Code Engine – PHP Snippets, AI Functions & Automation for WordPress vs WinaltChat 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. 💕

WinaltChat adds a fast, intelligent chat widget to your WooCommerce store. Customers can search your product catalogue, get instant answers about shipping and returns, and — when they need a real person — connect to your support team through a built-in live chat system, all without leaving your store. AI Shopping Assistant Dual AI Modes — Use your own API key from Groq — LLaMA (Free Tier), ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), or Gemini (Google) for full conversational AI. No key? The built-in Basic AI mode runs entirely on your server with zero external calls and zero ongoing cost. Smart Product Search — Intent-aware search across your WooCommerce catalogue. Handles typos, synonyms, multilingual and mixed-language queries, and follow-up questions naturally. Product Comparisons — Customers can ask “which is better, the Sony or the Samsung?” and get a clear side-by-side comparison with prices and key specs from your own catalogue. Store Knowledge Base — Reads your shipping, returns, contact, and about pages to answer policy questions accurately and dynamically — no hardcoded answers that break for other stores. Conversation Context — Remembers context within a session so follow-up questions (“does it come in blue?”) work naturally. Amazon Affiliate Fallback — When a product is out of stock, optionally suggest an Amazon affiliate link so you still earn a commission. Live Human Chat Human Handoff — When a customer types phrases like “I want to talk to a human”, “customer service”, “live agent”, or dozens of natural variants, the plugin detects the request and connects them to a real person on your team. Admin Live Chats Dashboard — A dedicated Live Chats screen in your WordPress admin shows all active, waiting, and closed conversations in a two-panel interface. Every handoff request is queued here as soon as it happens — keep the tab open to also show as instantly online to visitors and connect in real time. Visitor Name Prompt — Before connecting, the visitor is optionally asked for their name. If skipped, they are identified as “Visitor #ID” so you can tell conversations apart. Full Conversation Context for Agents — When a customer is handed off, the admin sees the complete prior AI conversation so there is no need to ask “how can I help?” twice. Visitor Presence Dot — A green dot shows the visitor is active. It turns grey within 30 seconds if they close the tab. Two-Tier Timeout — If your team does not respond within 90 seconds, the visitor sees a friendly patience message. After 5 minutes of no reply, the chat gracefully falls back to the AI assistant with an optional email capture. Intelligent Offline Handling — When no admin is online the AI keeps helping, and the handoff request is still queued in the background so it’s waiting in your Live Chats list whenever you next check — no need to have caught it live. Visitors can also optionally leave their email for a follow-up; leads appear with a dedicated Leads section and unread badge. Session Management — Close chats when resolved, or delete them permanently. Closed and lead sessions stay visible in their own sections until manually removed. Zero External Dependencies — Live chat runs entirely within your WordPress site using secure AJAX polling over the REST API. No Pusher, no third-party service, no extra cost. Email Notifications — Get an email when a customer starts a live chat or leaves their contact details while you are offline. Privacy & Security All live chat data is stored in your own WordPress database. Nothing is sent to an external service. Session tokens are 32-character cryptographically random strings — not sequential IDs — so sessions cannot be enumerated. All endpoints enforce nonces, capability checks, input sanitization, output escaping, and rate limiting. Message content is sanitized server-side, and rich chat HTML (product cards, links, images) is additionally sanitized client-side via a bundled copy of DOMPurify before being rendered — see “Bundled Libraries” below. Bundled Libraries DOMPurify 3.1.6 — client-side HTML sanitizer, used to safely render rich chat content (product cards, links, images). Vendored locally at assets/js/vendor/purify.min.js; not loaded from a CDN. © Cure53 and other contributors. Dual-licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and Mozilla Public License 2.0, both GPL-compatible. github.com/cure53/DOMPurify Requirements WordPress 6.2 or later WooCommerce 7.0 or later (must be installed and active) PHP 7.4 or later An API key from Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google (optional — Basic AI and Live Chat both work without one) Support Support Forum: wordpress.org/support/plugin/winaltchat-for-woocommerce Email: [email protected] We aim to respond to all support requests within 48 hours. External Services This plugin connects to third-party AI providers only when you configure an external AI mode and enter your own API key. In Basic AI mode and during live human chat, no external AI service is used. AI Providers (optional — only when an API key is configured) Customer messages, recent conversation context, and relevant store and product context are sent to the AI provider you select so it can generate a response. No data is sent to these providers when using Basic AI mode. Groq — groq.com | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service OpenAI — openai.com | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Anthropic Claude — anthropic.com | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service Google Gemini — ai.google.dev | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service Amazon Associate Program (optional — only when a tag is configured) When the Amazon fallback is enabled and no matching product is found in your store, the plugin generates an Amazon search link with your Associate tag. No customer data is transmitted to Amazon by the plugin — the link simply directs the visitor’s browser. Amazon — amazon.com | Privacy Notice Deactivation Feedback (optional — only sent if you respond to the deactivation survey) When you deactivate this plugin, an optional short survey asks why. If you respond (or skip), your site URL, the plugin/WordPress/PHP version, and whatever you entered in the survey are sent to Winalt Technologies to help improve the plugin. No personal data is collected beyond this unless you choose to type it into the free-text field yourself. Winalt Technologies — aisalesmanchatpro.com | Privacy Policy Anonymous Usage Tracking (optional — off by default, only sent if you click “Allow”) On first use, a notice asks permission to send anonymous “still active” pings to help us understand real-world installs. Nothing is sent unless you click “Allow” — you can also decline, or change your choice later from the plugin’s General Settings tab. When enabled, your site URL and the plugin/WordPress/PHP version are sent to Winalt Technologies once immediately and then roughly once a day for as long as it stays enabled. No personal or customer data is ever included. Winalt Technologies — aisalesmanchatpro.com | Privacy Policy