Hyve Lite – AI Chatbot Trained on WordPress Posts, Pages, Products & More with ChatGPT
Every site gets the same handful of questions over and over. What does this cost, how does it work, is there a version for me? The answer is usually already written down somewhere on your site, and nobody can find it. Hyve is a conversational AI assistant and WordPress chatbot trained on your own content. Using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), it searches the posts, pages, products, and other content you choose, then generates answers based only on what it finds. It suits any site with content worth searching. A blog with hundreds of posts, a documentation site people keep emailing about, a service business answering the same presales and pricing questions, or an ecommerce store running WooCommerce. Whether you’re helping customers find products, answering customer support and customer service questions, or making documentation easier to search, Hyve turns your WordPress content into an AI knowledge base that visitors can chat with naturally. Run it as an FAQ chatbot on your pricing page, a support bot for your help desk, or an AI search assistant for your documentation. Hyve Pro | Free vs Pro | Documentation | Support Forum Set up in three steps Pick the posts, pages, and products the chatbot should learn from. Choose how the AI runs, either with Hyve Connect free monthly credits or your own OpenAI key. The chat widget goes live, and answers come from your content. Two ways to power the AI Hyve Connect: We host the AI, and the free plan includes free monthly credits, so there is no API key to manage. It is the easiest way to run a free AI chatbot without an API key. Install it, pick your content, and the chatbot answers the same day. Your own OpenAI key: Bring an OpenAI account you already have and choose from the same GPT models behind ChatGPT, starting with GPT-4o mini. As your traffic grows, you can trade cost against answer quality while paying OpenAI directly for what you use, with no per-message fee to us. You can switch between the two whenever you like, and your knowledge base comes with you. Your content, and nothing else Hyve uses retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), meaning every question starts by searching your content first. The AI then generates an answer from the most relevant information instead of relying on its general knowledge or the open web. If the answer is not in your content, Hyve says so. It does not guess, and it will not invent a price or a policy you never wrote. Free features Train it on your WordPress content Build an AI knowledge base from the content you already publish, without copying or rewriting anything. Add posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and any custom post type, so the AI chatbot handles product questions as readily as blog or documentation questions Edit a page and Hyve re-indexes it on save, so nobody gets an answer from an old version Every answer cites its sources, with numbered links back to the pages it came from, so visitors can click through and read more Hyve turns your content into embeddings for semantic search, and scales to thousands of documents when you connect an external vector database like Qdrant Include private and password-protected posts in the knowledge base, with role-based permissions controlling who can view conversations Works as a customer support chatbot and knowledge base chatbot, giving visitors AI customer service around the clock Put the chat where you want it Add the assistant wherever visitors need help, from every page on your site to a single landing page. A floating chat bubble in either bottom corner, or an inline chat sitting in the page itself Drop it in with the Hyve Chat Gutenberg blocks, or the [hyve] and [hyve floating="true"] shortcodes for any theme, page builder, or widget area Run the website chatbot site-wide, only on the pages you pick, or everywhere except the ones you exclude with visibility filters Run it as a WP chatbot, helpdesk chatbot, or docs chatbot, with source citations on every answer Control the conversation Shape how your AI assistant talks to visitors while keeping conversations safe and helpful. Write the welcome message visitors see first, and the fallback message for questions your content does not cover Content moderation screens visitor messages before they reach the AI Chat sound and message timestamps, both optional Read your three most recent conversations from the dashboard and see what people are actually asking Privacy controls and an optional chat privacy notice help you meet GDPR and privacy-policy requirements More with Hyve Pro Hyve Pro adds the parts that turn a chatbot into a customer support and sales tool. More knowledge sources Expand your AI knowledge base beyond WordPress by importing files