Auto-generate stunning AI-powered featured images using OpenAI (DALL-E 3, GPT-4), Google Gemini, or Stability AI. Supports bulk generation, scheduling, and multiple formats.

• 🎨 Multiple AI Providers - Support for OpenAI (DALL-E 3, GPT models), Google Gemini, and Stability AI (Stable Diffusion 3, SeeDream)
• 🔑 Bring Your Own API Key - Complete control and transparency over API usage
• ⚡ Single & Batch Generation - Generate images one at a time, or bulk regenerate your entire library
• ✨ Bulk Regeneration - Regenerate all featured images in one click
• 🎚️ Image Quality Control - Choose between Standard, HD, or Low quality generation (OpenAI)
• 🖼️ Multiple Formats - Support for PNG, JPG, and WEBP (All Providers)
• 🎯 Customizable Prompts - Tailor the image generation to your brand
• 🔒 Secure - API keys are encrypted before storage
• 📏 Flexible Dimensions - Configure image size (default: 1024x675px)
• ✅ WordPress Standards - Built following WordPress.org coding standards

1. Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin
2. Search for "AI Featured Image Generator"
3. Click Install Now and then Activate

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress

git clone https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Featured-Image-Creator-AI.git
cd Featured-Image-Creator-AI
# Copy to your WordPress plugins directory
cp -r . /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/featured-image-creator-ai/

1. Navigate to Settings > AI Featured Images
2. Select your preferred AI provider
3. Get your API key:
   • OpenAI: OpenAI Platform
   • Google Gemini: Google AI Studio
   • Stability AI: Stability AI Platform
4. Enter your API key and save
5. (Optional) Customize the prompt template
6. Start generating images!

1. Edit any post
2. Look for the AI Featured Image meta box in the sidebar
3. Click Generate Featured Image
4. Wait for the image to be generated and automatically set

1. Go to Posts > All Posts
2. Select posts without featured images
3. Choose Generate Featured Images from bulk actions
4. Click Apply

1. Go to Tools > AI Featured Images
2. View the count of posts without featured images
3. Click Generate All Featured Images
4. Monitor the progress as images are generated

This plugin supports multiple AI providers. Pricing varies:

• Standard Quality: ~$0.04 per image (1024x1024)
• HD Quality: ~$0.08 per image (1024x1024)
• Current Pricing

• Check Google AI Studio for current pricing
• Free tier available with limitations

• ~$0.04 per image
• Current Pricing

The plugin uses standard quality by default for all providers.

• WordPress 5.8 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• API key from your chosen provider (OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Stability AI)
• openssl PHP extension (for API key encryption)

ai-featured-image-generator/
├── ai-featured-image-generator.php  # Main plugin file
├── includes/
│   ├── class-admin-notices.php      # Admin notification system
│   ├── class-bulk-generator.php     # Batch processing
│   ├── class-image-generator.php    # Core image generation
│   ├── class-post-meta-box.php      # Post editor integration
│   ├── class-security.php           # Security utilities
│   ├── class-settings.php           # Settings page
│   └── api/
│       ├── class-api-interface.php     # API provider interface
│       ├── class-openai-provider.php   # OpenAI DALL-E 3
│       ├── class-gemini-provider.php   # Google Gemini (Imagen)
│       └── class-stability-provider.php # Stability AI (SD3)
├── assets/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── admin.css                # Admin styles
│   └── js/
│       └── admin.js                 # Admin JavaScript
├── readme.txt                        # WordPress.org readme
└── README.md                         # This file

// Modify the prompt before sending to API
add_filter('aifig_image_prompt', function($prompt, $post_id) {
    // Your custom logic
    return $prompt;
}, 10, 2);

// Modify image dimensions
add_filter('aifig_image_dimensions', function($dimensions) {
    return array('width' => 1200, 'height' => 800);
});

// After image is generated
add_action('aifig_image_generated', function($attachment_id, $post_id) {
    // Your custom logic
}, 10, 2);

// Before batch generation starts
add_action('aifig_batch_start', function($post_ids) {
    // Your custom logic
});

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/gunjanjaswal/Featured-Image-Creator-AI.git
cd Featured-Image-Creator-AI

# Create a symlink to your WordPress plugins directory
ln -s $(pwd) /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/featured-image-creator-ai

This plugin follows WordPress Coding Standards.

# Install PHP_CodeSniffer
composer global require "squizlabs/php_codesniffer=*"

# Check coding standards
phpcs --standard=WordPress .

# Auto-fix issues
phpcbf --standard=WordPress .

• API keys are encrypted using AES-256-CBC before storage
• All user inputs are sanitized and validated
• Nonce verification on all AJAX requests
• Capability checks on all admin actions
• Prepared statements for database queries

This plugin sends post titles to your chosen AI provider's API to generate images. Please review:

OpenAI

• OpenAI Terms of Service
• OpenAI Privacy Policy

Google Gemini

• Google Terms of Service
• Google Privacy Policy

Stability AI

• Stability AI Terms
• Stability AI Privacy

No other data is sent to external services. API keys are stored encrypted in your WordPress database.

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

• WordPress.org Support Forum: Plugin Support
• GitHub Issues: Report a Bug
• Email: hello@gunjanjaswal.me

If you find this plugin helpful, consider buying me a coffee ☕

This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

Featured Image Creator AI
Copyright (C) 2024  Gunjan Jaswal

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

• Developed by Gunjan Jaswal
• Powered by:
  • OpenAI DALL-E 3
  • Google Gemini (Imagen)
  • Stability AI

• Added draft_to_publish and pending_to_publish hooks for auto-generating featured images
• Previously only future_to_publish was hooked, so images were only auto-generated for WordPress scheduled (future) posts
• Now auto-generates featured images when posts transition from draft or pending to published (e.g., via custom auto-publish systems, bulk publishing, or manual publish)
• Enabled error logging for auto-generation to aid debugging (AIFIG: prefix in debug.log)

• Fixed fatal error by requiring file.php before calling wp_tempnam() in OpenAI provider

• Enable Output Format selection (PNG/JPG/WEBP) for OpenAI models (images are automatically converted)
• Updated documentation with full list of supported models and options
• Improved compatibility with GPT Image 1 (Mini)

• Added new image generation models: GPT Image 1, GPT Image 1 (Mini), GPT Image 1.5, GPT Image Latest
• Added SeaDream 4.5 support for Stability AI
• Added image quality settings (Standard/HD/Low) and output format selection (PNG/JPG/WEBP)
• Added Bulk Regeneration feature to regenerate images for all posts
• Fixed image dimension error for custom models
• Improved code quality and security (nonces, escaping)

• Added automatic featured image generation for scheduled posts
• Fixed author name spelling
• When a scheduled post is published without a featured image, one is automatically generated

• Initial release
• OpenAI DALL-E 3 integration
• Google Gemini (Imagen) integration
• Stability AI (Stable Diffusion 3) integration
• Single post image generation
• Bulk generation for posts without featured images
• Customizable prompt templates
• Encrypted API key storage
• WordPress.org standards compliance