Oxygen
Oxygen is a visual website builder for WordPress that can be used manually or with compatible AI agents.
What Oxygen is
Oxygen is a visual website builder for WordPress that can be used manually or with compatible AI agents. It installs as a plugin on an existing local, staging, or live WordPress site, and a hosted demo is also available. Its editor offers visual controls for Flexbox, CSS Grid, responsive breakpoints, semantic HTML, and blocks for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. Reusable components, CSS variables, selectors, and JSON export for design tokens support structured design work. Dynamic fields, conditions, and query loops can draw on ACF, Meta Box, and ACPT. The Agent Connector, MCP server, and Abilities API support integrations with agents including Claude, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode; agents can build pages, content types, templates, plugins, and content on a WordPress install. The complete visual editor and AI tools are free to try, including through the hosted demo, which expires after four hours. Paid plans list Basic at $129 a month, WooCommerce at $149 a month, and Ultimate at $179 a month, each billed lifetime. A Lifetime License is listed at $199.50, paid once.
Good
- Free access to the complete editor and AI tools to try.
- Supports Flexbox, CSS Grid, and responsive breakpoints.
- Includes reusable components and JSON token export.
- Connects dynamic data from ACF, Meta Box, and ACPT.
Watch out
- Hosted demo expires after four hours.
- Paid plan prices are billed lifetime.
- Local setup requires Node.js and Docker Desktop.
Who it suits
Oxygen suits WordPress professionals who want visual controls alongside code-level options and reusable design tools. Its maker describes it as developer-first, and compatible AI agents can build on a real WordPress install.
Verdict
Oxygen combines visual WordPress building with code blocks, dynamic data, and AI-agent support. The free trial options let users explore its tools, while paid plans are lifetime-billed at the listed prices.
Plans and prices
From Oxygen's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $129 a month | Unlimited sites · lifetime |
| WooCommerce | $149 a month | Unlimited sites · lifetime |
| Ultimate | $179 a month | Unlimited sites · lifetime |
| Free Oxygen | Free | Full visual editor and AI tooling · no account required · hosted demo expires after 4 hours · free feature set subject to beta changes |
| Lifetime License | $199.50, paid once | Every Oxygen feature and AI tooling · unlimited personal, client, staging and local sites · lifetime updates and support · no renewals or seats · 60-day money-back guarantee · Paid once |
The facts
Each one read from Oxygen's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI building
- Oxygen lets compatible agents build WordPress pages, content types, templates, plugins, and content on a real WordPress install.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI integration
- Oxygen 6.2 ships an Agent Connector MCP server and WordPress Abilities API support for agents such as Claude, Codex and Cursor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI integrations
- Oxygen includes Agent Connector, an MCP server, and Abilities API support, and lists Claude, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode as compatible agents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Blogging
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Community bug report
- A public Oxygen issue documented builder failures and PHP deprecation errors when Oxygen 3.6.1 was run on PHP 8.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Components
- Reusable Components let a site builder update shared elements once and propagate the change across instances.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Conditions extensibility
- Plugins can register custom template and element-display conditions with operands, values and callbacks through the Conditions API.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Contact forms
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- CSS variables
- Oxygen 6 provides reusable CSS variables for colors, typography and spacing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom elements
- Element Studio generates PHP-based custom builder elements with visual controls, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Design control
- The editor exposes HTML and CSS-oriented controls for layouts, styling, animations, interactions, variables and components.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Design systems
- Oxygen supports reusable components, CSS variables, selectors, and exporting design tokens as JSON.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- The documentation hub lists 100-plus video tutorials, a 30,000-plus-member community and stated support replies within 24–48 hours on weekdays.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic data
- Dynamic Data supports WordPress core fields plus Advanced Custom Fields, Meta Box and Toolset data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic Data extensibility
- A plugin can register custom dynamic-data fields through PHP classes and an initialization hook, with declared return types such as strings, images, galleries, videos, queries and repeaters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting and deployment
- Oxygen installs as a plugin on an existing WordPress site, including local, staging, or live installs, and can also be used with a hosted demo.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Independent assessment
- TechRadar categorizes Oxygen as best for developers, highlighting bespoke control while warning that its complexity can deter complete beginners.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent element count
- WPSymposium counted 21 core elements in its Oxygen 6.2 RC 1 install and said menus, forms and galleries require add-ons.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent migration limitation
- WPSymposium reports that Oxygen 6 is not backward-compatible with Oxygen Classic, so moving an existing Classic site requires rebuilding its designs.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- AI cost limit
- Oxygen says it does not sell AI credits, and users bring an agent on whatever plan that agent's vendor requires.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free access
- The maker offers the complete visual editor and AI tooling free to try, with a downloadable plugin, hosted demo, or local setup; the hosted demo expires after four hours.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Independent free-tier limitation
- WPSymposium observed that unlicensed pages display a Built with Oxygen badge and that the final free-versus-Pro split was undecided during the 6.2 beta.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company relationship
- Soflyy identifies Oxygen as its developer-focused website builder and lists Breakdance and WP All Import as sister products.checked 15 Oct 2026
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