AI Provider for Azure AI Foundry vs Machete

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 Azure AI Foundry Model Inference API. Features AI Client integration — usable via wp_ai_client_prompt() and the Settings → Connectors page. OpenAI-compatible — uses the Azure AI Foundry /chat/completions endpoint. Capability detection — auto-detects deployed models and capabilities (text generation, chat history, image generation, embeddings, text-to-speech) by probing the Azure endpoint. Multiple endpoint types — supports Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, and Cognitive Services endpoints. Auto-detection — discovers all deployed models via POST-based probing. No manual model name or API version configuration needed. Custom authentication — sends the api-key header required by Azure. Endpoint validation — validates Azure endpoint URLs with inline error messages. Environment variable fallback — every setting can be overridden via environment variables or wp-config.php constants. Connectors page UI — custom connector with fields for API key and endpoint URL. Detected deployments and capabilities displayed as read-only chips. Requirements WordPress 7.0 or later PHP 8.3+ An Azure AI Foundry resource with a deployed model Documentation Building an AI Provider Plugin for WordPress 7, a deep-dive into provider registration, settings, authentication, and the Connectors page UI.

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.