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AI Puffer – Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power)
A versatile AI toolkit that occasionally trips over its own feet.
GrowingUpdate-pumping
78/100
The broad feature set and responsive support are great despite bugs and a restrictive free tier.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
161 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+28%
Growing fast
204 → 262 installs/day
Warnings
- Releases very frequently — inflates raw download counts without growing the user base.
What to watch out for
- MAJORrelease pumping (auto-update flood)
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +28% in the last year
204/day a year ago→262/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAI Puffer (formerly AI Power) earns strong praise for its breadth of AI features and responsive support, but a vocal minority flag bugs, a broken update, and meaningful free-tier limitations.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently described as quick, responsive, and helpful×6
- +Wide range of built-in AI tools covering text generation, image generation, and chatbots×5
- +Chatbot functionality works reliably, including custom knowledge bases via embeddings and multi-bot setups×4
- +Easy to set up and deploy with sensible defaults×3
- +Multi-provider AI support and broad feature set suited to bloggers, e-commerce, and educators×2
Common complaints
- −A major update broke existing customisations and configurations without adequate testing×2
- −Free version is significantly limited — key features such as file upload are locked behind a paid tier×2
- −Bugs, confusing UX, and poor documentation make it unreliable for production publishing use×2
- −User interface does not always match the demo, causing confusion
- −Plugin has been renamed multiple times, with inconsistent branding (slug still references old name)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.46★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 24%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 161 total
Latest reviews · 162 analyzed
- 2026-04-15★★★★★Works great with Ollama!followkim1-shot
- 2026-03-17★★★★★Absolutelly amazing!Vladimir
- 2026-03-06★★★★★Glad I found this plugin!experiacreative
- 2026-02-21★★★★★Amazing Product!Rich
- 2026-02-03★★★★★Best Plugin & SupportLegende
- 2025-10-18★★★★★Nice project, lots of bugs!John
- 2025-09-24★★★★★Works just as NEEDEDPb164
- 2025-08-19★★★★★free version is USELESScastigamatti2
- 2025-08-11★★★★★…Does Exactly What It Saysfonnex
- 2025-07-15★★★★★Great Free Features and Top Support: AI Power Plugin Reviewvirtual03
Releases
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
260
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
285
Prior 7-day baseline
1,144
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,936
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,148
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-8.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
21%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.31
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
24%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-38%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.54 → 4.46★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered