MAI Smart Assistant
MAI Smart Assistant is a comprehensive AI integration plugin for WordPress that brings the power of artificial intelligence to your website. With support for multiple AI providers and a wide range of features, it’s designed to enhance your content creation, user engagement, and site automation.
Key Features
- Multi-Provider Support – Seamlessly integrate with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, X.AI Grok, and Cohere
- Intelligent Chatbot – RAG-based chatbot trained on your site content for accurate, context-aware responses
- Content Generation – AI-powered content creation throughout WordPress admin and frontend
- Automation & Scheduling – Automated content creation and updates with flexible scheduling
- Analytics Dashboard – Comprehensive tracking of usage, costs, and performance metrics
- Security First – Built with WordPress security best practices, including proper sanitization, escaping, and nonce verification
- Performance Optimized – Intelligent caching, rate limiting, and optimized database queries
Chatbot Features
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) – Chatbot searches your site content to provide accurate answers
- Content Search Integration – Automatically finds and presents relevant posts, pages, and products
- Conversation History – Maintains context across multiple messages
- Customizable Appearance – Full color customization, custom avatars, and styling options
- Mobile Responsive – Works perfectly on all devices
- Optional Footer – “Powered by” footer is disabled by default; enable it only if you want to display custom branding
Content Generation
- Gutenberg Integration – AI assistant directly in the block editor
- Classic Editor Support – Seamless integration with the classic WordPress editor
- WooCommerce Integration – Generate product descriptions, features, and marketing content
- Multiple Content Types – Support for posts, pages, products, and custom post types
- Template System – Pre-built templates for common content types
Security & Performance
- WordPress Standards Compliant – Follows all WordPress.org coding and security guidelines
- SQL Injection Protection – Proper use of $wpdb->prepare() with dynamic placeholders
- XSS Prevention – All outputs properly escaped with esc_html(), esc_url(), esc_attr()
- Input Sanitization – All inputs sanitized using WordPress core functions
- Rate Limiting – Built-in protection against API abuse
- Caching System – Intelligent caching to reduce API costs and improve performance
- Local Assets – Required JavaScript libraries are bundled locally; no remote CDN assets are loaded
Supported AI Providers
- OpenAI – GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 Turbo (availability depends on your account)
- Anthropic – Claude 3 models (Sonnet, Haiku, Opus)
- Google Gemini – Gemini 1.5 Pro
- X.AI – Grok Beta
- Cohere – Command models and embeddings
Model availability depends on your provider account, plan, and regional access. Configure models in the plugin settings.
Use Cases
- Customer Support – Intelligent chatbot that answers questions using your site content
- Content Marketing – Generate blog posts, product descriptions, and marketing copy
- E-commerce – Automated product descriptions and customer support
- Documentation – Interactive help system for complex products or services
- Lead Generation – Engage visitors with intelligent conversations
External Services
This plugin connects to third-party AI provider APIs to function. You must configure API keys from at least one of the following services:
OpenAI API * Service: https://platform.openai.com/ * Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy * Terms of Service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use * Data transmitted: User messages, site content for indexing, generation prompts * Purpose: AI text generation, chat completion, embeddings creation
Anthropic API (Claude) * Service: https://www.anthropic.com/ * Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy * Terms of Service: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/terms * Data transmitted: User messages, site content for indexing, generation prompts * Purpose: AI text generation, chat completion
Google Gemini API * Service: https://ai.google.dev/ * Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms * Data transmitted: User messages, site content for indexing, generation prompts * Purpose: AI text generation, chat completion, embeddings creation
X.AI API (Grok) * Service: https://x.ai/ * Privacy Policy: https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy * Terms of Service: https://x.ai/legal/terms-of-service * Data transmitted: User messages, site content for indexing, generation prompts * Purpose: AI text generation, chat completion
Cohere API * Service: https://cohere.com/ * Privacy Policy: https://cohere.com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://cohere.com/terms-of-use * Data transmitted: User messages, site content for indexing, generation prompts * Purpose: AI text generation, chat completion, embeddings creation
Important Notes: * API keys are required to use this plugin – you must sign up with at least one provider * All API communications use HTTPS encryption * No data is sent to external services except the AI providers you explicitly configure * You are responsible for compliance with each provider’s terms of service * This plugin does not send any tracking or telemetry data to the plugin author
Privacy Policy
MAI Smart Assistant is designed with privacy in mind:
- Local Data Storage – All conversations and analytics are stored locally in your WordPress database
- API Communications – The plugin communicates directly with your chosen AI providers using your API keys
- No External Tracking – We don’t collect or transmit any data to external services beyond the AI providers you configure
- User Control – You have full control over what content gets indexed and how the AI features are used
- Data Retention – You can delete conversation history and analytics data at any time
- Third-Party Services – See “External Services” section above for details on API providers used
Support
For support, feature requests, and bug reports, please visit our GitHub repository or contact us through the WordPress.org support forums.
Credits
MAI Smart Assistant is developed with ❤️ for the WordPress community. Special thanks to all the AI providers who make these amazing technologies accessible to developers and content creators.
