WordPress.com rolls out AI Assistant to edit sites, generate images with natural language prompts

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more | TechCrunch

WordPress.com, the website hosting platform from Automattic, will now include a built-in WordPress AI assistant, the company announced on Tuesday. The feature is designed to work inside the website to understand its content and layout, allowing site owners to make changes with natural language commands. With the new tool, you can adjust the site's layout, its style, or other patterns by issuing commands to the AI assistant, and then see the changes reflected on the site as you work. These instructions don't have to be precisely tailored prompts, either, the company notes. Instead, you can use more general language, like "make this section feel more modern or spacious," "change my site's colors to be brighter and bolder," or "give me more font options that feel clean and professional." You can also direct the AI to add or adjust your layout, instructing it to do things like "add a contact page," or "add a testimonials section below this section." However, the company notes that its adjustments work with block themes, not classic ones. If you're using the latter, the assistant won't appear in the editor. The WordPress AI assistant can update the site's content, as well, like asking it to rewrite your bio to sound more confident, or translating a section into another language. The AI can also function like an editor, offering headline suggestions, fact checks, and other grammar and editing suggestions. This aspect is available through the block notes editor that arrived in WordPress 6.9, where you're able to collaborate with teammates in the editor. Now, you can pull the AI into that workflow by typing @ai followed by your requests. The AI will provide its answers here, including relevant links and other information where it cites external sources. Meanwhile, for help with visuals, the assistant leverages Google Gemini's Nano Banana AI models, which can be used to either make new images or edit existing ones. With the AI helper, available as a new "Generate Image" button in the Media Library, you can specify image requirements like aspect ratios or dictate image styles. The company notes the WordPress AI Assistant is an opt-in feature users can enable if they choose. To do so, they will need to visit their Sites list once logged in, click their site name, and then Settings. Under settings, they'll scroll down to "AI tools" and toggle the "Enable AI assistant" setting on. Customers who purchase a website with the AI website builder will have the assistant enabled automatically.

WordPress' new AI assistant will let users edit their sites with prompts

Starting on Tuesday, WordPress users can edit their websites using the new AI assistant built into the platform's site editor and media library, TechCrunch reports. The AI has a sidebar in the WordPress site editor where users can ask it to edit and translate text, generate and edit images using Google's Nano Banana, and make adjustments to their sites like creating new pages or changing fonts. Users can also interact with the AI through the new block notes feature WordPress added in its 6.9 update in December, which allows users to leave comments in the site editor. By tagging the AI assistant with "@ai" in block notes, users can give it prompts like asking it to edit a specific block of text or suggest a headline. To try out the AI assistant, users have to manually enable it by going into their site's settings and toggling on "AI tools." Sites that were made with the AI website builder WordPress launched last year will have AI tools enabled by default.

WordPress adds an AI assistant

Web designers of the world: The Automattic-owned WordPress.com is further embracing AI on its platform. On Tuesday, it expanded its one-off AI site builder into a persistent AI assistant for editing and media creation. In the site editor, the AI assistant can help with site-wide structure and design choices. For example, you can ask the chatbot to "give me more font options that feel clean and professional or "change my site colors to be brighter and bolder." It also includes image generation and writing assistance, such as "rewrite this to sound more confident." (Who needs learning when you have automation!) The assistant can also now be integrated into your site's media library. It can generate new images or make prompted edits to your existing ones. Examples include "update this image to be black and white" or "replace this stack of pancakes with waffles." (Just don't fake that if your business sells breakfast food, okay?) WordPress says the assistant understands your website's look and brand and can tailor the media accordingly. WordPress also added the AI assistant to the platform's team chat, Block Notes. You can summon the chatbot from within your team chat threads. The tool is available for WordPress.com's Business or Commerce plans. (Or, if you made your site using the AI builder, it's enabled by default, no matter which plan you use.) The feature works best with the platform's block themes; it's much more limited with classic ones. You'll find the toggle to activate the AI assistant in your site settings under the "AI tools" section.

WordPress has a new AI assistant to help you build your dream website

Nano Banana image generation and editing is integrated with the media library Set against a background of other AI-powered website builders, WordPress.com has launched its own AI Assistant, and it covers more than just generating copy. The company explains its new assistant will be able to understand a site's content and layout, therefore users can make more complex changes with simple natural language prompts. "No copy-pasting, no prompt engineering, and no code to figure out what to do with," Head of AI Ronnie Burt wrote in a blog post. WordPress.com highlighted three key areas where its AI Assistant can help: creating and editing content with context, generating and tweaking images, and colleague-style collaboration. Some of the changes handled include adjusting layouts, styles, colors, fonts and page structure, as well as other copy-related tasks like generating and translating text. On the page editor front, WordPress.com shows examples of the AI Assistant making changes based on pretty loose, unspecific commands, such as 'Make this section feel more modern and spacious'. Besides generating text, AI Assistant can also generate and edit images using Google's Nano Banana models directly within the media library without having to use third-party platforms. Burt also pointed to the new block notes editor that launched with WordPress 6.9, which provides colleagues with a space to collaborate and share comments. Unsurprisingly, the AI Assistant also plays a role here, where it can do things like fact-check or make edit suggestions. WordPress AI Assistant is now generally available, but users must opt in via Sites > Settings > AI tools. Sites already built using the AI website builder option will have AI Assistant enabled by default.

WordPress.com launches built-in AI assistant for site design

WordPress.com, the website hosting platform from Automattic, has introduced a built-in AI assistant. This feature was announced on Tuesday. The AI assistant integrates with the website's content and layout, allowing site owners to implement changes using natural language commands. Users can instruct the AI to adjust site layout, style, or patterns. Changes will appear on the site as commands are given. The AI assistant can process general language commands, such as "make this section feel more modern or spacious," "change my site's colors to be brighter and bolder," or "give me more font options that feel clean and professional." It can manage layout additions and adjustments, including creating a contact page or adding a testimonials section below an existing one. This functionality is compatible with block themes. The assistant does not appear in the editor for classic themes. Content updates are also possible, such as rewriting a bio to sound more confident or translating a section into another language. The AI acts as an editor, providing headline suggestions, fact checks, and grammar and editing recommendations. This feature is accessible through the block notes editor introduced in WordPress 6.9, which supports team collaboration. Users can invoke the AI by typing @ai followed by their requests. The AI delivers its responses within the block notes, including relevant links and information from external sources. For visual assistance, the assistant utilizes Google Gemini's Nano Banana AI models. These models can create new images or modify existing ones. A new "Generate Image" button in the Media Library allows users to specify image requirements like aspect ratios or image styles. The WordPress AI Assistant is an opt-in feature. Users can enable it by logging into their Sites list, clicking their site name, and navigating to Settings. Under "AI tools" in Settings, they can toggle on "Enable AI assistant." Customers who buy a website using the AI website builder will have the assistant automatically enabled.