I have started exploring what MCP in WordPress really allows to do, what plugins are there in the market and what they do ( and how I can integrate my own plugin to them).
I've selected two popular plugins for testing:
- Albert, the Butler
- Novamira
I built this for my own affiliate sites because a link halfway up a long review has one big flaw: readers keep scrolling.
Floating CTA pins the product name, image, star rating, price with the old price struck through and a buy button to the bottom of the post. It's what I wanted for product reviews, and it didn't exist, so I built it.
I build/manage WordPress sites as part of my work, and one bit of the process I’ve always found surprisingly messy is the final client handover.
You finish the site, but then you still need to work out what the client should have access to, strip back wp-admin so they don’t get overwhelmed, explain how their particular site works, give them support information, clarify who is responsible for hosting/updates/licences/content etc., and usually cobble all of that together across WordPress settings, documents, Teams chats and emails.
I’ve been exploring an idea for a plugin called Handoff (working title) that would try to make that one coherent process.
The basic idea is that when a site is finished, Handoff would scan the WordPress installation and show the developer what it finds: pages, custom post types, plugins, admin areas etc. You then choose what the client should manage, preview a simplified client dashboard, add contextual guidance/support information, record who is responsible for things like hosting, updates, accessibility and content, assign the client users, and complete the handover. I know there are plugins that do parts of this, but I want it all to be under one roof and a simplified process.
I haven’t built the plugin. I’ve just made an interactive HTML prototype because I want to find out whether this is genuinely useful before disappearing down a development rabbit hole.
It takes about 3–5 minutes to click through. Everything is simulated so it doesn’t connect to a real WordPress installation.
I’d particularly love feedback from people who regularly build WordPress sites for clients:
Does this solve a problem you actually have?
Which part feels most useful?
Is anything important missing?
Are you already doing this effectively with another plugin/tool?
Would you actually install something like this?
There’s also a very short feedback form if you’d prefer to respond privately: https://tally.so/r/yPa5e0
Feel free to be critical. At this stage, finding out that the idea isn’t worth building would be just as useful as finding out that it is.
TL;DR: I’m considering building a plugin that turns a finished WordPress site into a simplified, guided client handover experience. I’ve mocked it up rather than built it. If you hand WordPress sites to clients, I’d really value even a simple “yes, useful” / “no, wouldn’t use it” in the comments.
We’ve been working on Smart Product Table for WooCommerce, mainly for stores that need a cleaner and faster way to display lots of products.
It lets you show products in an easy-to-browse table where customers can quickly find products, compare details, select quantities, and add items to the cart without going through every individual product page.
Could be useful for wholesale stores, B2B shops, restaurant ordering, spare parts, catalogs, or any WooCommerce shop with a large number of products.
Would love to hear what features you think a product table like this should have.
We’ve built three feeds on follow.it for people who want to keep track of WordPress plugins. Full disclosure: I’m behind follow.it, and I’m sharing these because we’d appreciate honest feedback from the WordPress community.
Plugin Watch: Follow any plugin and receive alerts when its version, active installs, ratings, WordPress or PHP requirements, author, description, tags, or repository availability changes.
New Plugins Feed: Get notified when new plugins enter the WordPress repository. You can filter them by keywords, tags, authors, or the number of active installations they achieve.
Plugin Ranking Tracker: Track where a plugin ranks for selected keywords in the WordPress.org directory and receive reports or alerts about ranking changes.
Updates can be delivered by email, RSS, Telegram, the follow.it news page, and other channels. The feeds are freemium; some filters, checking intervals, and multiple trackers require a premium plan.
Would any of these be useful to you? More importantly, is there a plugin-related change or filter that we’re currently missing?
built this because every search and replace tool i tried silently skipped elementor's urls after a migration.
the reason took me a while to find. elementor stores the page layout as json, and that json sits inside a php serialized value. when it gets encoded the slashes are escaped, so the url in your database is not
search for the first one and you get zero matches. the replace reports success, changes a few hundred rows elsewhere, and every elementor page still points at the old domain.
then if you search for the escaped version and replace it as text, you corrupt the row, because php serialization stores the byte length of every string ahead of it. change a 19 character domain to a 22 character one and the prefix still says 19. unserialize() returns false and the page renders as nothing.
