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Desktop Mode renders \/wp-admin as a desktop operating system. Admin screens open as draggable, resizable, minimizable windows on a desktop, with a left-edge dock built from the admin menu. The classic admin stays untouched for everyone else, and deactivating the plugin restores vanilla Core exactly.<\/p>\n\n
Zero Core patches. Every feature is wired through public WordPress hooks.<\/p>\n\n
Desktop Mode is built to be extended. Every significant behavior is hookable \u2014 add a desktop icon, register a dock item, gate desktop mode by role, react to window events, or register a native window, all from your own plugin with zero patches here.<\/p>\n\n
Comprehensive PHP and JavaScript hook surface, plus stable This plugin's optional AI Copilot<\/strong> sends data to OpenAI<\/strong> ( When the AI Copilot is enabled and a user invokes it (via Cmd+K or the slash-command palette):<\/p>\n\n The AI Copilot's provider layer is also extensible: third-party plugins may register additional providers via No other external services are contacted by this plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n No. The classic admin is untouched until a user toggles desktop mode on for themselves. Deactivating the plugin restores vanilla Core exactly.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. The desktop shell, windowing, dock, taskbar, virtual desktops, widgets, wallpapers, and all extension APIs work entirely on-site. The AI Copilot is the only feature that contacts an external service, and it is disabled until an administrator configures an API key. See \"External services\" in the description.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. Every feature is wired through public WordPress actions and filters.<\/p><\/dd>\n Click the desktop icon in the admin bar a second time to flip the toggle off. The plugin can also be deactivated globally from the Plugins screen.<\/p><\/dd>\ndesktop_mode_register_*<\/code> functions for windows, widgets, wallpapers, icons, window tabs, commands, settings tabs, and AI tools. See the developer docs on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nExternal services<\/h4>\n\n
https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1\/responses<\/code>) when, and only when, an administrator configures an OpenAI API key in Settings \u2192 AI<\/strong>. With no key configured, no external requests are made.<\/p>\n\n\n
gpt-4o-mini<\/code>), and tool-call metadata. The plugin's built-in tools (search_posts<\/code>, search_pages<\/code>, search_comments<\/code>) may include excerpts of the matching posts\/pages\/comments in tool results, which are then sent back to OpenAI as part of the agentic loop.<\/li>\nsave_post<\/code>, term-save, and comment-save hooks for auto-analysis. Auto-analysis runs server-side as part of the post-save flow.<\/li>\ndesktop_mode_register_ai_provider()<\/code>. Those providers may send data to other endpoints; review each plugin's own privacy disclosure separately.<\/p>\n\n\n
\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install via Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin<\/strong>.<\/li>\nOptional: enable the AI Copilot<\/h4>\n\n
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Does this change anything for users who don't opt in?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does the plugin require an external service to function?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it patch WordPress core?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I disable desktop mode for my user?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where is the developer documentation?<\/h3><\/dt>\n