AI Engine — WordPress Live Chat Plugin
AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress
by Jordy Meow · WordPress.org page · Website
AI Engine has 90,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 7,957,521 downloads all time. It was downloaded 236,850 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 21, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
AI Engine at a glance
Is AI Engine well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- AI Forms: Create dynamic forms that generate answers, images, or files using AI
- Embeddings & Vector Databases: Build knowledge bases from your content and PDFs for semantic search
- Content-Aware: Let AI use your post and page content as context for smarter responses
- Function Calling: Connect AI to WordPress functions, WooCommerce, or any custom API
- Cross-Site Chatbots: Embed your chatbots on external websites
- Editor Assistant: An AI sidebar in the post editor that can read, rewrite, insert, and rearrange your content blocks through chained function calls
- Realtime Audio: Voice-based conversations on OpenAI’s GA Realtime API, with the latest voice reasoning capabilities
- Statistics & Usage Control: Track usage, set limits per role, and monitor costs
- Extra MCP Tools: Adds plugin, theme, database, Polylang, WPML, and WooCommerce management to the MCP server
- Models API: Let coding agents and OpenAI-compatible apps use your site’s AI models with one key, with usage tracked in Insights
- Priority Support: Get faster help from the Meow Apps team
AI Engine reviews and ratings
871 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
871 reviews
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Great AI Connector mcp
VERY impressed
ITtechCA -
The AI Engine for WordPress
This is a great plugin for adding AI connectors to your wordpress site. It also exposes wp API. Very good instructions. It's really a must if you are using chatgpt, claude etc....
trgfineart -
Great plugin, even better support!
I use AI Engine Pro to run a client-facing coaching chatbot, and it does the job extremely well. The real standout is support. Every issue I've reported has been answered quickly and fixed within a day or two, with honest explanations along the way. Highly recommend.
jajculturescience -
A brilliant discovery
A plugin for automating publishing tasks using generative AI such as ChatGPT or Claude. There are others, but I don’t use them. It works very well despite being relatively new, but the developer is very attentive to updates, answering queries and resolving issues, so it deserves at least 5 stars. Thanks, Jordy
jordiss -
Powerful AI plugin with excellent features and support
AI Engine is one of the most complete and flexible AI plugins I have used for WordPress. It offers a very wide range of features in one place, including AI chatbots, content generation, AI tools, integrations, and advanced functionality such as MCP. Despite the number of available options, the plugin remains well organized and gives a lot of freedom to adapt it to different WordPress use cases. I especially appreciate how actively the plugin is developed and improved. New features are added regularly, and the overall quality of the plugin is very high. AI Engine has become a very useful part of my WordPress setup and saves a lot of time when working with AI directly inside WordPress. Highly recommended for anyone who wants a serious and versatile AI solution for WordPress. Great work!
bstarklab -
AI Engine
Folks, AI Engine is first class. Not just the plugin, but also the service. Keep going AI Engine! Keep going Meow! John Magee
johnottomagee
Download and install history
389,413 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Where AI Engine ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that AI Engine appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Live Chat Plugins | #6 by tag, not in search | #45 | ▲1 |
| Best QR Code Plugins | #33 in search, not tagged | #56 | ▲1 |
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Details
The AI chatbot, AI agent and MCP server for WordPress. Connect OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and more to chat, write, search and automate your site.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings AI Engine competes in
Tags
- AI
- AI agent
- chatbot
- mcp
- openai
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- Version
- 3.8.6
- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- First published
- Dec 27, 2022
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- 8.1
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
AI Engine FAQ
What does AI Engine do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, AI Engine offers AI Forms: Create dynamic forms that generate answers, images, or files using AI, Embeddings & Vector Databases: Build knowledge bases from your content and PDFs for semantic search, Content-Aware: Let AI use your post and page content as context for smarter responses, Function Calling: Connect AI to WordPress functions, WooCommerce, or any custom API and Cross-Site Chatbots: Embed your chatbots on external websites.
How many active installs does AI Engine have?
WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs for AI Engine as of October 22, 2026.
Is AI Engine still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on October 21, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
Does AI Engine have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 13 of 13 recent support threads for AI Engine are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is AI Engine free?
AI Engine is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does AI Engine rank among Live Chat Plugins?
AI Engine is #45 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking.