Code Engine – PHP Snippets, AI Functions & Automation for WordPress vs Volteruno – AI Blog Auto-Publish

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. 💕

Your blog writes and publishes itself — you set the plan once. Most WordPress blogs stop after a handful of posts. Not because the owner does not care, but because one good article means research, keywords, structure, meta data, images, internal links and an evening that never comes free. Volteruno removes that evening. Connect this plugin once, and your Volteruno account handles the whole chain: Find what to write → write the full article → publish it directly to WordPress → keep it moving automatically. What you get One-click WordPress connection. Install, activate, click Connect this site to Volteruno, approve it once. No connection code to copy, no API keys, no FTP, no developer. Topics you can actually publish around. Volteruno suggests article ideas for your site and shows an estimated keyword difficulty and monthly search volume next to each one, so you decide what has a chance — not what merely sounds nice. Complete articles, not drafts. Every article ships with a title, meta description, H1/H2 structure, a slug and internal links to your other posts. Where the format calls for it, the article also includes an FAQ section, a table of contents, a TL;DR or key takeaways, plus a featured image with alt text. Published straight to WordPress. New posts appear on your site under your chosen WordPress author, at the time you scheduled — in your site’s own WordPress timezone. Autopilot. Turn it on per website and new articles are planned, written and published on a repeating schedule. Turn it off any time. Editorial calendar. See what is scheduled, what is live and reschedule anything before it goes out. WooCommerce aware. If WooCommerce is active, Volteruno can read your product catalog and reference relevant products inside articles you generate for that site. Multilingual. Articles can be written in 32 languages. The Volteruno dashboard and this plugin’s admin screen are translated into 25. You stay in control. Preview, edit, reschedule, unpublish or delete anything from your normal WordPress admin. The plugin only creates new posts — it never edits or deletes your existing content unless you explicitly ask for that action on a specific article. How it works Install and activate this plugin. Click “Connect this site to Volteruno” and approve the connection once. A free Volteruno account is created if you don’t have one. Pick a topic — from the suggested ideas or your own. Volteruno writes the full article and publishes it to this site, now or on your schedule. Optional: switch on Autopilot so the next articles happen without you. Try it without paying Your first article is free. No credit card is required to create the account and publish it. Paid plans exist for higher monthly volume and more websites — you only pick one if the first article convinced you. What this plugin does and does not do This plugin is the secure bridge between your WordPress site and your Volteruno account. The writing, topic research, scheduling and publishing controls live in your Volteruno dashboard at volteruno.com. The plugin adds no front-end code, no ads and no tracking to your site. External services This plugin connects your WordPress site to Volteruno, a third-party SaaS service operated by Volteruno (https://volteruno.com), so AI-written blog posts created in your Volteruno dashboard can be published to your site automatically. What is sent and when: On connection (only when you click “Connect this site to Volteruno” and approve it in Volteruno): the plugin sends your site URL, the connecting admin’s email/username, the one-time pairing ticket (or, in the support-only manual mode, the Connection Code you pasted), and a freshly generated WordPress Application Password (named “Volteruno Auto-Publish”) to the Volteruno API endpoint at https://iaifmquygwpugdhrqmpr.supabase.co/functions/v1/wordpress-connect. This is required so Volteruno can authenticate future publishing requests to your site. Every 15 minutes (heartbeat, only after you connect): the plugin sends the Connection Code, site URL, plugin/WordPress/PHP version and the results of the local environment checks (HTTPS, Application Passwords, REST API, outbound HTTPS) to https://iaifmquygwpugdhrqmpr.supabase.co/functions/v1/wordpress-heartbeat. This lets the Volteruno dashboard show the real health of this site. No post content, user data or credentials are sent. On publishing (only when you trigger a publish from the Volteruno dashboard): Volteruno sends the post content (title, body, featured image, tags, categories, excerpt, SEO metadata) back to your site via the standard WordPress REST API. WooCommerce product sync (only if WooCommerce is active and only when Volteruno requests it): Volteruno reads your product catalog (titles, descriptions, prices, images, categories, currency) via the plugin’s /wp-json/volteruno/v1/products endpoint, authenticated with your Connection Code. This data is used solely to recommend your own products inside articles generated for your site. No customer data, orders, or personal data are ever read. No data is sent to Volteruno unless you explicitly install this plugin and start the connection yourself from Settings → Volteruno. The plugin does not send any analytics or telemetry. The Volteruno backend is hosted on Supabase infrastructure, which is why the API endpoint above is on a supabase.co subdomain. Service: Volteruno — https://volteruno.com Terms of Service: https://volteruno.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://volteruno.com/privacy Privacy This plugin sends your site URL, the connecting admin’s email/username and an auto-generated WordPress Application Password to the Volteruno API (https://volteruno.com) once, when you connect the site from Settings → Volteruno. After that, the Volteruno service uses those credentials to publish articles you create in your Volteruno dashboard. No analytics or tracking data is collected by the plugin itself. See the Volteruno Privacy Policy for full details.