on every page where chatbot is enabled * Data sent: None (static JavaScript file) * Purpose: Initializes chatbot interface and handles user interactions API Endpoints for Content Management POST https://rimoq.com/bots/{bot_id}/sources/sync – Syncs WordPress content to Rimoq * When: Automatically when posts/pages are published or updated, and during manual re-sync * Data sent: – bot_id: Your chatbot identifier – post_id: WordPress post ID – title: Post title (sanitized text) – content: Post content (HTML tags stripped, sanitized) – enabled: Boolean true – url: Public URL of the post/page POST https://rimoq.com/bots/{bot_id}/sources/syncDelete – Removes content from Rimoq when posts are unpublished/deleted * When: When posts are moved to draft, private, trashed, or deleted * Data sent: – bot_id: Your chatbot identifier – post_id: WordPress post ID to remove User Registration and Authentication POST https://rimoq.com/auth/signup – Creates new Rimoq account from plugin * When: User submits signup form in plugin settings * Data sent: – email: User’s email address – fullName: User’s full name – phone: User’s phone number – websiteUrl: WordPress site URL – remote: Boolean true (indicates signup from plugin) Bot Configuration Management PATCH https://rimoq.com/bots/{bot_id} – Updates chatbot settings * When: User saves bot settings in WordPress admin * Data sent: – name: Bot display name – greeting: Bot greeting message – theme: Visual theme (dark/light) – primary_color: Hex color code – default_language: Language code (e.g., en-GB) – enabled: Boolean status GET https://rimoq.com/bots/admin/{bot_id} – Retrieves current bot configuration * When: Loading bot settings tab * Data sent: Bot ID in URL, API key in Authorization header * Data received: Current bot settings GET https://rimoq.com/bots/{bot_id} – Public bot configuration for widget * When: Chatbot widget initializes on frontend * Data sent: Bot ID in URL * Data received: Public bot configuration (name, greeting, theme, etc.) Real-time Chat Communication SSE https://rimoq.com/chat/{bot_id}/stream/{language} – Streaming chat responses * When: User sends message through chatbot widget * Data sent via URL parameters: – bot_id: Chatbot identifier – language: User’s selected language code – message: User’s question/message (URL encoded) – session_id: Randomly generated session identifier * Connection type: Server-Sent Events (SSE) for real-time streaming responses Authentication All API requests (except public endpoints) include: * Authorization header: “Bearer {encrypted_api_key}” * Content-Type: “application/json” Local Storage Usage The chatbot widget uses browser localStorage for enhanced user experience: * bot_selected_language: User’s preferred language setting * bot_session_id: Randomly generated session ID for grouping messages * bot_widget_open: Whether chatbot widget is currently open or closed Security and Privacy API keys are encrypted using AES-256-CBC or libsodium before storage Session IDs are randomly generated and not linked to user accounts No personally identifiable information is tracked without explicit user consent All HTTPS connections use SSL verification disabled for compatibility (sslverify: false) Privacy and Data Handling This plugin does not track users without explicit consent. No personally identifiable information (PII) is collected or stored. The only data transmitted to the external service is: The user’s message (query) A randomly generated session ID (used only to group messages within a session) The session ID is fully anonymous and not linked to any user account, IP address, or personal data. No tracking or profiling of users occurs, and no other user data is stored or used beyond the current session context. Integration Rimoq can be connected not only to your WordPress site but also to popular messaging and social platforms, including: WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Messenger Instagram Discord Slack This allows your AI assistant to operate across all channels your customers already use—no extra setup required beyond your Bot ID and API Key. 🔑 You can manage your API Key, Bot ID, and all integrations through your Rimoq dashboard at: https://rimoq.com/dashboard License This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later.