What App Center does
Manage bundled SophMate apps, installed apps, visitor-facing panels, bring-your-own app registration, app roles, channels, jobs, and frontend UI policies.
SophMate is built for WordPress and WooCommerce teams that want useful AI help without turning the site into an invisible automation box. The module keeps the work close to wp-admin, where products, orders, pages, policies, users, and operational history can be reviewed by the people responsible for the site.
What teams see in wp-admin
App Center separates bundled apps, installed apps, custom app registration, frontend panels, channels, roles, jobs, and capability grants. It gives developers a place to review extension behavior without burying custom app risk inside core settings.
Best-fit jobs
- Expose a storefront survey panel with consent-aware visitor sessions.
- Review app permissions before installation.
- Keep custom app integrations separate from core plugin updates.
Product capabilities
- Bundled apps
- Installed app inventory
- Bring-your-own app registration
- Frontend panel definitions
- App roles and capability grants
Operating notes
Start with a low-risk example, check the visible output, and promote the pattern only after the team can explain the inputs, review point, owner, and rollback path.
When to use a different path
Do not install visitor-facing apps without reviewing manifests, roles, data capture, fallback states, and job behavior. Frontend panels affect trust even when they are small.
How it stays governed
The important pattern is draft, review, approve, then execute. Read-only questions can stay conversational. Work that affects products, coupons, content, customers, workflows, images, or settings should move through a reviewed plan, workflow run, or publishing step. That is why App Center belongs beside approval-based action plans, audit and diagnostics controls, and the broader SophMate tutorial library.
What to measure after rollout
Review installed app inventory, frontend panel errors, job failures, permission changes, and visitor-facing fallback behavior after launch.
Where to go next
Compare this module against the rest of the SophMate feature library, map it to a team scenario in use cases, or start with a practical guide from SophMate tutorials.
