Hostinger AI Builder: Manual vs Agentic Mode Explained
Summary
This Hostinger community announcement clarifies the differences between manual and agentic modes in the AI Website Builder. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to switch modes, while highlighting critical warnings such as the one-way nature of the transition and AI credit requirements. This information is essential for users looking to optimize their site management or troubleshoot issues with AI-assisted editing.
I need to ask what modes are there in building/maintaining a website on Hostinger? Your AI tells me I am in manual mode and it can not help me. What modes are available and how do I switch from one to another?
Hostinger AI Builder has two modes: manual mode (a drag-and-drop editor where you make the changes yourself) and agentic mode (you describe changes in a chat and the AI builds them). You can switch from manual to agentic from your dashboard.
That's likely why the AI can't edit your site: chat-based edits are an agentic-mode feature, while manual mode is edited by hand, with AI helpers for text, images and SEO.
To switch:
1. In hPanel, go to Websites, hover over your site and click Edit site
2. Click the menu icon at the top left of the editor
3. Select Continue in Agentic mode and confirm
Before you click:
- It creates a new copy in agentic mode, and your original manual site stays untouched
- It's one-way, you can't switch back to manual
- Agentic mode runs on AI credits, so check your balance first
- Sites with an online store, the Instagram element or search can't be switched
The other route is WordPress, but moving from the builder means rebuilding the site.
Does your site have an online store? That decides which option fits best.
Step-by-step guide: How to switch to agentic mode
To my great surprise the SEO service I hired to do my web SEO and other things (that they never accomplished) turned my Handyman site into a store. I am trying to remove the store with out losing my website. The only product I sell Is my work (No physical product is ever sold on my site).
