WP Plugin Insight

AI-Powered Quality & Compatibility Checker

WP Plugin Insight is an AI-assisted platform that analyzes WordPress plugins at the code level to provide objective insights into quality, compatibility, security, and long-term maintainability. Instead of relying on developer-declared metadata, it scans real plugin code to detect deprecated APIs, risky patterns, PHP and WordPress version requirements, internationalization readiness, external connections, and other hidden behaviors. The result is a clear, human-readable report backed by structured data and exposed through a developer-friendly API.

Beyond analysis, WP Plugin Insight powers an alternative, user-centric plugin discovery experience. Plugins can be searched and filtered by real technical criteria—such as PHP 8.3 compatibility, absence of deprecated APIs, or translation completeness—and ranked by composite quality signals rather than downloads alone. By combining static analysis with AI-enhanced search and recommendations, the project shifts plugin selection from marketing claims to verifiable, code-aware trust.

Target Audience

• Project Lead / Technical Coordinator
  Overall architecture, scope control, prioritization, and cross-team coordination.
• WordPress Core / Plugin Expert (PHP)
  Deep knowledge of WordPress internals, hooks, APIs, coding standards, and plugin ecosystem.
• Static Analysis Engineer
  Design and implement code scanning, pattern detection, deprecated API checks, and compatibility inference.
• AI / LLM Engineer
  AI-assisted insights, natural-language querying, plugin comparison, and recommendation logic.
• Backend API Engineer (PHP / Python / Node.js)
  REST API design, data models, authentication, and integration with analysis results.
• Search & Indexing Engineer (Elasticsearch)
  Plugin indexing, advanced filtering, ranking logic, and AI-enhanced search integration.
• Data Engineer
  Plugin ingestion pipelines, WordPress.org synchronization, storage, and report lifecycle management.
• Frontend Engineer (Vue or React)
  Plugin directory UI, reports visualization, filters, and search experience.
• DevOps / Platform Engineer
  Dockerization, Kubernetes deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, and scalability.
• Security & Quality Reviewer
  Validation of security heuristics, data handling, false-positive control, and trust signals.

Hackathon Goals

1. Deliver a working MVP of the plugin analysis engine that can scan a plugin codebase and detect basic quality, compatibility, and deprecated API usage.
2. Automatically infer minimum required PHP and WordPress versions from real code usage, and flag mismatches with plugin header metadata.
3. Generate a clear, human-readable analysis report (plus JSON output) with actionable recommendations.
4. Expose the analysis results through a minimal REST API that allows submitting a plugin and retrieving its report.
5. Demonstrate at least one AI-assisted capability, such as natural-language questions about plugin compatibility or quality.