and external websites, so visitors can chat with your documents and PDFs. Import PDF, Word, Markdown, text and CSV files, which turns manuals, policies and price lists into answers without republishing them Crawl any website URL, or add a whole site through its sitemap, for documentation that lives outside WordPress Type in custom data for answers you would rather not publish publicly Turn conversations into leads Never lose a potential customer. Turn the chat into a lead generation channel, capturing leads with the full conversation alongside every enquiry. A contact form inside the chat, with the fields you choose, so the chatbot doubles as a lead capture form Show it before the chat starts, when the bot cannot answer, or when a visitor asks to speak to a person Every lead lands in your dashboard beside the conversation it came from, so you have the context before you reply Skills for live website answers Go beyond your knowledge base by letting Hyve act as a read-only AI agent that retrieves live information from your website. Act as a WooCommerce assistant that searches your catalog and returns live prices and stock, so nobody is pointed at a product that sold out Check a signed-in customer’s order status, with identity taken from their account rather than an order number Run a site search when the knowledge base does not cover a question, then point the visitor to the right article You decide which skills are switched on, and every one of them is read-only Send the data where you work Connect Hyve with your existing workflows so conversations, leads, and knowledge searches reach the tools your team already uses. Webhooks push visitor messages, bot replies, and captured leads to any URL the moment they happen, so the events land in the tools your team already uses API access lets external tools search your knowledge base through a secure endpoint Start the conversation first Reach out before visitors leave by starting conversations at the moments they’re most likely to need help. Proactive messages open the chat on time spent, scroll depth, or exit intent, catching someone before they leave Suggested follow-up questions appear after each reply, keeping the conversation moving Learn what visitors want Understand what people ask most, discover content gaps, and continuously improve your knowledge base. Browse every conversation to spot common questions and trends Find unanswered questions and use them to improve your knowledge base Export chats as CSV and let your team review conversations without admin access Make it yours Customize the assistant so it feels like part of your brand instead of a generic chatbot. Give your AI assistant a custom name and personality Shape every response with custom instructions Match your brand with custom colors, icons, and widget styling Compare Free vs Pro and see everything Hyve Pro includes → AI processing and third-party services For AI processing, Hyve relies on the OpenAI API to provide certain features, such as text generation and language processing. How your data reaches OpenAI depends on which option you choose. With Hyve Connect, your indexed content and visitor messages are processed through Themeisle’s hosted service, which passes them to OpenAI on your behalf. See the Themeisle Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. With your own API key, those requests go from your site straight to OpenAI, and nothing passes through our servers. You can learn more about their terms of use here: OpenAI Terms of Use. Hyve is backed by the Themeisle team, a trusted WordPress company behind Neve, Otter Blocks, and other popular products.
Newsroom OS – Google Discover, Google News, Schema & Editorial Workflow
Optimize articles for Google Discover, Google News, and web search. Add NewsArticle and LiveBlogPosting schema markup, Search Console traffic analytics, editorial assignments, and newsroom tools — directly inside WordPress. Works in Gutenberg and Classic Editor. Who is this plugin for? Perfect for: News websites and online newspapers Magazines and digital publishers Editorial teams and multi-author WordPress sites Sites targeting Google Discover and Google News traffic Publishers who outgrew generic SEO plugins but still use Yoast or Rank Math NewsArticle & LiveBlogPosting schema markup Structured data built for publishers — not generic blog schema: NewsArticle JSON-LD — @graph with Organization, WebPage, author Person, geo, about / mentions from entity tags LiveBlogPosting — breaking news mode with live H3 updates and auto-expire CollectionPage from story timelines; optional editor FAQ block (opt-in, off by default) Wikidata entity enrichment on tags (lazy, on assign) Richness presets (Minimal / Balanced / Full) — complements Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress Google Discover & Google News