Apps
Plugins, apps, maps and games.
It started with plugins I wrote for my own websites. Now it’s a studio, and a long list of side projects I can’t seem to stop starting.
WordPress plugins
Where it all started. Written for my own sites, then shared. This is Meow Arts’ day job, and it pays for everything else.
- AI Engine↗The AI framework for WordPress: chatbots, agents, forms, content generation, MCP.
- Media Cleaner↗Hunts down unused media and files, then pounces. A spotless library, zero effort.
- Perfect Images↗Every pixel groomed: sizes, retina, WebP/AVIF, CDN. Born as WP Retina 2x in 2012.
- Media File Renamer↗Gives files names that mean something, by hand or by AI. Our firstborn.
- Database Cleaner↗Tidies databases of any size, with an interface that doesn’t bite.
- SEO Engine↗SEO for an era when half your visitors are robots: AI-bot tracking and MCP.
- Code Engine↗Smart PHP snippets, AI functions and automation.
- Social Engine↗Plans, schedules and automates social posts from inside WordPress.
- Meow Gallery & Lightbox↗The gallery and EXIF-aware lightbox photographers love, built by one.
- Meow Mailer↗Free SMTP with everything included. The newest kitten in the litter.
- Workspace for WordPressYour WordPress becomes an AI workspace: every model, your own keys.
Maps and travel
The projects closest to the photography. If I’m going to keep driving down back roads, I’d like better tools for it. And I’d like the villages at the end of those roads to get something out of it too.
- IkuzoThe loveliest map editor. Organise spots, build routes, share itineraries, on desktop, mobile and watch.
- Jipangu↗A free curated map of Japan, gathering the best spots recommended by Japanese bloggers and YouTubers.
- Offbeat Japan↗The Japan the guidebooks leave out. Four hundred adventures off the beaten path, in your pocket.
- Japon Secret↗The alternative guide to Japan: hidden places across all 47 prefectures, companion to the book.
- IkitoriiJapan through local eyes. Connects travellers directly with independent local guides, with no agency in between.
- Export Google Maps↗Turns your saved Google Maps places and reviews into clean JSON or CSV.
Apps
Things I wanted to exist on my own phone.
- Neko JishinReal-time earthquake tracking for Japan: JMA data, Shindo intensity, maps, and a guide that works offline.
- Doko No NekoTurns every walk into a game: reveal your city tile by tile, and hunt the Daily Cat with friends.
- WhispersA quiet place for kind words. No likes, no followers, no noise.
- HarukazeA fresh spring breeze is brewing in the lab. That is all I can say. 春風
Games
The most fun, and the least sensible.
- Nippon Island: The FlightA first-person narrative adventure aboard a flight to Japan.
- La Pizza Del GattoA cute and explosive pizza-making game set in the Meow Kingdom.