so the tool has to unserialize, walk the tree, decode the json leaves, replace inside them, re-encode while preserving the original slash escaping, and then re-serialize so the lengths are recomputed. that escaping step is the one that gets missed. two encodings of the same json are both valid and different lengths, so you can decode and replace perfectly and still hand back a value that no longer matches its own length prefix.
what it does:
visual preview of representative matches before anything is written
optional snapshot before the run, one click undo after
serialized and json-in-serialized safe
regex, table targeting, wp-cli, multisite
runs in batches via action scheduler so big tables do not time out
the preview and the undo are not held back for a paid tier. there is no paid tier of this plugin.
disclosure since it matters: i built it. i also sell a separate backup plugin, and this is not a lite version of it or a funnel into a trial. it is a full tool and it stays that way.
Most AI writing plugins ignore your actual voice — they call an AI API with a generic prompt and hand you filler that reads like every other AI-generated post. I built Versoo Content Ops to fix that specific problem for my own sites, then cleaned it up and put it on wp.org.
How it's different: you set your brand context once (audience, tone, topics, a writing sample) and every draft gets generated against that context, not a generic "write a blog post about X" prompt. It runs on WordPress 7.0's built-in AI client, so it's not another OpenAI key to manage — it uses whatever AI provider you've already configured in Settings → Connectors. You still need a real provider key set up there; the plugin doesn't need a separate one.
What it actually does:
- Generates full drafts (title, body, excerpt, tags) across 8 content types — tutorial, explainer, listicle, opinion, case study, FAQ, comparison, announcement
- Runs a 13-check SEO pass on every draft automatically (keyword placement, density, permalink length, etc.) — no separate SEO plugin needed for that part
- Rotates generated titles across 15 headline formulas so you don't end up with the same "7 Ways to X" pattern every time
- Includes a free tag-cleanup tool (Taxonomy Audit) — finds orphaned/duplicate tags, lets you rename, delete, or merge them
Genuinely interested in feedback, especially from anyone who's tried other AI drafting plugins and found the output too generic — that's the exact problem I was solving for.
Hi folks, i just build something which i think is cool - Frontman -
It is a WordPress plugin for a narrow job: editing an existing site from the rendered page instead of hunting through Gutenberg blocks, Elementor data, menus, templates, widgets, settings, and plugin screens.
The workflow is:
install the plugin,
open /frontman on a page,
describe one bounded change,
let the agent inspect WordPress-native structures,
review the changed page before using it in production.
I just created an Wordpress plugin, which does exactly this: Created carousel post or single post, directly from your article.
It uses as main image the feature image, then uses for title either the main title or what Gemini decides (an option choice by the user), one click away.
Then, for other carousels, Gemini kicks in again and uses other parts of article, make the cintent shorter and that fits best for each image carousel.
Client can choose whatever font they want. Can place the logo wherever they want only once in settings!
Image has different designs, from gradient with fade, rectangle for contrast under the text...almost every famous design you might have seen on the Internet, lives under my plugin.
ALL these made with only one single click and the content is made in under 5 seconds. It's an plugin that will mostly help newspaper owners!
I've tested it for more than 3 months and the output is Amazing, definitely high quality
Who is interested, I will send the link to test it - will be globaly available soon
I just launched WP Super Docs, a WordPress documentation plugin built for real product documentation, not blog posts.
Some of the main features:
• Multi-product documentation
• Documentation versioning
• AI-powered search
• Algolia & Elasticsearch support
• Changelogs + What's New widget
• Review workflows & content health
• Private/internal documentation
• WPML & Polylang support
• Migration tools
• Search analytics
• Custom navigation
• SEO & schema built for documentation
One of the biggest features is theming.
Your docs aren't locked into a predefined design. WP Super Docs uses CSS variables that let you customize the documentation experience without modifying the plugin itself.
You can even use AI to generate the CSS for you. Tell ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI tool how you want your documentation to look, generate the CSS, paste it in, and completely change the design.
The documentation itself is running WP Super Docs, so it also works as a live demo:
I was stuck in an endless loop of hackers resetting my passwords and mass-creating fake admin accounts. Then they installed a backdoor plugin to steal my data. That was the last straw.
I analyzed every attack vector and built Hide Login Secure from scratch — a lightweight, open-source WordPress plugin. No bloated security suites, no JavaScript, no external API calls. Just 22.5 KB of pure PHP.
