How to Use AI to Generate Images in WordPress

Using artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, MidJourney, and Meta AI to generate images in WordPress can be a game-changer for content creators.

AI-generated images offer a quick, copyright-free alternative for bloggers who need visual content but lack the time or resources for custom designs.

We’ve experimented with various AI tools and discovered how they can simplify the process of adding engaging visuals to blog posts. With these tools, you can create unique, high-quality images in just a few clicks.

In this article, we’ll show you how to use AI to generate images for your WordPress site, making it easier to enhance your posts and attract more readers.

Why Use AI Tools to Generate Images for Your WordPress Website?

Over the years, we’ve explored many paid stock image websites that offer images for a small fee for use on your WordPress website.

However, we’ve seen that for most bloggers and small businesses, the cost of these images can add up, becoming an extra expense that’s hard to justify.

While royalty-free images from sources like Unsplash or Shutterstock‘s free library are useful, they are often overused and lack originality.

In our opinion, these stock images tend to be too generic, which can make your website look less unique.

Creating your own images or using personal photos is ideal, but not everyone is a photographer or digital artist, which is where artificial intelligence comes in.

AI tools like ChatGPT and Meta AI can generate one-of-a-kind artwork based on simple text descriptions, making it incredibly easy to create unique images.

These AI-generated images are not only unique but also visually striking and creative, offering an alternative to generic stock photos.

For example, here is an image generated by DALL.E 2, now part of ChatGPT Plus, which mimics a standard office desk photo with a sunset backdrop, similar to what you’d find on typical stock image websites.

Now, here’s an artwork generated by ChatGPT with a comic book style, showing how flexible and creative the results can be.

This one is colorful, artistic, and perfect for more vibrant, creative projects.

The best part? These AI-generated images are copyright-free for your blog posts, articles, and even landing pages, giving you more flexibility in your content creation process.

Now, let’s dive into how you can easily use AI-generated images in WordPress.

We’ll show you three different methods using various AI tools so you can choose the one that fits your workflow best. Use the quick links below to jump to your preferred method:

1. Generate AI Images for WordPress with ChatGPT (Plus)

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence tool made by OpenAI. It allows users with a ChatGPT Plus subscription to generate images using AI directly within the ChatGPT interface.

It is a text-to-image model using deep learning technologies to generate images from natural language descriptions. ChatGPT also uses large language models (LLMs) to generate text and images from prompts. In AI, these descriptions are known as prompts.

To create AI images with ChatGPT (Plus), simply open ChatGPT, provide a text description in the chat, and ask the AI to generate an image. The tool will create the image and allow you to download it for use on your WordPress site.

If you haven’t already, you need to upgrade to a ChatGPT Plus account to access this feature.

Once you are signed in, you’ll see the familiar ChatGPT interface where you can input a prompt and ask for image generation.

In the prompt field, describe the image you want, and ChatGPT will generate an image based on the description. You can be as detailed or creative as you like.

ChatGPT also offers a ‘Surprise Me’ button to give you ideas for prompts you can try.

You can also describe the content you want to generate images for. You can mention style, colors, and other details you want to include.

ChatGPT (Plus) allows you to edit the generated images by simply typing a new prompt in the chat box.

For instance, you can change the color or style or ask ChatGPT to download the image in another format, such as PNG or JPEG.

After editing, click ‘Generate’ again to see updated versions of your image.

Once you have downloaded the images, switch to the admin area of your WordPress website.

You can upload the images to your WordPress media library by visiting Media » Add New.

You can also add images directly to your WordPress posts and pages. Simply edit the post or page where you want to display the image.

On the post editor screen, add an Image block and upload the image from your computer.

Automatically Generate AI Images in WordPress with ChatGPT and Uncanny Automator

If you’re looking for a plugin to integrate ChatGPT with your WordPress site, then you can use Uncanny Automator.

Uncanny Automator is one of the best WordPress automation tools. It supports OpenAI’s GPT and image generation models to create AI images and text content directly in WordPress.

Using a simple recipe builder, you can set up automation to send prompts for generating images from ChatGPT using forms like WPForms.

Uncanny Automator allows you to create new posts automatically by using tokens to pull in AI-generated text and images.

For example, you can set a token to use the AI image as the featured image for the post:

This turns your text and image prompts into fully generated blog posts with just a few clicks.

Uncanny Automator also automatically uploads AI-generated images to your WordPress media library, eliminating manual work.

For more details, see our guide on how to create automated workflows in WordPress with Uncanny Automator.

What is the License for Images Generated by ChatGPT?

You retain the copyright for any image generated by a prompt you provided through ChatGPT.

This means you are free to use these images anywhere you like, including on your WordPress website, YouTube videos, eBooks, social media, and more.

2. Use SeedProd to Generate AI Images in WordPress (Premium Plugin)

For the first method, we will use SeedProd to easily generate AI images in WordPress.

SeedProd is the best drag-and-drop theme builder for WordPress. It allows you to create custom WordPress themes, page layouts, and landing pages without coding.

