WordPress (Beta)

The Frontman WordPress plugin adds an AI agent directly to your WordPress site. Navigate to /frontman, describe what you want to change, and the agent does it — no code editor or terminal required.

Beta: This is experimental software. Start on a staging site, keep backups, and review changes before deploying to production.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or later
• PHP 7.4 or later
• An admin account (manage_options capability)

Installation

Option A: Upload via WordPress Admin

1. Download the latest frontman.zip from the GitHub releases page.
2. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.
3. Choose the ZIP file and click Install Now.
4. Click Activate Plugin.

Option B: Manual Upload

1. Download and unzip frontman.zip.
2. Upload the frontman/ folder to /wp-content/plugins/ via FTP or your host’s file manager.
3. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins and activate Frontman - Agentic AI Editor.

Configuration

After activation, go to Frontman → Settings in the WordPress admin sidebar.

Setting	Description
Anthropic API key	Your sk-ant-... key from console.anthropic.com. Optional — Frontman provides access by default.
OpenRouter API key	Your sk-or-v1-... key from openrouter.ai. Optional alternative to Anthropic.

API keys are optional. If you leave them blank, the plugin connects to the Frontman API without a custom key.

Using Frontman

1. Make sure you’re logged in to WordPress as an admin.
2. Navigate to /frontman on your site (e.g. https://yoursite.com/frontman).
3. The chat interface opens alongside a live preview of your site.
4. Describe what you want to change and the agent handles it.

You can also open Frontman while browsing any page — just append /frontman to any URL on your site (e.g. https://yoursite.com/about/frontman) and the agent will preview that page.

What the Agent Can Do

• Create, edit, and delete posts and pages
• Insert, update, move, and delete Gutenberg blocks
• Edit theme files — style.css, theme.json, functions.php, templates
• Add and update navigation menu items
• Read and change site options (title, tagline, permalinks, etc.)
• Browse block templates and template parts
• Manage widgets
• Flush the WordPress cache

All file operations are scoped to your WordPress root directory.

Security

• Only users with the manage_options capability can access Frontman.
• Tool call requests (POST) are validated with WordPress nonces.
• Site options are restricted to a safe allowlist — arbitrary option writes are not permitted.
• No data is sent to Frontman’s servers until you actively submit a message in the chat.

External Services

The plugin connects to two Frontman-hosted services:

• app.frontman.sh — Serves the chat UI (JavaScript and CSS).
• api.frontman.sh — Handles AI agent communication via WebSocket. Site content is sent here when you submit a message.

AI responses are generated by third-party providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) via the Frontman API. See the Privacy Policy for details.

Troubleshooting

The /frontman URL shows a 404. Flush your WordPress permalinks: go to Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes without changing anything.

I see a login screen instead of the Frontman UI. You must be logged in to WordPress as an administrator. Log in first, then navigate to /frontman.

Changes aren’t showing on the live site. Use the wp_clear_cache tool in the chat, or flush your caching plugin manually (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, etc.).

Something went wrong and I want to undo a change. Frontman records a snapshot of content before each edit. Ask the agent to revert the last change — it has the previous state available in its tool history.