optimization Discover Score — pre-publish checklist: hero 1200px+, 16:9, headline quality, topic/tags, OG image, timeliness Trend Radar — Google Trends + Google News RSS in the editor sidebar (localized by country) Breaking news mode — faster IndexNow/Google ping, LiveBlog schema, optional “developing story” badge Search Console clicks — real Discover and Google News traffic via GSC sync (separate from the editorial Discover Score) Newsroom OS vs Yoast SEO & Rank Math Yoast SEO / Rank Math excel at meta titles, descriptions, XML sitemaps, and general on-page SEO. Newsroom OS adds the newsroom layer they do not cover: Google Discover readiness scoring in the editor Google News + Discover Search Console analytics per writer NewsArticle / LiveBlogPosting publisher schema graph Editorial workflow — tasks, My Inbox, chief dashboard, Chief Insights Author performance coaching tied to real traffic Smart tags, duplicate-tag guard, archive internal links, GSC traffic-drop alerts Use both together — Newsroom OS reads your SEO plugin meta and adds publisher-specific signals. Update 2.9 — All Pro features included + install registry Newsroom OS 2.9 unlocks every Pro feature without a license key (GSC sync, Chief Insights, Author Performance, AI Assist BYOK, IndexNow, Auto-Timeline, task messaging, and more). A lightweight anonymous install/upgrade ping helps NewsOS count active sites. To restore paid license gating later, set NEWSAI_PRO_UNLOCKED to false in wp-config.php — all license code stays in place. Update 2.8 — Schema performance for megasites + nightly warm Newsroom OS 2.8 keeps JSON-LD on high-traffic sites without daytime CPU spikes: Lite Mode no longer runs the schema backfill cron, Background schema warm is optional, and Nightly schema warm runs migration only in an off-peak window (default 02:00–06:00, site timezone). New/edited posts still get full schema on save. On cache miss under Megasite mode, visitors get a slim NewsArticle graph while full caches backfill overnight. Also: Unicode-safe word counts (Greek), story-cluster accessibility contrast, and safer warm scheduling (hourly / 15-min only with backlog). Update 2.7 — Classic command center (stable) + parked React UI Newsroom OS 2.7 ships a premium classic admin redesign: vertical sidebar shell, bento Dashboard (Kanban-first), refreshed Chief Insights and Author Performance, and a cleaner Settings workspace. Classic is the default on all sites. An experimental React admin remains in the codebase for a future opt-in release — it is off by default; the Settings banner shows Coming Soon until the redesign is ready. Desk workflow: AI Content brief from Trend Radar now lives on the Dashboard (chief plans → assigns task → writer sees brief in the editor). The editor Radar tab stays lightweight (live trends/news + copy headline). Update 2.3 — Desk workflow + Chief command upgrades (Pro) Newsroom OS 2.3 adds brief → editorial task, AI desk overview (Author Performance), Kanban drag-and-drop, War room live KPIs (AJAX), CrUX / Core Web Vitals (PageSpeed Insights), GSC device channel toggle, and category-aware AI prompts. No database migration. Configure CrUX under Settings → Instant Indexing (PageSpeed API key). Update 2.2 — AI Assist SEO pipeline (Pro BYOK) Newsroom OS 2.2 upgrades AI Assist (Pro) for newsroom SEO: shared article analysis (keywords, entities, intent), stronger headline, optimize, and trend suggestions, meta description generation with one-click apply to Yoast SEO / Rank Math (or excerpt), smarter tag match, and Discover Score entity signals when analysis is saved on the post. Editor blocks (story timeline, key takeaways, FAQ) use semantic HTML, dedicated CSS (story-cluster.css, newsai-content-blocks.css), and no empty DOM nodes in published markup. Big update 2.1 — Chief Insights, AI Daily Brief, and indexing diagnostics Newsroom OS 2.1 adds Chief Insights (desk-wide KPIs, channel tables, top categories/articles), AI Daily Brief (Morning/Evening), and Print to PDF. Clear Last attempted vs Last successful diagnostics for Google Indexing API and IndexNow. Preview the product at newsos.io. Big update 2.0 — Google Search Console meets your newsroom Newsroom OS 2.0 connects your editorial desk to real Google traffic. Writers get Focus (article quality) and Discover readiness (distribution checklist) in the editor — separate from Search Console clicks (Discover, Google News, and web search). Chiefs see who publishes well and who earns traffic, in one dashboard. (From 2.9 onward, GSC sync and all former “Pro” modules ship unlocked in the same plugin — no license key.) Classic Editor & Gutenberg (Block Editor) Newsroom OS is built for real newsroom setups — including sites that still use Classic Editor, sites on full Gutenberg, and hybrid installs (block editor with the classic Tags metabox). Gutenberg / Block Editor