FAQ

Is SimplifyGuide free?

Yes. The plugin is free and open source under the GPL, with no account, no cap on the number of guides and no licence key. Recording, the editor, Show me, the Help Center, embeds and every export format are all in the free plugin.

Where is my data stored?

On your site. Guides are WordPress posts, screenshots and narration are files in your Media Library, and settings are two WordPress options. There is no SimplifyBase server involved. See Privacy and Smart Blur.

Do I need AI?

No. Without AI, steps are written by SimplifyGuide’s own rules — In the left menu, go to Posts → Add New — which work well on most WordPress screens. AI only polishes wording, rewrites single steps and transcribes narration.

If you want it, WordPress 7.0 and later can use the AI connection your site already has under Settings → Connectors, so there is no extra key. Or bring your own key for Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Groq or a server you run yourself. See AI providers.

Does anything leave my site?

Only if you add an AI key, and then only to the provider you picked: step text with a little page context, or narration audio. Screenshots never leave your site.

Which browsers can record?

Any current browser records steps. For screenshots cropped to just your site, use a Chromium browser — Chrome, Edge, Brave or Opera — and share This tab. Firefox and Safari can only share a whole window, where nothing can be blurred, so they record steps without screenshots. Screen sharing also needs HTTPS (or localhost).

Does it work on multisite?

SimplifyGuide has no network-level features. Activate it on each site that needs it: every site keeps its own guides, screenshots and settings, and guides are not shared between sites. To copy a guide to another site, export it as a SimplifyGuide file and import it there.

Which languages is it in?

The interface ships translated into Chinese (Simplified, zh_CN), Spanish (es_ES), Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR), French (fr_FR) and German (de_DE), as well as English. It follows each user’s WordPress language.

Step text is a separate choice: AI writes in the language set under Settings → AI writing → Write steps in, which defaults to the site language. PDF exports handle any script, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Can I record outside WordPress?

Not yet. The recorder records pages on the site it is installed on. A free browser extension that records workflows on any website and publishes them into the plugin is planned.

Can I move guides between sites?

Yes. Download a guide as a SimplifyGuide file (.simplifyguide.json) and use Import guide on the other site. Screenshots travel inside the file. See Guide format.

What will Pro add?

SimplifyGuide Pro is planned. Everything in the free plugin stays free. Pro is planned to add AI that writes whole guides and intros with no API key needed, cloud share links that work outside your site, and priority support.