---
title: "How to build an image generation plugin with the WordPress AI Client"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-an-image-generation-plugin-with-the-wordpress-ai-client-ch3lqpcyn
source_url: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/05/how-to-build-an-image-generation-plugin-with-the-wordpress-ai-client
type: article
source: "WordPress Developer"
published: 2026-05-14T14:57:00.119Z
updated: 2026-05-21T02:15:06.252Z
tags: ["ai-image-generation", "php", "wordpress"]
reading_time: 19
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to build an image generation plugin with the WordPress AI Client

**[WordPress Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpressdev)** · 19 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

WordPress 7.0 introduces a built-in AI Client PHP API that lets plugins send prompts to AI providers in a provider-agnostic way. This tutorial walks through building a complete WordPress plugin that generates images directly in the Media Library using this new API. Key concepts covered include the fluent WP_AI_Client_Prompt_Builder interface, model preferences vs. requirements, support checks to gate AI features, two REST API endpoints (one for generation, one for uploading to the Media Library), conditional script enqueuing, and a TypeScript frontend using @wordpress/api-fetch. The plugin is intentionally minimal — the actual AI integration is only ~10 lines of PHP — demonstrating how the AI Client abstracts provider communication, authentication, and model selection.

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