Creating Your First Project in Atarim

Every project starts from Add new on the Projects screen. It offers several ways to connect a site, but they're not interchangeable: only the WordPress plugin lets the AI make changes on the site directly. This walkthrough covers each way in and what happens right after.

Step-by-Step Guide

Every project starts in the same place. The options are grouped under Work, Organise and Collaborate, and which ones you see depends on your role.

Instructions:

1. On the Projects screen, select Add new, the first card in the grid. It is also in the ⋮ menu at the top right.
2. Atarim asks What do you want to add? Hover an option to see what it is for.
3. For a website, choose Manage a WordPress site (Option 1) or Drop a URL (Option 2). Designs have their own options, Upload designs or PDFs and Connect to Figma.

Option 1: Install the WordPress Plugin — The Full AI Web Agency

In Add new this is Manage a WordPress site, under Work. It is the only way in that lets the AI work on the site itself.

Instructions:

1. In Add new, choose Manage a WordPress site.
2. Enter your WordPress site URL. If your WordPress admin is not at /wp-admin, change the path in the box beside it.
3. Select Connect the plugin. Your site’s WordPress admin opens in a new tab on the Atarim plugin’s install page. Install and activate the plugin, then follow the prompts to connect it.

Once connected, this unlocks the full Do It execution layer plus one-click Autologin into any site in your fleet, so team members don’t need to share WordPress credentials. Execution abilities span content, core, metadata, media, navigation, taxonomies, users, settings, and plugin management (install free WordPress.org plugins, activate, update, deactivate, delete), plus block-level and template-level control: block navigation, patterns, templates, theme files, themes, global styles, and Gutenberg blocks.

Install via Plugin Download (Manual Upload)

Install the Atarim plugin by downloading the latest plugin file and manually uploading it to your WordPress site. Learn More About The Plugin Settings.

Instructions:

• In Add new, choose Manage a WordPress site.
• Select Download the plugin. It opens the plugin’s WordPress.org page, where you can download the latest version.
• Log in to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Plugins → Add Plugin.
• Click Upload Plugin.
• Click Choose File and select the downloaded Atarim ZIP file.
• Click Install Now.
• Once installation is complete, click Activate Plugin.
• On the connection screen, click Connect site.
• The project is added to the workspace shown under Added to workspace on that screen. To use a different workspace, switch workspace in Atarim before you connect.
• Close the confirmation window and return to your website. You’ll see the Atarim plugin installed on your site.

What you get with the plugin

• Works on secure and login-protected pages, since it runs inside WordPress rather than fetching the page externally
• Collaboration works in the WordPress admin too, not just the front end
• Auto-login from the Atarim dashboard into wp-admin
• Guest Mode — clients can comment without a WordPress account

Option 2: Drop a URL

In Add new this is Drop a URL, under Collaborate: “The URL method you know. Nothing to install.” You can point and comment on the live site, but the AI cannot make changes on it.

Instructions:

1. On the Projects screen, select Add new.
2. Choose Drop a URL.
3. Enter the address in Website address.
4. Select Start collaborating. The new project opens in the collaborate view.

This is the right starting point for non-WordPress sites, or a WordPress site where installing the plugin isn’t yet possible.

Option 3: Install a Script

For sites behind a login and web apps. Review and comment only. The script is no longer one of the Add new options: add the site with Drop a URL first, then get the script from the project’s menu.

Instructions:

1. Add the site with Drop a URL (Option 2), then go back to the Projects screen.
2. Open the project card’s ⋮ menu and select Connect the website.
3. Add Custom Script opens with the site’s address filled in, and the script is generated for you.
4. If no script appears, check the Website URL and select Generate Script.
5. Copy the generated script tag.
6. Paste the script into the <head> or footer of every page where you want to collect feedback. Add it to each relevant page, not only the homepage. Script Status in the same window shows whether the script is running on the project.

Best suited for internal tools, staging environments behind auth, or single-page apps a plain URL can’t reach. Like Drop a URL, this is review-and-comment only.

What you get with the script

• Works on any platform where you can add a script to the page — not just WordPress
• Loads Atarim on the actual live page, not inside a proxy or iframe
• Works on login-protected pages, using the viewer’s own session — so they’ll need to be logged in to collaborate there

Option 4: Chrome Extension — For a Quick, No-Install Review

The Chrome extension is no longer one of the Add new options, but it still lets you review and comment on any site straight from your browser, with no plugin or script needed.

Instructions:

1. Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store. There is also a link to it under Settings › Integrations.
2. Browse to the live site you want to review — no installation needed on the site owner’s side.
3. Use it for ad hoc reviews of sites you don’t manage directly, or a fast first look before a formal project exists.

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Conclusion

Creating a project is instant regardless of method, but the connection method you choose determines how much the AI can do directly — the WordPress plugin unlocks the most, URL collaboration is the flexible default for everything else, and the Chrome Extension is a fast, no-install option best reserved for one-off reviews. Whether it lives inside a Client folder (Beta) or not determines whether the full client experience is active on it from day one.