The AI Services Plugin for WordPress: Build Smarter, Not Harder

Aug 8, 3:00 – 4:00 PM (UTC)

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Explore how WordPress is integrating AI through the AI Services plugin, a unified API layer that connects to providers like OpenAI and Google, enabling easy AI-powered features like text generation, chat, and image creation.

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About this event

Discover how WordPress is embracing AI through a centralized infrastructure designed to simplify and supercharge plugin development. The AI Services plugin introduces a universal API layer for connecting to major AI providers like OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and more — all from within your WordPress environment. This session explores how this infrastructure empowers developers and site owners to integrate advanced AI capabilities like text generation, chat, and image creation without building everything from scratch.

What You’ll Learn

  • How the AI Services plugin acts as a foundational layer for WordPress AI integrations

  • The core features of the plugin: text generation, chat history, function calling, and image creation

  • How to use its APIs (PHP, JS, REST, WP-CLI) for seamless AI integration

  • Ways to extend or customize AI service providers

  • Benefits of centralizing API key and model configuration for user experience and development speed

Why It Matters

AI is transforming how WordPress sites are built and managed. But integrating AI services often requires duplicating effort, managing different APIs, and dealing with scattered settings. This plugin offers a standardized, extensible solution that makes AI accessible to both developers and end-users — enabling rapid innovation, user choice, and streamlined site management.


🎙️ About the Speaker:

Felix is a Senior Software Engineer at Google and a WordPress Core committer from Germany, currently residing in San Francisco, California. He helped establish the WordPress Core Performance Team and the WordPress AI Team and has been heavily contributing to their efforts. He has been using WordPress for more than a decade and contributing back to the project since 2015.

Outside of the web, he spends his time producing music, hiking, learning Spanish, and drinking Mountain Dew.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is for:

  • WordPress plugin developers looking to integrate AI features

  • Agencies and freelancers building AI-driven client solutions

  • Product owners exploring how to enhance their offerings with AI

  • Technical founders and CTOs of WordPress-based startups

  • Contributors interested in the future of AI in open-source

Why Join?

  • Get a first-hand look at cutting-edge AI tooling in WordPress

  • Learn how to implement powerful AI capabilities with minimal effort

  • Understand how centralized infrastructure benefits your development workflow

  • Connect with the WordPress AI community and discover contribution opportunities

  • Ask questions directly to those working on the plugin and broader WordPress AI projects

Speaker

  • Felix Arntz

    Senior Software Engineer at Google

Moderator

  • Abdullah Ramzan

    TorontoDigits

    CEO & CTO

Organizer

  • Abdullah Ramazan

    TorontoDigits

    Chapter Director

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