Getting Started
Connect Your AI Provider
What it does: Links the plugin to the AI service that will write your articles and draw your images. You need at least one provider API key.
Applies to Antradus AI Lite, Publisher & Studio v2.7.0 · Last updated 2026-08-26
Supported providers
| Provider | Writes articles | Generates images | Reads photos (vision) | Live web search |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | ✅ | ✅ (gpt-image / DALL·E) | ✅ | ✅ (search-capable models, e.g. gpt-5 / gpt-4o) |
| Anthropic (Claude) | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Google Gemini | ✅ | ✅ (Imagen) | ✅ | ✅ |
| OpenRouter | ✅ (200+ models, incl. free ones) | ✅ (Flux and others) | ✅ (model-dependent) | ✅ (any model) |
| DeepSeek | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
💡 Just want to try it without paying an AI provider? Create a free account at openrouter.ai, pick a model labelled ★ FREE, and you can generate articles at no cost. (Note: providers serving free models often retain and/or train on your prompts, and quality varies.)
Step by step
- Open Antradus AI in the admin sidebar.
- Under 🔑 AI Providers & Models, choose your Active Provider.
- Open that provider’s panel and paste your API Key. Each panel has a Get API key → link that takes you to the right page:
- OpenAI → platform.openai.com/api-keys
- Anthropic → console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
- DeepSeek → platform.deepseek.com/api_keys
- Google Gemini → aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
- OpenRouter → openrouter.ai/keys
- Click the fetch models button next to the Model field. The plugin loads the provider’s live model list.
- Pick a Model (for writing) and — for OpenAI, Gemini, and OpenRouter — an Image Model (for image generation).
- Save Changes.
Every option explained
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Active Provider | Which service handles all AI work. You can store keys for several providers and switch anytime. |
| API Key | Your private key from the provider. It is stored in your own WordPress database and sent only to that provider — never to us or anyone else. |
| Model | The "brain" used for writing. Bigger models write better and cost more. |
| Image Model | The model used for featured images and albums. |
| Show all models | By default the list shows only stable, recommended models. Tick this to see everything, including previews, betas, and experimental models — use those at your own risk. |
Tips & gotchas
- Not sure which model? Start with your provider’s flagship (e.g. the default the dropdown suggests). You can change it anytime — each article uses whatever is selected at the moment you click Start Writing.
- OpenRouter’s model list labels every model ★ FREE or 💰 PAID so you can’t be surprised.
- Keys are per-provider: switching the Active Provider doesn’t erase the other keys.
- If fetching models fails, your key is usually wrong or the provider account has no credit.