**What it does:**
- Hides wp-login.php using HMAC-SHA256 signed access tokens (not just a renamed URL)
- Blocks XML-RPC, author enumeration, and REST API user leaks
- Cloudflare-aware IP detection (IPv4/IPv6/CIDR support)
- Doesn't break WordPress 6.3+ Passkeys or 2FA
- Auto-cleans login logs to keep only the last 300 entries
I got tired of every AI plugin wanting me to open an OpenAI or Anthropic account and paste in a paid key, so I built AltoGraph to work without one. The AI runs on our side, so there is nothing to configure and nothing to sign up for. Free for 25 items a month.
To be straight about how it behaves: it does not go off and do things on its own when you activate it, and nothing is sent anywhere until you ask. What you get is an Alt text column in your Media library, so you can see at a glance which images have no alt text, and a Generate button on each one that does not. That is the whole flow, one click from the media library. There is a bulk action if you have a backlog to clear, and if you want it to run automatically on new uploads, or to write meta descriptions too, you switch that on in Settings
It never overwrites alt text you have written yourself.
I run a WaaS startup and needed a simple ticketing system that worked across the entire network. After searching around, I couldn’t find anything that fit my needs without paying around $73/year—so I vibe coded my own for roughly $1 in tokens in under an hour.
Here’s how it works:
Tenants can open and track support tickets from the Tickets menu in their subsite dashboard.
Network admins can view and respond to tickets from every site through the main network dashboard.
Both tenants and network admins receive an unread notification badge whenever a ticket gets a new reply.
It’s still a work in progress, but it’s available to download here:
I've been trying to share my open-source WordPress plugin, but my post keeps getting automatically removed by Reddit's filters. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
**What I tried to post:**
- Title: "[FREE] Built a 15KB lightweight WordPress login protector after hackers kept creating fake admins"
- Tagged with [FREE] as required
- Only included one GitHub link
- Shared my genuine story about building the plugin after my site was hacked
**The plugin:**
- Completely FREE and open-source on GitHub
- 15.6 KB lightweight login security plugin
- Built after my WordPress site was hacked multiple times (hackers created fake admins and installed backdoors)
- Uses HMAC-SHA256 signed tokens, blocks user enumeration, Cloudflare-aware
- Currently awaiting review on WordPress.org repository
**My Reddit account:**
- Might be new/low karma (I understand this could be the issue)
- I'm a genuine developer, not a spammer
**My question:**
Is there a karma requirement to post in this subreddit?
Should I contact the mods directly?
Is there a way to get my post approved?
I've attached a screenshot showing my post being auto-removed. I'd really appreciate any guidance on how to properly share my open-source project with the community.
I’ve spent the last year building something that originally was never intended to become a commercial product.
I run WooCommerce stores myself, and as the businesses grew, I became increasingly frustrated with how fragmented the operational side of WooCommerce can become.
Orders in one place. Stock somewhere else. Customer information across different screens. Replacements handled manually. Returns and refunds through another workflow. Analytics elsewhere. Dispatch using another system. Then you gradually end up with plugins on top of plugins just to keep everything running.
I didn’t really want another WooCommerce plugin that solved one small problem.
I wanted one operational workspace where the people actually running the business could handle almost everything they need day to day.
So I started building Mi0ps, as an entrepreneur, we find ourselves being daily problems solvers as im sure some can relate..
It began as software for my own businesses, but I now have friends using the platform in their businesses as well. They keep telling me that I need to make it widely available because of how much easier it makes running their WooCommerce operations.
The problem is, they’re my friends.
I’m very conscious that they may be completely biased... 😂
So rather than convincing myself I’ve built something great based on feedback from people I know, I want to put it in front of people who have absolutely no reason to tell me what I want to hear.
I’m looking for around 10 genuine WooCommerce merchants who would be willing to trial the whole platform and give me proper, critical feedback before I take this any further.
I don’t want people to install it, spend five minutes clicking around and tell me it looks good.
I want you to actually use it.
Run your normal WooCommerce operation through it. Process orders. Manage products and inventory. Search customers. Deal with replacements and returns. Look through the analytics. Let your staff use it. Try the different workflows.
Then tell me what annoys you.
Tell me what takes too many clicks.
Tell me what doesn’t make sense.
Tell me what you still have to leave Mi0ps and go back into WordPress to accomplish.
And most importantly, tell me what I haven’t thought of.
