What is Respira for WordPress?

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The Steward

AI That Won't Break Your Site

You are the hands-on owner of your site.

You publish, update, and keep your pages alive without a full dev team.

Your call to adventure is simple: move faster with AI without risking your live site.

Featured Scenario: Alt Text Rescue

WordPress editing workflow interface

Before: 50 images missing alt text means hours of manual page-by-page work.

After: One AI request creates reviewed fixes on duplicates, then you approve the final pass.

Ordinary World (Before)

  • Every update feels risky.
  • Accessibility and SEO fixes become long to-do lists.
  • Simple edits eat your evenings.

Transformed World (After)

  • AI proposes edits on safe duplicates.
  • You approve with confidence before anything goes live.
  • Maintenance becomes a repeatable, calm workflow.
01

The Friction

Routine edits keep feeling risky and slow.

02

The Turning Point

You route edits through duplicate-first AI workflows.

03

The New Rhythm

Your site upkeep becomes consistent and stress-light.

Zero configuration needed
Duplicate-first editing
You approve everything

What Respira Does

Respira lets you use AI to update your WordPress site, but nothing goes live until you approve it.

You tell AI what to change. AI edits a safe copy of the page, not the live page. You review the copy, then approve or reject.

If it looks wrong, reject it and the duplicate is deleted. Your live page stays unchanged.

Think of it as an assistant who always shows work before publishing.

What You Can Do With It

Fix Accessibility Issues

Scan for missing alt text, broken heading order, and contrast issues. AI proposes fixes on duplicates for review.

Update Content Across Multiple Pages

Update repeated content (phone number, services, year changes) across many pages without manual page-by-page editing.

Check and Fix SEO

Find missing meta descriptions, title length issues, and broken internal links. Apply fixes safely on duplicates.

Manage Your Images

Upload images, update alt text and captions, and optimize for performance through AI requests.

Update Menus

Add, remove, and reorganize navigation items safely with review before publish.

How Safe Is It?

If AI makes a mistake, reject it and nothing changes on live content.

The safety model is designed to prevent AI from breaking production pages.

Three Layers of Safety

  1. Duplicate-First: AI never edits live pages directly.
  2. Review Everything: You inspect exact changes before publish.
  3. Easy Rollback: Original versions are preserved for restore.

Two Ways to Use It

Most users start with browser AI because it covers common workflows with less setup.

In Your Browser (Easiest)

Chrome 146+ with the WordPress plugin installed. No complex setup. Best for quick edits.

Desktop AI (More Powerful)

Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf with MCP setup. Better for larger batch operations.

Real Example: Fixing Alt Text

Typical time: 2-3 minutes. Manual equivalent can be 30-60 minutes.

  1. You: "Add descriptive alt text to all images on my About page"
  2. AI creates a duplicate of the page.
  3. AI analyzes each image and writes descriptions.
  4. AI returns proposed changes for review.
  5. You review and approve.
  6. Changes publish safely.

What It Costs

  • Free: Core features with limited AI calls
  • Starter: EUR 19/year for one site (unlimited AI calls)
  • Agency: EUR 199/year for unlimited sites

Getting Started

Common First Tasks

  • Scan my homepage for accessibility issues
  • Add alt text to images on my About page
  • Check my Contact page for SEO problems
  • Update my copyright year across all pages
  1. Install Respira plugin from WordPress.org.
  2. Activate the plugin.
  3. Use Chrome 146+ for browser AI discovery.
  4. Ask AI for a small task.
  5. Review duplicate changes.
  6. Approve when ready.
See How It Works

Built by One Person

Respira was built by Mihai, a solo founder from Brașov, Romania.

After 22 years building products for others, Mihai finally had the tools to build what he'd always wanted: a bridge between WordPress (43% of the web) and modern AI.

Not because he became a "real developer." He's what he calls a "gringo vibe coder"—building with AI through feel, not formal training.

Which makes sense when you think about it.

Someone using AI to build... is building AI tools for WordPress.

The name comes from Latin: re-spirare—to breathe again.

The philosophy: simple systems that breathe.

Not complex dashboards. Not hustle-culture "10x your output" bullshit. Just: duplicate before you edit. Approve when ready. Don't break things.

This isn't backed by venture capital. No team of engineers. One person, building in public, driven by a simple belief: AI should make WordPress better—not replace human craft, but amplify it.

Better accessibility. Cleaner code. Faster workflows.

If Respira saves you time or fixes something that matters—that's the whole point.

— Mihai
Brașov, Romania
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