AI Post Visualizer

AI Post Visualizer is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to generate and manage AI-powered images for your posts. The plugin integrates with the DALL·E API to generate custom images based on keywords you provide. Easily manage your post’s featured images, filter your posts, and set viewer modes (light/dark) for the admin interface.

Features

• Generate Images with DALL·E: Generate AI-powered images with DALL·E for your WordPress posts.
• Featured Image Management: Set generated images as featured images for any WordPress post with one click.
• History Management: Keep track of generated images for each post and restore the original featured image if needed.
• Viewer Mode: Toggle between light and dark modes for the admin panel interface.
• Customizable Post Filtering: Easily filter posts by post type, alphabetical order, and date.
• Data Retention Settings: Control whether to retain or remove plugin data when uninstalling.
• Role-Based Access Controls: Plugin UI requires post editing permissions; settings changes are restricted to administrators.

Usage

Note: Access to the plugin UI requires the edit_posts capability (typically Editor and above). Actions that modify a specific post require permission to edit that post, and image generation/upload requires media upload permissions.

Configure Settings

1. Navigate to the AI Post Visualizer settings page in the WordPress admin menu.
2. Configure your OpenAI API key using one of the following methods:
   • Recommended (server-managed): set an environment variable named AIPV_OPENAI_API_KEY, or define AIPV_OPENAI_API_KEY as a constant in wp-config.php. When a server-managed key is detected, the Settings field is disabled.
   • Via the Settings screen: enter your key in the API key field. For security, the value is never displayed after saving (you can paste a new value to update it).
   • If you don’t have an API key yet, sign up for one at OpenAI and retrieve your API key from the API keys page.
3. Optionally, configure additional settings such as Data Retention (see “Manage Data Retention” below).
4. Save your changes.

Generate AI Images

1. Go to the Generate tab within the AI Post Visualizer interface.
2. In the Keyword Input field, type in a keyword or phrase that best describes the image you want to generate.
3. Set the number of images to generate (default: 1) and choose the desired resolution (default: 256×256).
   • Available resolutions include:
     • 256×256
     • 512×512
     • 1024×1024
   • The plugin displays an estimated cost breakdown based on current OpenAI pricing; always verify actual pricing in your OpenAI account.
4. Click the Render Images button to initiate the image generation process.
   • A loading indicator will appear while your images are being rendered.
5. Once complete, your generated images will appear in the Rendered Images section below and also appear in the Generation History sidebar.

Manage Featured Images

1. Navigate to the Posts tab.
2. Browse through your posts and locate the one you wish to update with a new featured image.
3. Click the Generate New Image button for the post you want to update.
4. You can either:
   • Follow the Generate AI Images step to generate new images, or
   • Load a previously generated set of images from the Generation History sidebar.
5. Once the images have rendered, find the image you want to use under Rendered Images.
6. Click the Set Featured Image button underneath the image you want to apply to your post.
7. If at any time you want to undo the change, you can revert to the original featured image by clicking the Revert to Original button.

Filter Posts

1. Use the available filters to search or sort your posts:
   • Post Types: Filter by specific post types (e.g., posts, pages).
   • Alphabetical Order: Sort posts by title in ascending or descending order.
   • Date: Sort posts by creation date (newest or oldest first).
2. You can also use the Search field to look for posts by title, helping you quickly find the one you need.
3. If you would like to clear all filters you can click the Reset Filters button to reset your posts view.

Manage Data Retention

1. Go to the Settings tab to manage data retention settings.
2. Toggle the Data Retention option to enable or disable automatic data removal upon plugin uninstallation:
   • Enabled: All plugin-related data (including generated images and settings) will be removed when the plugin is uninstalled.
   • Disabled: Data will be retained after plugin uninstallation for future use.

Third-Party Service Disclosure

This plugin uses OpenAI’s image generation API to generate AI-powered images for your posts. When you use this plugin, your keywords/prompts and image generation requests are sent to OpenAI to generate the images.
– OpenAI Website
– OpenAI Terms of Use
– OpenAI Privacy Policy

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. You can view the full license here: GPLv2 License.

Credits

• DALL·E: OpenAI DALL·E