Connect WordPress to Azure AI Foundry for text generation, image generation, embeddings, and more.

Per Søderlind

<p>AI Provider for Azure AI Foundry registers an AI provider with the WordPress 7.0 AI Client, enabling text generation, image generation, embeddings, and text-to-speech via the <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aifoundry/modelinference/" rel="nofollow ugc">Azure AI Foundry Model Inference API</a>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>AI Client integration</strong> — usable via <code>wp_ai_client_prompt()</code> and the Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Connectors page.</li>
<li><strong>OpenAI-compatible</strong> — uses the Azure AI Foundry <code>/chat/completions</code> endpoint.</li>
<li><strong>Capability detection</strong> — auto-detects deployed models and capabilities (text generation, chat history, image generation, embeddings, text-to-speech) by probing the Azure endpoint.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple endpoint types</strong> — supports Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, and Cognitive Services endpoints.</li>
<li><strong>Auto-detection</strong> — discovers all deployed models via POST-based probing. No manual model name or API version configuration needed.</li>
<li><strong>Custom authentication</strong> — sends the <code>api-key</code> header required by Azure.</li>
<li><strong>Endpoint validation</strong> — validates Azure endpoint URLs with inline error messages.</li>
<li><strong>Environment variable fallback</strong> — every setting can be overridden via environment variables or <code>wp-config.php</code> constants.</li>
<li><strong>Connectors page UI</strong> — custom connector with fields for API key and endpoint URL. Detected deployments and capabilities displayed as read-only chips.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 7.0 or later</li>
<li>PHP 8.3+</li>
<li>An Azure AI Foundry resource with a deployed model</li>
</ul>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/soderlind/ai-provider-for-azure-ai-foundry/blob/main/docs/how-to-add-ai-provider.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Building an AI Provider Plugin for WordPress 7</a>, a deep-dive into provider registration, settings, authentication, and the Connectors page UI.</li>
</ul>


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