The entire point of this trial is to make the operational workflow as smooth as I can possibly make it before making the software widely available.
At the moment Mi0ps includes:
* A live operational dashboard for orders, fulfilment, exceptions, stock and activity
* Customer profiles combining order history, spend, addresses and other customer information
* Product catalogue management with a dedicated product editor
* Stock management, low-stock thresholds, backorder planning, inventory valuation and stock activity
* An order locator bringing order, customer, delivery, tracking and other information together
* Replacement workflows for creating linked £0 replacement orders
* Returns and refund management
* Sales and promotion controls
* Revenue, customer, product and inventory analytics
* Company growth reporting, trends and projections
* Storefront notice controls
* Dispatch and fulfilment workflows
* User roles and activity
* Server and system statistics
* A growing collection of other operational tools
The idea isn’t to replace WooCommerce because we all love it...
WooCommerce remains underneath it as the commerce engine.
What I’m trying to build is the operational layer above WooCommerce, one workspace that you and your team can actually work from every day without constantly jumping around the traditional WordPress backend.
I’m particularly interested in getting a mixture of merchants for the trial.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re an owner running a relatively small store yourself or have employees processing a much larger number of orders. In fact, having different businesses, order volumes and fulfilment setups should expose problems I would never discover using it within my own businesses.
The 10 merchants will get early access, and I want their feedback to directly influence what gets changed and developed before release.
I’m genuinely more interested in criticism than compliments at this stage.
If a workflow is terrible, tell me it’s terrible.
If something takes six clicks when it should take two, I want to fix it.
If there’s a feature you rely on every day that Mi0ps completely overlooks, I want to know about it.
And if you currently need three different WooCommerce plugins to accomplish something that logically belongs in one workflow, tell me about that too.
I’ve put together a page showing the platform and some of what I’ve built so far:
I’m not looking for your money. There’s no charge for taking part in the trial and no expectation that you buy anything afterwards- No Payment Details will be collected!
What I’m looking for is your time, your experience and, most importantly, your honest feedback.
I also understand that asking someone to trial operational software on a live WooCommerce store is a big ask. Your store is your business, and for many merchants it’s their livelihood. I take that seriously.
For the duration of the trial, I’ll personally be available on 24-hour technical standby. If you encounter a problem, something doesn’t behave as expected, or a workflow causes you difficulty, I want to know about it immediately and I’ll work with you to get it resolved.
I’m not going to hand you the software and disappear. I want to work closely with the trial merchants, make sure the system runs smoothly in real-world environments, and learn from how different businesses actually use it.
The purpose of these first 10 trials isn’t to make money. It’s to make Mi0ps better.
If you’re trusting me enough to put the platform into your business, I want you to know that I’ll take that responsibility seriously.
If you’re interested in being one of the 10 merchants, you can join the early-access list there or send me a message.
Even if you have absolutely no interest in testing it, I’d still really appreciate an answer to one question:
What is the most frustrating or unnecessarily time-consuming part of actually running your WooCommerce store day to day?
That’s probably the feedback I need most.
I have attached some screenshots so you can see how it looks and some of the functions... [Mi0PS](https://mi0ps.com/) will soon have the full artillery..
If you manage WordPress sites, you’ve probably seen junk requests hitting the built-in search:
?s=random-spam-query
Bots can generate tons of these searches with spam keywords, URLs, random strings, and other garbage.
I built Stop Search Spam to deal with exactly that.
It blocks suspicious search requests before WordPress processes the actual search, helping reduce useless requests and keeping search spam out of your site.
It’s intentionally a small, focused plugin — no complicated setup and no features unrelated to the problem.
I’ve just released version 1.4.0 of Import Export by RockStarLab.
One thing that always bothered me about WordPress migrations is having to move everything separately — posts, pages, media, comments, menus, taxonomies, WooCommerce data, etc.
So I added a Full Content Migration mode.
Instead of creating separate exports for each content type, you can now move all supported content in one workflow.
There are two ways to do it:
File migration
Export the content into a migration file and import it on another WordPress site.
Site-to-site sync
Connect two WordPress sites and move the content directly between them — especially useful for staging → production workflows.
The free version supports full migration for posts, pages, media and comments. PRO adds things like custom post types, menus and WooCommerce data.
This is still a fairly new feature, so I’d really appreciate feedback from people who regularly migrate WordPress sites.
