WP AI Daemon

Experimental proof of concept. Do not install on a live, production, or otherwise important WordPress site. This plugin gives an AI agent the ability to write files to disk, create and modify content, and execute scheduled actions on your WordPress install. It has not been audited for security or stability. Run it only in a local or disposable dev environment.

A WordPress plugin that turns a WordPress install into a personal AI agent. Talk to an agent that knows your site, or set standing instructions and let it work while you're away.

What it does

Chat mode — Conversational interface in WP admin. The agent can fetch pages from the web, draft posts and pages, write plugins, schedule future actions, and run one-off PHP snippets. Actions execute synchronously — you see the result immediately in the chat.

Scheduled mode — The agent runs on a schedule against standing instructions you write. Results (drafted content, generated plugins) are routed to a review inbox for human approval before anything goes live.

Nothing auto-publishes or auto-activates. Every consequential action requires human review.

Abilities

Ability	What it does
web_fetch	Fetches a URL via wp_remote_get() and returns the content
create_post / update_post	Creates or updates a post as a draft
create_page / update_page	Creates or updates a page as a draft
write_plugin	Writes a plugin to wp-content/plugins/ — not activated
run_snippet	Executes a one-off PHP snippet and returns the output
schedule_action	Schedules any other ability to run once or on a recurring interval
cancel_scheduled_action	Cancels a previously scheduled action
list_scheduled_actions	Lists pending scheduled actions

Third-party plugins can register new abilities by hooking into the WordPress Abilities API under the wp-ai-daemon category.

Requirements

• WordPress 7.0+
• PHP 8.1+
• AI provider configured under Settings → Connectors (Anthropic, Google, or OpenAI via WP AI Client)

Installation

1. Clone or download this repo into wp-content/plugins/wp-ai-daemon/
2. Run composer install in the plugin directory
3. Activate the plugin in WP admin
4. Configure your AI provider under Settings → Connectors

Admin UI

WP AI Daemon > Chat — The main chat interface.

WP AI Daemon > Settings — Enable/disable individual abilities, manage conversations, view execution logs, and link to the AI provider configuration.

Security

• All REST endpoints require manage_options
• Plugin files are written via WP_Filesystem, never file_put_contents
• Nothing auto-activates or auto-publishes — human approval required for all consequential actions
• Web fetches use wp_remote_get() with WP's default timeout and redirect limits
• Generated plugin code should be reviewed before activation

Architecture notes

The system prompt in system-prompt.md has an {abilities} placeholder that is replaced at runtime with the live ability registry. This means abilities registered by third-party plugins are automatically described to the LLM without any manual prompt editing.

Scheduled actions are backed by Action Scheduler (included via Composer) — reliable, logged, and retryable, unlike raw WP-Cron.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later