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Pixalia Image Assistant helps you manage your WordPress featured images (thumbnails) efficiently. It combines a Free Featured Image Checker with a powerful AI Image Generator powered by Pixalia.
<h3>Free Features (No Account Required)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Eyecatch Checker (Featured Image Audit): 
Automatically scans your published posts and identifies those missing a Featured Image. You can quickly see which articles need attention directly from the Posts list. This feature is completely free and works without a Pixalia account.</li>
<li>OGP Image Preview: 
Preview how your Featured Image will look when shared on social media (SNS).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Premium Features (Requires Pixalia Account)</h3>
<ul>
<li>AI Image Generation: 
Generate unique, high-quality images from text descriptions, post titles, or content directly within the Post Editor with just one click.</li>
<li>Seamless Integration: 
Generated images are automatically saved to your Media Library and can be instantly set as the Featured Image or inserted directly into the post content.</li>
<li>Style Customization: 
Choose from various styles (Anime, Realistic, 3D, etc.) and aspect ratios to match your site’s design.</li>
</ul>
<h3>3rd Party Service Disclaimer</h3>
To use the AI Image Generation feature, this plugin connects to the Pixalia API. 
Pixalia is an external service that provides AI image generation.
<ul>
<li>Service Name: Pixalia</li>
<li>Service URL: <a href="https://pixalia.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://pixalia.me/</a></li>
<li>Account Requirement: You need a Pixalia account and API Key for image generation features. (Not required for the Eyecatch Checker).</li>
<li>Pricing: The plugin and the Eyecatch Checker are free. Generating images requires points on the Pixalia platform.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://pixalia.me/terms-en" rel="nofollow ugc">https://pixalia.me/terms-en</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://pixalia.me/policy-en" rel="nofollow ugc">https://pixalia.me/policy-en</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>1. Check for Missing Featured Images (Free)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to Pixalia > Settings.</li>
<li>Click the “Bulk Check” button to scan the status of existing posts.</li>
<li>Go to the Posts > All Posts screen. You will see the Featured Image status for each post.</li>
</ol>
<h3>2. Generate AI Images (Premium)</h3>
Setup: 
1. Go to Pixalia > Settings. 
2. Enter your Pixalia API Key to enable Premium features. 
3. (Optional) Set the default Art Style and Aspect Ratio. 
4. Save changes.
How to Generate: 
* For Featured Images: 
 Open the post editor. In the sidebar “Pixalia Assistant” menu, go to Featured Image and click the Generate button. 
* For Section Images: 
 Open the post editor. In the sidebar “Pixalia Assistant” menu, go to Section Image. Click the Generate & Insert button for the specific section where you want to add an image.

Pixalia Image Assistant

Pixalia Image Assistant manages featured images and generates high-quality AI images directly within WordPress using the Pixalia API.

LOOS

LOOS Featured Image Automator builds an OG Image Maker URL from your post title and site-wide API parameters defined on the settings screen, fetches the generated 1200×630 JPEG, sideloads it into the WordPress Media Library, and attaches it to the post as the featured image.
Generation runs asynchronously through WP-Cron, so saving a post is never blocked by the API call.
<h4>What this plugin does</h4>
<ul>
<li>Builds an API URL from your post title and the site-wide parameters configured on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Resolves the 302 redirect from the API to extract a stable source hash, so identical parameters do not re-generate the image.</li>
<li>Sideloads the JPEG into the Media Library and attaches it as the featured image.</li>
<li>When the title changes, regenerates the image and (optionally) deletes the previous plugin-generated attachment so the Media Library does not accumulate orphans.</li>
<li>Respects manually-set featured images. If the existing featured image was not generated by this plugin, it is never overwritten.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What this plugin does NOT do</h4>
<ul>
<li>It does NOT output an <code>og:image</code> meta tag. The image is set as the featured image only. Your theme or SEO plugin is expected to read the featured image and output the meta tag (this avoids duplicate output when combined with SEO plugins).</li>
<li>It does NOT provide any per-post UI (no meta box, no Gutenberg sidebar). The only per-post value is the post title; all other API parameters are managed globally on the settings screen.</li>
<li>It does NOT modify the front-end output of your site.</li>
</ul>
This plugin depends on a third-party service (operated by LOOS Inc.) to generate featured images. See the “External services” section below for the full disclosure (endpoints, what is sent, and when).
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin relies on the following third-party service operated by LOOS Inc. to generate featured images. Activating the plugin and saving a post on a target post type causes data to be sent to this service.
OG Image Maker API (and its CDN delivery host)
<ul>
<li>Endpoints:
<ul>
<li>API: https://loos.tools/ogimg-maker/api</li>
<li>Generated JPEG delivery (CDN): https://og-cdn.loos.tools/</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>What is sent:
<ul>
<li>To the API: the post title (as the <code>title</code> query parameter) and the API parameters configured on the plugin settings screen (e.g. <code>type</code>, <code>layout</code>, <code>mode</code>, <code>panel</code>, <code>frame</code>, <code>radii</code>, <code>pattern</code>, OKLCH <code>h</code> / <code>c</code> / <code>l</code>, and resolved <code>head</code> / <code>foot</code> text).</li>
<li>To the CDN: only the standard HTTP request to download the generated JPEG (no plugin-specific payload other than the URL path identifying the image).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>When data is sent: When WP-Cron processes a queued generation job for a target post. The plugin issues a HEAD request to the API to obtain a 302 redirect to a CDN URL, then downloads the generated JPEG from the CDN into the WordPress Media Library. Repeated requests for the same source hash are skipped.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://loos.tools/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://loos.tools/privacy/</li>
</ul>
If you do not wish to send data to this service, do not activate the plugin.

LOOS Featured Image Automator

Auto-generates a featured image from your post title via the OG Image Maker API, so every post is ready for social sharing without manual work.

Pixalia Image Assistant vs LOOS Featured Image Automator