Using Ounie

WordPress

Connect a self-hosted WordPress site to load its published posts and pages into a brain, keep it current as you publish, and add a grounded, cited Ask widget to your site — no theme code.

How it works#

From Settings → WordPress, enter your site address and authorize read-only access with a WordPress Application Password (built into WordPress 5.6+, revocable any time). Ounie pulls your published posts and pages through the WordPress REST API and turns each into a source in the brain you choose — synthesized into the same connected wiki and graph as everything else. Your categories, tags, author, and publish date come along so they grow the brain’s entity pages.

Staying current#

Install the small Ounie Connectorplugin and it keeps the brain in step with your site: when you publish, update, or delete a post, it sends a signed change event and Ounie re-syncs just that page. The plugin never sends your content — Ounie always pulls the canonical version from your site, so there’s one source of truth. Edits show up in answers within moments.

The on-site Ask widget#

The same plugin can drop the Ounie Ask widget onto your site — a grounded, cited answer bubble that draws only from your site’s real content. Show it site-wide with a footer toggle, or place it on specific pages with the [ounie]shortcode or the “Ounie Ask” block. Your site’s address is allowlisted automatically, and the widget is metered by your included widget allowance, then credits — exactly like any other Ounie widget.

Set it up#

• 1. Connect. In Settings → WordPress, enter https://your-site.com and approve the Application Password on your site.
• 2. Pick a brain and choose whether to ingest posts, pages, or both, then press Sync now.
• 3. Install the plugin. Activate the Ounie Connector plugin, then paste the values shown in your dashboard (Ounie URL, Site ID, Webhook secret, Widget ID) into Settings → Ounie in wp-admin.