Publication Readiness sidebar (Editorial + Discover twin gauges, Next Best Action) REST-aware duplicate tag guard (snackbar + “Use existing” / “Keep anyway”) Breaking news mode, live H3 update insertion via blocks Trend Radar, Smart Tags, AI Assist (BYOK) in the editor sidebar JS strings via wp_set_script_translations (el, en, de, es) Classic Editor Same Publication Readiness panel and scores (TinyMCE / #content hooks — no block editor APIs on classic screens) Classic Tags metabox duplicate guard (AJAX before the tag chip is added) Breaking mode, live updates, and smart tag insert via Classic UI Stability: Gutenberg-only APIs (wp.data.subscribe, getEditedPostContent) run only when block-editor-page is present — prevents Classic Editor blocks.min.js stack overflows on large sites Works with any theme (Astra, GeneratePress, Newspaper, NewsMag, Flavor, etc.) and alongside Yoast SEO, Rank Math, WooCommerce, and SureCart. WordPress 7.0: Tested through WordPress 7.0 (Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and wp-admin dashboard). Requires PHP 7.4+ (PHP 8.1+ recommended). Six pillars (2.0) 1. Discover optimization Publication Readiness — twin scores in the editor: Editorial (Focus) and Discover readiness. They are separate on purpose. Discover Score — Google-aligned checklist: hero 1200px+, 16:9, 300k pixels, alt; clear 55–70 headline (anti-clickbait); topic/tags; optional trend fit; saved OG image when available. Breaking news mode — one toggle: LiveBlogPosting schema, faster IndexNow/Google ping, optional “developing story” badge, auto-expire, live-update workflow (H3 headings). Trend Radar — Google Trends + Google News in the sidebar, localized per country. 2. Google Search Console traffic Service account sync — connect Search Console with webmasters.readonly; separate token from the Indexing API. Discover, Google News, and web search — per-post clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position stored in your database (wp_newsai_gsc_performance). Sync now in settings plus daily cron (04:00 site time) when GSC is enabled. Author Performance — real clicks per writer, top articles by traffic, coaching tab, 7d / 30d / 90d windows. Posts list — GSC (30d) column for chiefs (edit_others_posts). My Inbox — writers see their own GSC totals when sync is enabled. Clear labeling — Discover Score = editorial readiness; GSC numbers = measured Google clicks (not the same metric). 3. Semantic schema & entities NewsArticle / LiveBlogPosting JSON-LD — @graph with Organization, WebPage, author Person, geo, about / mentions. Entity tags — Wikidata Q-IDs, coordinates, entity types woven into schema; lazy enrichment when tags are used (1.9+). Richness presets — Minimal / Balanced / Full; optional articleBody modes (omit, full, first N words). Works with Yoast SEO & Rank Math — reads your meta; does not replace them. 4. Editorial workflow Tasks & assignments — deadlines, keywords, briefs, reference links. Dashboard — active / overdue / completed, KPIs, SEO health. Roles — chiefs see the full desk; writers see My Inbox only. GSC traffic-drop alerts — surfaces articles losing Search Console clicks vs the prior period. 5. AI newsroom (BYOK — your API key) OpenAI, Gemini, or Groq — your API key stays on your site; free tiers supported (Groq / Gemini). Discover-optimized titles (55–70 chars, five angles), targeted optimization hints, trend-aware keywords, AI Tag Match from your site taxonomy. Geo-aware language — answers in the language of your configured region (40+ locales). 6. Knowledge layer Smart Tag Suggester — weighted, confidence-scored tags from your taxonomy; one-click insert; duplicate-tag guard. Story timelines — archive clusters + internal-link blocks + CollectionPage schema. Archive link finder — semantic internal links from your own back catalog (accent-aware scoring). Author E-E-A-T — profiles, schema Person, performance analytics. UI in Greek, English, German, and Spanish (per-site language picker). See languages/README.txt for gettext catalogs. Everything included (2.9+) — 100% free, no license Newsroom OS 2.9 ships the complete newsroom stack in one plugin. No signup, no license key, no paywall inside WordPress. The only optional cost is AI Assist (BYOK) — you bring your own OpenAI, Gemini, or Groq API key if you want in-editor AI; Groq and Gemini offer generous free tiers. Editorial & Discover (free) Publication Readiness — Editorial score + Discover Score, Next Best Action, detailed checklists Breaking news mode — LiveBlog schema workflow with auto-expire Smart Tag Suggester — confidence levels, one-click insert, duplicate-tag guard Editorial dashboard — tasks, deadlines, keywords, briefings, Kanban, My Inbox Trend Radar — Google Trends + Google News in the editor Auto-story timeline + archive internal-link finder NewsArticle JSON-LD — entities, geo, E-E-A-T author signals, megasite-safe caching SEO auditor, 4-step wizard, 4-language UI (el, en, de, es) Analytics & desk command (free since 2.9) Google Search Console sync — Discover, Google News, and web search clicks per post and author Chief Insights — desk-wide KPIs, channel breakdown, top categories/articles, AI Daily Brief, PDF export Author Performance — team cards, GSC coaching tabs, 7d / 30d / 90d windows GSC traffic-drop alerts — in Chief Insights and weekly desk email Posts list GSC column — 30-day clicks for chiefs Seasonal radar — YoY keyword forecasting from GSC queries War room — live desk KPIs (AJAX refresh) AI & indexing (free since 2.9; AI is BYOK) AI Assist — headline suggestions, optimize hints, trend keywords, tag match, meta description, content brief, floating toolbar, GEO summary, auto alt text IndexNow + Google Indexing API — async pings on publish Task threads + email alerts — chief ↔ writer messaging per assignment Privacy: GSC data and AI cache stay in your database. Newsroom OS does not proxy article text or API keys through newsos.io. An anonymous install/upgrade ping (site URL, version, locale) helps NewsOS count active installs — no post content included. Feature reference (formerly “Pro”) 📊 Google Search Console integration Stop guessing which writers earn traffic. Newsroom OS pulls Search Analytics into WordPress: Three channels — Discover clicks, Google News clicks, and web search clicks (plus impressions, CTR, position where available). Per-post storage — map GSC page URLs to posts and authors; aggregate by 7 / 30 / 90 days. Settings → Indexing — paste your service account JSON, set the property (sc-domain:example.com or URL-prefix), test connection, Sync now. Automatic daily sync — when GSC is enabled with valid credentials. Privacy — data stays in your database; we do not proxy GSC through newsos.io. 📈 Author Performance Redesigned chief dashboard (Editorial Control → Author Performance): Your performance card for chiefs who also write — same expand/collapse UX as the team grid. Compact team cards — posts, Focus readiness, web clicks at a glance; expand for full detail. Tabs inside each author — Summary (editorial quality + categories + GSC totals), Articles (latest posts + top traffic), Coaching (Discover weak spots + action links). GSC coach tips on low click counts (hero image, headlines, timeliness). Search & sort — filter by name; sort by posts, web clicks, Focus, or A–Z. 7d / 30d / 90d — live AJAX refresh without reloading the page. Cached aggregates with smart invalidation on publish, task completion, score change, and GSC sync. 🧭 Chief Insights + AI Daily Brief (NEW in 2.1) Built for editor-in-chief oversight in one screen: Chief Insights tab — summary-first KPI strip + channel performance + top categories + top articles + top keyword/entity signals. Live desk data — real GSC-backed metrics when sync is configured. AI Daily Brief — one click executive summary with Morning mode (planning) and Evening mode (retrospective + next actions). Print to PDF — export the current chief view for standups and editorial meetings. Indexing diagnostics polish — Google + IndexNow now show Last attempted and Last successful URL/ping, plus health badge (Healthy / Degraded / Unknown). 🤖 AI Assist (BYOK – Bring Your Own Key) Bring your own API key for OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Groq. Newsroom OS never proxies AI traffic through our servers — your key stays on your site. 💸 Free AI tier supported: Groq offers fast hosted open-weight models with API keys from the same dashboard. Recommended default: openai/gpt-oss-120b; alternative: qwen/qwen3.6-27b. Deprecated Groq model IDs like llama-3.3-70b-versatile should be replaced. The settings page links directly to: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys (OpenAI) https://aistudio.google.com/apikey (Google Gemini — free tier available) https://console.groq.com/keys (Groq — free tier, no card required) You can write your first AI-assisted article with $0 of API spend. Direct in-editor actions: 🎯 Discover-optimized Title Suggestions — five alternative headlines per run (facts / impact / aftermath / authority / Discover hook), 55–70 characters, live validation. ✨ Targeted Content Optimization — non-rewrite suggestions per paragraph (readability / seo / eeat / structure / factcheck). 🔥 Trend-Aware Keywords — regional Google Trends fit with placement hints. 🏷️ AI Tag Match — semantic tag picks from your taxonomy pool. FAQ Block generation in valid FAQPage JSON-LD Key Takeaways block Per-user daily rate limits + transient caching 🌍 Geo-aware language output — 40+ locales; filter newsai_ai_geo_to_locale for custom multilingual newsrooms. 💬 Editorial Comms (Task Threads + Email) Two-way messaging thread per task — chief ↔ assignee, with unread badges Capability-aware …
