AI Agent by SiteGround

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 2M+ in roughly 115 days.

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Some reviewers say the AI assistant genuinely helped fix site issues, but many are angry it was installed on their sites without consent, and others cite slow support and quick token limits.

1. ★★★★★ RickAero

   1mo ago

   i disabled this because of the floating icon that robs my attention. it’s a shiny object that’s intrusive, constantly having to move it out of the way.. need a way to disable that as for the installation. consent would have been the right thing to do. This topic was modified 20 hours, 24 minutes ago by RickAero.

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2. ★★★★★ jdowling16

   1mo ago

   Sluggish but did the job after a while and saved a lot of time. I guess part of transitioning but I had restored my site and then it happened after initially making the page I was trying to streamline completely blank which was worrying. Still a few bugs to be ironed out I guess. This topic was modified 2 days, 16 hours ago by jdowling16.

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3. ★★★★★ ib.property

   1mo ago

   This plugin has become indispensable to me. How much would I have to pay or wait to get technical solutions in a matter of seconds? Let’s try to use logic and not just ideological rigidity. This isn’t about having content or data stolen for training purposes, but—since few of us are tech savvy—about having an expert friend who can help you solve the many problems of running complex and vulnerable sites like WordPress.

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4. ★★★★★ cmyk2016

   1mo ago

   As someone who has actively recommended and used Siteground for countless clients for over a decade plus now, I’m dumbfounded, shocked, maddened and saddened by the release of this plugin. And if you think, why so emotional, it’s just a plugin, just delete it. It’s because it speaks to so much more. So many of us have trusted Siteground as one of our top recommended hosts to do the right thing, to protect us and our clients as they always have. But this is 100% diametrically opposed to this. Not only did they forcibly install a plugin on every personal AND CLIENT website, it’s pure AI slop that has such far reaching abilities to create untold amounts of damage, the repercussions and potential lawsuits are unfathomable. And the cherry on top is that tokens will be invoiced if a client (or malicious bot) goes over the account limit. In all my years of developing WP websites, this is literally the only one that has had me going through the 5 stages of grief: Denial – there’s no way a company like Siteground will forcibly push AI slop into the repo, they know better, they’re the good guys, there’s just no way. Anger – holy cr*p, they literally pushed it onto every client website!!! I’m stunned, like literally seething. Bargaining – take a breath, ok well let’s try it out, it can’t be that bad can it? Depression – omg, this is a literal disaster. The good guys are no longer who we thought they were. Has everyone lost their minds? What a profound and deeply sad loss of trust. Acceptance – well here we go, no more Siteground hosting plans for clients. Farewell good friend, it’s been a good run.

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5. ★★★★★ ARCAPOLIS

   1mo ago

   We still cannot understand how one of our providers decided to override us and installed software to our final customers without consent. And not any software! An AI software (with their own branding) able to damage the website database, files, etc. by itself. Too many red flags crossed in a single dangerous, dangerous move. This topic was modified 1 week ago by ARCAPOLIS.

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6. ★★★★★ kramer842

   2mo ago

   Installed it to see what the benefit would be–especially since human support is slow and takes a long time. Figured AI support would be very helpful. And it was–until it wasn’t. Ran out of tokens pretty quick having AI troubleshoot performance issues with the site (which was cool) but that only lasted for a few queries and then I needed to upgrade. Pretty low budget for what we pay for hosting. If I had it coding or doing actual designing and or building I could understand needing to pay a premium for tokens but for simple hosting support where they don’t need to pay human support person located in the Ukraine (or wherever) seems like a no brainer. Update you policy on AI usage fees and save money on the back end by not having to pay a support person.

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7. ★★★★★ 20bs

   2mo ago

   So I could give this plugin four thumbs down. Do not auto install and activate plugins on websites, it’s simple. All that money and no one to pump the brakes on bad ideas. Shame.

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8. ★★★★★ spindreams

   2mo ago

   Installed without consent on 100s of mine and my customers sites hosted with Siteground. SG should absolutely remove it or face a lawsuit.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.6 Release Date July 8th, 2026 New: Progressive chat display modes New: Real-time AI Agent tool activity view New: AI Agent chat on the logged-in front-end New: Show or hide AI Agent chat bubble settings Various chat UI/UX 1.2.6
2. — Version 1.2.5 Release Date June 23th, 2026 Gutenberg Editor improvements REST request hardening 1.2.5
3. — Version 1.2.4 Release Date June 16th, 2026 Chat bubble resizing fixes Chat input box alignment fixes 1.2.4
4. — Version 1.2.3 Release Date June 10th, 2026 Add prefixing for additionally loaded libraries 1.2.3
5. — Version 1.2.2 Release Date June 5th, 2026 php-jwt dependency version update Changes to signing/verification keys validation process 1.2.2
6. — Version 1.2.1 Release Date June 4th, 2026 REST responses optimizations Chat bubble improvements Contributor access improvements through plugin REST endpoints Implementing toggle for Gutenberg support 1.2.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 AI Agent by SiteGround <= 1.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Media Upload via /generate-content REST Endpoint ↗
   2026-08-19 CVE-2026-17153 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 8 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-24 500K+ → 1M+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-05-22 80K+ → 500K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-05-18 70K+ → 80K+ up after 12 days in tier
4. 2026-05-06 60K+ → 70K+ up after 4 days in tier
5. 2026-05-02 50K+ → 60K+ up after 11 days in tier
6. 2026-04-21 40K+ → 50K+ up after 4 days in tier
7. 2026-04-17 10K+ → 40K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-04-16 1K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• AI Engine – The Chatbot, AI Framework & MCP for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Angie – Agentic AI 100K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• AI Provider for Anthropic 50K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• AI Provider for OpenAI 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• AI Provider for Google 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Smartsupp – live chat, AI shopping assistant and chatbots 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B

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