AI Assistant for WooCommerce

Description

Turn “just browsing” into “added to cart.”

Shoppers ask in their own words, for example “a hoodie under $50” or “what’s on sale?”. The assistant searches your catalogue and answers in a few lines. It shows product cards with live prices, stock, sale badges and an Add to cart button. Shoppers go from a question to checkout without leaving the page.

It runs entirely inside your WordPress site. There’s no extra SaaS subscription and no outside dashboard. You connect your own Claude API key and pay Anthropic directly for what you use: about $0.005 per answer on the recommended model.

What your shoppers get

• A chat button on every page, with your welcome message and suggested questions
• Answers in plain language, from your real catalogue
• Product cards with image, live price, stock, sale badge, option pickers and Add to cart
• Add to cart only when the shopper clicks. The assistant never adds anything by itself.
• The header cart updates instantly, with no page reload
• Answers about shipping, returns and promotions, taken only from the pages and answers you provide
• A contact link (page, email or phone) when they need a person
• 👍 / 👎 rating on every answer
• Hidden on the cart and checkout pages by default, so it never gets in the way of payment

What you get in WP Admin

• 5-minute setup wizard: license, Claude key with a free connection test, model and budget, product search, store information, go live
• Monthly budget with email alerts. The assistant pauses if the budget is reached, so there are no surprise bills.
• Insights: conversations, answers, spend, the chat-to-checkout funnel, top products, and questions without a good answer
• Conversations: see what shoppers asked, filtered by Needs attention, Not helpful or No matching products
• Knowledge: add short answers for sizing, gift wrapping, opening hours and anything else
• Status: if the chat button doesn’t show, it tells you why

Safe by design

• Nothing is sent to Anthropic until you agree to it in the setup wizard
• Your API key is stored encrypted and is never shown again in full
• The AI can only look things up. It can’t change carts, orders or customer data.
• Prices, discounts and stock always come from WooCommerce, never from the AI’s wording
• Built-in abuse protection, so nobody can run up your bill
• Works with WordPress’s privacy tools (export and erase), and includes suggested privacy-policy text
• Deactivating never deletes your data

Requirements

• WordPress 6.2 or later (tested up to 7.1)
• WooCommerce 8.0 or later (tested up to 11.1)
• PHP 8.1 or later
• A Claude API key from the Claude Console, with credit
• A RyanPlugins membership (Starter, Pro or Agency). Your license key comes with it.

What’s included

• The plugin: ryanplugins-ai-assistant-0.1.1.zip
• A user guide (Word and PDF)
• A step-by-step walkthrough with two narrated videos: setup, and a shopper going from chat to checkout
• Updates delivered straight to your WordPress dashboard while your membership is active

How to install

1. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and upload the zip.
2. Activate it. The setup wizard opens automatically.
3. Paste your license key and your Claude API key, set a budget, and go live.

Get it with the RyanPlugins membership, from $15 a month: https://www.patreon.com/c/RyanPlugins/membership

Questions? support@ryanplugins.net · ryanplugins.net

FAQ

Do I need a separate AI subscription? You need a Claude API key from Anthropic, with credit on the account. You pay Anthropic directly for what you use, about $0.005 per answer on Claude Sonnet 5.5. A $20 monthly budget covers roughly 3,700 answers.

Can it make up prices or coupon codes? No. Prices, discounts and stock on the product cards come straight from WooCommerce. The assistant only mentions policies and coupon codes that you’ve given it.

Can it add things to the cart or place orders? It can’t. Shoppers add items themselves by clicking Add to cart on a product card.

What happens if I reach my budget? The assistant pauses until next month, or until you raise the budget. You get an email at 80% of the budget and again when it is reached.

Does it work with my theme? The chat runs in its own isolated layer, so your theme’s styles don’t affect it, and it doesn’t affect them.