WP Craft Engineer

<p>WPCraftEngineer AI Knowledge Base lets site owners create a searchable support knowledge base and display AI-powered search or chat widgets on the frontend. The plugin stores knowledge base entries in your WordPress database and sends visitor questions plus relevant knowledge base content to the AI provider selected in the plugin settings.</p>
<p>The plugin is not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. You must provide your own API key for the provider you choose.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Natural language knowledge base search.</li>
<li>Chat widget that answers from saved knowledge base entries.</li>
<li>Admin-managed entries, collections, and basic analytics.</li>
<li>Optional query logging in the WordPress database.</li>
<li>Configurable provider: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or Google Gemini.</li>
<li>Shortcodes and sidebar widget support.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<pre><code>[wpcfe_aikb] Full widget with search and chat.
[wpcfe_aikb collection="HR Policies"] Full widget filtered by collection.
[wpcfe_aikb_chat] Chat only.
[wpcfe_aikb_chat collection="Support FAQs"] Chat filtered by collection.
[wpcfe_aikb_search] Search only.
</code></pre>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or newer.</li>
<li>PHP 8.0 or newer.</li>
<li>Your own API key for Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google Gemini.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can connect to third-party AI services when an administrator configures an API key and a visitor or administrator uses the search, chat, provider test, or auto-classification features. The plugin sends the user’s question or test prompt, relevant knowledge base entry content, and selected model details to the configured AI provider so that the provider can generate search results, classifications, or chat answers.</p>
<h4>Anthropic Claude</h4>
<p>When Anthropic is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the Anthropic API at <code>https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: Anthropic PBC.<br />
Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms<br />
Privacy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy</p>
<h4>OpenAI</h4>
<p>When OpenAI is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the OpenAI API at <code>https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: OpenAI, L.L.C.<br />
Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use<br />
Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</p>
<h4>Google Gemini</h4>
<p>When Google Gemini is selected, the plugin sends prompts, visitor questions, conversation history, and relevant knowledge base content to the Google Gemini Generative Language API at <code>https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/...:generateContent</code>. This is used to generate answers, classify entries, and test the configured provider connection.</p>
<p>Service provider: Google LLC.<br />
Terms: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms<br />
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<p>No third-party AI request is made unless an administrator has entered an API key and uses or enables a feature that requires the selected provider.</p>


WPCraftEngineer AI Knowledge Base

Create AI-powered searchable knowledge base widgets using your own configured AI provider API key.

BasePress

<h4>[SearchWP 4.0 is coming soon!](https://searchwp.com/news/searchwp-4-0-is-coming/) We have already included support for this major release! 👍</h4>
<p>BasePress is the best option when it comes to building single or multiple knowledge bases on your WordPress site.<br />
If you want to use SearchWP to power your BasePress searches this add-on is what you are looking for!<br />
For this add-on to work you need a copy of <a href="https://searchwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">SearchWP</a> and <a href="https://codesavory.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">BasePress Premium</a> 2.6.8 or above.</p>
<h4>Why is this plugin necessary?</h4>
<p>BasePress was developed with a search feature of its own which filters the results according to the Knowledge Base visited, by language when used wth WPML and by BasePress content restrictions.<br />
This add-on makes it possible to use SearchWP to power the knowledge base searches and retain the automatic filtering of the content.<br />
It also integrates SearchWP with BasePress Live results.</p>
<h3>How to use</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install this add-on along with BasePress Premium and SearchWP</li>
<li>Visit SearchWP Settings page and create a new search engine.</li>
<li>Rename the new search engine to “Knowledge Base”.</li>
<li>Add the “Knowledge Base” post type to the engine.</li>
<li>Set up your engine as needed.</li>
<li>Save SearchWP engine settings.</li>
</ol>
<p>Once SearchWP index is fully built, searches in your knowledge base will be run by SearchWP.</p>


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