jharm AI Featured Image

Tired of searching stock photo sites for every blog post? AI Featured Image Generator lets you create a fitting featured image with one click — directly from the post editor.

Key features:

• One-click generation from the Block Editor sidebar
• Bring Your Own API Key — supports OpenAI (DALL-E 3) and Ideogram
• Choose from clean style presets (Realistic, Illustration, Minimal)
• Custom prompt option — see and edit before generating
• Generated images are stored in your Media Library and automatically set as Featured Image
• Regenerate variations with a single click
• Lightweight — no tracking, no telemetry, no admin notice spam

Why “Bring Your Own Key”?

Image generation costs money. Instead of charging you a markup, you connect your own API key and pay providers directly at cost. Typically a few cents per image.

Supported providers:

• OpenAI DALL-E 3 (openai.com) — recommended, sign up at platform.openai.com
• Ideogram (ideogram.ai) — alternative provider

What this plugin is NOT:

• Not a 50-feature AI suite
• Not a stock photo replacement (you control the prompts)
• Not phoning home — your data stays between you and your chosen AI provider

Source Code

The Block Editor sidebar is compiled JavaScript built with @wordpress/scripts. The unminified source is included in the plugin package under src/sidebar.js.

To rebuild from source:

1. Install Node.js (v18 or higher) and npm.
2. In the plugin directory, run: npm install
3. Build the production bundle: npm run build

The compiled output is written to assets/js/sidebar.js and assets/js/sidebar.asset.php.

External Services

This plugin connects to external AI services to generate images. These connections are made exclusively when a user manually triggers image generation or tests their API key — never automatically.

OpenAI (DALL-E 3)

When OpenAI is selected, the plugin sends your post title and optional custom prompt to the OpenAI API in order to generate an image.

• Service URL: https://api.openai.com/
• Terms of Use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
• Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy

Ideogram

When Ideogram is selected, the plugin sends your post title and optional custom prompt to the Ideogram API in order to generate an image.

• Service URL: https://api.ideogram.ai/
• Terms of Use: https://ideogram.ai/about/terms-of-service
• Privacy Policy: https://ideogram.ai/about/privacy-policy

No data is sent to the plugin author or any third parties. Generated images are stored in your own WordPress Media Library.