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abdelali Selouani
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Show DEV: PressArk - Talk to Your WordPress Site Instead of Clicking Through It

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Hey DEV! I built an AI co-pilot that lives inside your WordPress admin dashboard. Instead of clicking through menus, you just chat with it.

Website: pressark.com
WordPress.org: wordpress.org/plugins/pressark
Free tier: Yes - bundled AI credits, no API key needed

What it does

PressArk adds a chat panel to every wp-admin page. You describe what you want in plain English, it figures out the tools, shows you a preview, and executes only after you approve.

Examples of real commands:

"Edit the intro on my latest post to mention the spring sale"

"Create a 20% off coupon for WooCommerce that expires Friday"

"Audit the SEO on my homepage and fix the meta description"

"Scan my site for security vulnerabilities"

"Every Monday at 9am, run an SEO check on my top 5 pages"
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What makes it different from other WP AI plugins

Most WordPress AI plugins do one thing: generate content. PressArk manages your entire site through conversation:

  • Content & Pages: Edit posts, pages, blocks, custom post types, media, excerpts, metadata
  • WooCommerce: Products, orders, customers, coupons, shipping, taxes, analytics
  • SEO: Full audit with scores (A-F), meta optimization, crawlability checks, one-click fixes
  • Security: WordPress version, PHP, SSL, plugin vulnerabilities, file permissions, user enumeration
  • Elementor: Edit widgets, layouts, containers, global styles, forms, popups via chat
  • Automations: Schedule recurring AI tasks with cron (daily SEO checks, weekly content audits)

Total: 200+ AI-callable tools across all categories.

The safety model

Nothing writes without your approval. Every tool is classified:

Level Action Example
Read Auto-executes Search content, check SEO score
Preview Shows diff first Edit post, update meta
Confirm Explicit approval card Publish, delete, process refund

This Preview > Approve > Execute pipeline is non-negotiable. The AI can't go rogue on your production site.

Tech details for the curious

  • Pure PHP WordPress plugin, no external frameworks
  • AI model routing: Free tier = DeepSeek V3.2, Pro = Claude Sonnet 4.6, or BYOK with OpenRouter/OpenAI/Anthropic
  • Content indexing via MySQL FULLTEXT (800-char chunks, 100-char overlap) - no vector DB needed
  • Site profiling: auto-analyzes your tone, brand voice, content patterns, and theme.json design tokens
  • Structured checkpoints for conversation memory that survives context compression
  • Spin detection: exits after 3 consecutive no-progress agent rounds
  • Token budget with three-stage degradation (prime at 65%, compact at 86%, pause at ceiling)
  • Real-time streaming via SSE
  • Wall-clock timeout: 120s hard ceiling per execution

I wrote a deep-dive on the agent safety architecture here: How We Stop AI Agents from Going Rogue Inside WordPress

Try it

Install from WordPress.org (still pending approval, may be approved by the time you read this) or visit pressark.com. The free tier is fully functional - not a limited trial.

Would love feedback from the DEV community. What features would you want from an AI co-pilot for WordPress? What am I missing?

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