AI-Powered WordPress
With the release of WordPress 7.0 and the canonical AI plugin, WordPress now has AI built into its core. It allows you to generate content, moderate comments, create accessible alt text, connect integrated AI client using the API keys, connect external AI assistants using the MCP servers using API keys, and start building your own AI-powered features. This is now achievable from within the WordPress ecosystem you already know.
This course takes you on a progressive journey through WordPress AI: from your first provider connection, through the editorial and administrative tools that make day-to-day work faster, to the underlying building blocks that let you extend WordPress AI for your own plugins and themes. Each module builds on the last, so by the end you will have a complete picture of how AI works in WordPress and the confidence to use it at whatever level fits your goals.
No coding experience is required to complete the first three modules. Module 4 introduces PHP code with step-by-step explanation, designed to be approachable even if you are new to WordPress development.
What you will learn
- Set up an AI provider connection on your WordPress site using the built-in Connectors page
- Use AI-powered editorial tools to draft, refine, summarize, and classify content
- Generate accessible image alt text automatically using AI
- Moderate comments using AI-powered sentiment and toxicity analysis
- Monitor AI activity on your site using Request Logging
- Control which plugins can access your AI provider using Connector Approvals
- Connect AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to your WordPress site using the MCP Adapter
- Use AI assistants to manage your site through natural conversation
- Register a WordPress Ability to make your plugin’s functionality discoverable by AI tools
- Use the WordPress AI Client to send AI-powered prompts from your own plugins and themes
- Apply responsible practices when publishing and building with AI in WordPress
Who this course is for
This course is for WordPress site owners, content creators, editors, administrators, and developers who want to understand and use the AI features now built into WordPress.
The first three modules are for anyone who manages or publishes on a WordPress site. Module 4 goes further, introducing the developer APIs that power WordPress AI. It is written to be accessible to learners who are curious about WordPress development but may not have written a plugin before, as well as developers who want a practical introduction to the new AI building blocks in WordPress core.
Prerequisites
- An active WordPress site running WordPress 7.0 or later
- Basic familiarity with generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar)
- Administrator access to your WordPress site
- For Module 4: no prior PHP experience required, but some exposure to WordPress theme or plugin files is helpful