It also comes with a powerful AI Assistant that uses DALL-E to help you generate AI images in just a few clicks.

To get started, you need to install and activate the SeedProd plugin. If you need help, see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Note: There is a free version of SeedProd available. However, you need to buy the premium version of SeedProd to access the AI Assistant. You’ll also need to buy AI credits by clicking the link in your SeedProd account dashboard.

Once the plugin is activated, you can use the drag-and-drop builder to create a custom WordPress theme or landing page. For step-by-step instructions, you can follow our tutorials:

• How to create a custom WordPress theme
• How to create a landing page

Then, you can use the AI Assistant to generate original images for your website pages.

Simply edit the page, drag an Image block from the panel on the left-hand side, and drop it into the live preview area on the right.

Next, click on the Image block to open up the block settings panel on the left side of the screen.

Then, click on the ‘Add with AI’ button.

This will open the image prompt panel. Here, you can type a description of the image you want to create for your site or use one of the suggested prompts.

After that, click on the ‘Generate Image’ button.

SeedProd will take a few seconds to generate the image.

When it’s done, you’ll see a preview of the image, and you can click the ‘Insert’ button to add it to your page.

After the image has been added to your page, you can also edit the AI image and generate variations of the same image.

Just click on the generated image from the SeedProd builder and select ‘Edit with AI’ in the block settings panel.

Next, you’ll see the different editing options that are available.

First, click on the ‘Variations’ button.

From there, hit the ‘Generate Variations’ button.

This will tell the AI Assistant to create multiple variations of the image.

If you like one of the variations better than the original AI-generated image, you can click the ‘Insert’ button to add it to your page.

Otherwise, you can select the ‘Back’ button to keep the original image and return to the edit options screen.

The ‘Edit Image’ option allows you to use a brush tool to edit specific areas of the image. Simply erase the area that you want to edit and alter your original prompt to describe the changes you want to make.

Then, click the ‘Generate new image’ button.

After a few seconds, SeedProd’s AI Assistant will show you two variations of the image with the changes you described.

You can click on the ‘Insert’ button underneath the variation you like the most to add it to your page.

Once you are happy with the image, just hit the ‘Save’ and ‘Publish’ buttons.

You can find them in the top right corner of the SeedProd builder.

Now, your AI-generated image will be displayed on your WordPress website.

Here’s how it looked on our demo site:

What is the License Used for Images Generated by SeedProd?

You own the images you create with SeedProd’s AI Assistant.

You’re free to use the AI-generated images anywhere on your WordPress site.

3. Use Imajinn to Generate AI Images in WordPress (Free Plugin)

For this method, we will use Imajinn AI to generate images in WordPress.

Imajinn AI is similar to tools like DALL.E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. It generates images using artificial intelligence based on the prompt you provide.

First, you need to install and activate the Imajinn plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Note: The base plugin is free and gives you 10 credits. After that, you can buy more credits from the plugin’s website.

Upon activation, you need to visit the Media » Imajinn AI to configure plugin settings and generate images.

First, you need to sign up by providing an email address and password to create your account.

After that, you will be able to start generating images using Imajin AI.

Simply provide a detailed prompt describing the image that you want to generate.

You can also choose from a list of styles, artist style, style modifier filters, and aspect ratio to further customize your prompt.

Below that you can choose to click on the ‘Summon’ button to launch the Prompt Genie tool.

The tool will suggest further prompt ideas based on the prompt description you provided to generate the best possible image.

You can click on the ‘Generate’ button to use a suggested prompt or continue writing your own prompt by copying ideas from the suggestions.

Once you are satisfied, click on the ‘Generate’ button to continue.

The plugin will now start generating images using the AI tool running on the cloud. Once finished, it will display four variations of images for you to choose from.

Below each image, you’ll find options to share the image, repair faces (The AI is not great at generating human faces), or touch up the image.

You can also just click on the ‘Save’ button to store an image in your WordPress media library.

To use the image in your WordPress posts and pages, simply edit the post or page where you want to add the image.

On the post-edit screen, add the Image block where you want to display the image and then click on Media Library.

Next, you need to select the image you saved earlier from your Media Library and provide an alt text for the image.

After that, go ahead and click on the ‘Select’ button to insert the image.

The plugin also comes with an Imajinn block that you can add to your posts or pages.

It allows you to generate an image inside the block editor.

What is the License Used for Images Generated by Imajinn AI?

All images generated by Imajinn AI are provided under the free domain or CC0 license.

You are free to use them on your website as you see fit.

Bonus Resources:

AI can be used to help you write content, create images, and more. Here are some more resources to upgrade your AI skills:

• How to use AI for SEO in WordPress
• How to use AI to boost your marketing
• How to use AI for your lead generation campaigns
• How to write content using an AI content generator
• How to write powerful headlines using AI

We hope this article helped you learn how to use Artificial Intelligence to generate images for your WordPress website. You may also want to see our ultimate image SEO guide and these easy tips to optimize images for speed.

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