EV Puzzles

Daily puzzles are one of the clearest reader-retention plays in publishing right now — but until now, that’s mostly been available to large newsrooms. EV Puzzles brings the same mechanic to any WordPress site.

Generate word lists in seconds, from a prompt or from your own articles The admin interface uses AI to generate lists of words and hints for your puzzles — either from a manual prompt, or straight from the content of one of your existing posts. This is the fastest way to turn an article you’ve already written into a puzzle readers can play.

Or skip AI entirely Every AI feature is optional. Build a crossword manually by typing your word list or adding words one by one. Word search puzzles auto-generate from your word list (configurable grid size, optional diagonal/reversed words) and can be regenerated as many times as you like before saving.

Native to the block editor Puzzles embed as real Gutenberg blocks — no shortcodes, no iframes.

Checkered Force: an original strategy game, not just word puzzles Alongside crosswords and word search, EV Puzzles also ships Checkered Force — an original Entreveloper.com 2-player abstract strategy board game, playable here single-player against a built-in AI with four difficulty levels. No word list or admin authoring required: add the block, pick a difficulty, and readers can play immediately.

See what readers actually finish Built-in plays and completions tracking, right inside wp-admin, so you can see which puzzles are working without a separate analytics tool.

Bring your own AI provider Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or a self-hosted Ollama instance — your key, your data, your choice.

User Manual included An user manual, available from the Admin interface, is included, which provides text and visual explanations, making it very easy to learn how to use the plugin.

Free vs. Pro

EV Puzzles is free and fully functional today — unlimited puzzles, AI or manual word list creation, native blocks, and usage tracking, all included, no account required. The only thing the free version adds to your page is a small “Puzzles powered by Entreveloper” credit link shown under each puzzle viewer.

A Pro tier is available, and additional features are in active development. It is suitable for publishers who want to run daily puzzles as a serious retention strategy: scheduled/automated puzzle publishing, reader streaks and leaderboards, deeper retention analytics, a printable magazine-style crossword hints table, and multi-site licensing for agencies. See [EV-Puzzles pricing] (https://entreveloper.com/pricing/ “Pricing info for pro version”) for more information.

Development

Development happens in Github: EV-Puzzles