Documentation

Getting started, settings, and how it works.

1. Install

In WordPress: Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the product-finisher.zip you downloaded, then Activate. Requires WooCommerce, WordPress 5.8+, and PHP 7.4+.

2. Activate your license

Go to CatalogChef → License, paste the license key from your welcome screen, and click Activate. The AI backend is built in — there are no API keys to configure. Your key is valid for the number of stores in your plan.

3. Choose your menu

Go to CatalogChef → Settings and pick the navigation menu whose category structure your products should be filed into. The tool uses your menu to understand your category hierarchy, so products land at every level (e.g. Spirits › Whiskey › Bourbon).

4. The four steps

1 · Categorize

The AI files each draft product into the closest category in your menu. It automatically detects your store type (fashion, electronics, grocery, liquor, and more) and applies the right brand and product knowledge — no configuration needed. It learns from your corrections over time.

2 · Review

Only the items the AI flagged as unsure appear in the review queue. Fix a category and the tool remembers it for similar products going forward. Filter by flagged, missing-photo, or all; edit or bulk-set categories.

3 · Add photos

For each product, pick the correct photo from real suggestions. Nothing is attached until you click — images are always human-approved. Photos are white-background cleaned and resized automatically.

4 · Publish

Bulk-publish every product that is categorized and has a photo. Nothing goes live until you publish.

5. Scope of what's processed

CatalogChef only ever touches draft and pending products — published products are never modified, and SKUs are never changed. By default only in-stock drafts are processed; a toggle on the main screen lets you include out-of-stock products too.

6. FAQ

Does it change my live products?

No. It only works on drafts and leaves everything as a draft until you choose to publish.

Does it modify SKUs?

Never. SKUs are left untouched.

What store types does it support?

Any WooCommerce store. It auto-detects your vertical from your own categories and applies the matching knowledge.

Are my API keys stored in WordPress?

No. All AI runs on our backend; the plugin only holds a license key.

Can I use it on multiple stores?

Yes — up to the number of stores in your plan. Each activated domain counts as one store.

7. Need help?

Email personalaiseo@gmail.com and we'll get back to you.