Viewcrest turns WordPress into a video growth toolkit for creators: keyword scores, daily ideas, trends, competitor tracking with alerts, title and SEO scores, an Upload Kit, a thumbnail maker, scripts, a content calendar and more. You run the site and creators pay you for Monthly or Yearly plans. Questions? Email admin@007aj.com.
/start/, /app/ and /plans/ work.Viewcrest adds a Creator role. Creators work in the front-end dashboard at /app/ and never see WordPress admin. New sign-ups start on the free Starter plan.
In Settings > General: untick New sign-ups: open to close the sign-up and plan pages. Owner only lets only site administrators use the dashboard, tools, AI and the browser companion. Coming soon home page replaces the home page with a coming soon page and an email form; emails are listed under Viewcrest > Launch list with a CSV download. Nothing is emailed automatically.
Live numbers come from the YouTube Data API. The key is free and its daily allowance is enough for a small site because Viewcrest caches every reply.
Without a key every tool still works and shows clearly labeled sample numbers. Search suggestions for keywords are always live.
Keyword scores are estimates: demand comes from live search suggestions and the views of top results; competition from how strong those top results are. No outside tool gets exact search volumes.
In the AI writer tab pick the AI service. For Claude (Anthropic), paste your Claude API token from console.anthropic.com and a model id such as claude-sonnet-5-5. Claude writes text only, so with Claude the thumbnail maker uses the built-in layouts and text concepts instead of AI backgrounds. For OpenAI-compatible, enter an address (for example https://api.openai.com/v1), your token and model names. Titles, descriptions, scripts, translations, comment replies and thumbnail backgrounds then use your account. Without one, a built-in template writer covers every feature, so nothing breaks.
In the Payments tab paste your Stripe publishable key (pk_…) and secret key (sk_…) from Developers > API keys. Use test keys first: card 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future date, any CVC. Plans open Stripe Checkout and are confirmed when the creator comes back. No webhook setup is needed.
PayPal is optional: create a REST app at developer.paypal.com, paste the client ID and secret, tick sandbox while testing. Viewcrest makes the product and plans for you.
The Creator plans tab sets the Starter limits (channels tracked, AI runs a month) and the Monthly and Yearly amounts. Creators choose a plan in their Plan tab, can stop renewing at any time, and keep the plan until the paid period ends.
Alerts, the weekly digest and sign-up emails go through WordPress mail (wp_mail). Many hosts deliver this poorly, so we recommend the free 007AJ SMTP Mailer from 007aj.com/shop: install it, add your mail provider's SMTP details and send a test. The Email tab turns the weekly digest on or off; creators choose their own alerts in their Settings tab.
This lets creators connect their own channel for private stats (click rate, retention, audience funnel, earnings per thousand views, best time to post), alerts on channel health, sending titles and descriptions back, and posting comment replies. It needs your own Google OAuth app:
Google reviews apps that use these scopes; until verified, only test users you add can connect. Earnings data also needs the monetary scope and a channel in the Partner Program.
Viewcrest includes a secure REST connection at /wp-json/vcr-companion/v1/ (ping, score, fill, checklist, stats). Creators make a token in their Settings tab; it is sent in the X-Companion-Token header and stored only as a hash. Turn it on in the Browser companion tab. A ready browser companion is available as a paid setup extra; email us.
Do I need the AI writer? No. The template writer covers every feature.
What if I run out of daily key allowance? Cached replies keep working and tools fall back to sample numbers until the next day.
Support: admin@007aj.com