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bgready – AI Background Remover for WooCommerce

bgready – AI Background Remover for WooCommerce

By codepower2026
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Description

bgready – AI Background Remover for WooCommerce is an AI cutout tool for product photography — it removes backgrounds from WooCommerce product images so you can publish clean cutouts, white or branded backdrops, and marketplace-ready canvases. It is not an image compression or “optimization” plugin: it does not resize/compress your media library to save disk space; it creates new cutout renders via bgready Studio AI.

  • Bulk and automatic background removal when you save a product (featured / gallery images)
  • White, transparent, or custom backgrounds plus marketplace-ready canvas (padding and output size)
  • Soft shadows and optional watermarks on the rendered result
  • Per-product overrides in the product meta box (Process / Reprocess / Restore); originals are always kept
  • Signed job webhooks deliver results without waiting for WP-Cron (polling is only a fallback)
  • WooCommerce Settings bgready: API key, defaults, live sample preview, catalogue reprocess
  • Bulk action on Products and Media Library; new attachments named <original>-nobg.png|jpg|webp
  • Respects API rate limits (429 Retry-After) and pauses on insufficient credits (402)

Requires a free or paid bgready account at bgready.com.

Operated by Codepower OÜ (Estonia). Reviewer / ownership contact: info@codepower.io.

External services

This plugin connects to the bgready service to remove backgrounds and render product images.

  • What is sent: product image files you choose to process, render options (background, canvas, watermark, output size/format), and (when you use Test connection / Report a problem) shop URL, WordPress/WooCommerce/plugin versions, and optional feedback text. A signed webhook URL for this site is registered so results can be delivered.
  • When: only after you save an API key and start a process / test / report action. No background telemetry or tracking.
  • Service: https://api.bgready.com/ (and the API base URL you configure)
  • Terms of Service: https://bgready.com/terms/
  • Privacy Policy: https://bgready.com/privacy/

Screenshots

WooCommerce → Settings → bgready — API key, connection test, and Studio AI defaults
WooCommerce Settings bgready — API key, connection test, and Studio AI defaults
Customisation defaults — background, canvas, shadow, format, and live sample preview
Customisation defaults — background, canvas, shadow, format, and live sample preview
Watermark options for free branding overlays
Watermark options for free branding overlays
Product meta box — process, reprocess, restore, before/after
Product meta box — process, reprocess, restore, before/after
Bulk action on the Products list
Bulk action on the Products list
Dismissible credit / queue notice when balance is low
Dismissible credit / queue notice when balance is low

Installation

  1. Install from Plugins Add New, or upload the bgready-background-remover folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin (WooCommerce 8+ must already be active).
  3. Open WooCommerce Settings bgready, paste your API key, and click Test connection (registers the signed callback).
  4. Optionally enable automatic processing and tune customisation defaults.
  5. Open a product and use the Background removal (bgready) meta box, or select products / media items and choose Remove background (bgready).

Upgrading from the private 1.5.x zip (bgremove-for-woocommerce): activate this plugin, then deactivate and delete the old one. Your API key and settings are kept (same bgremove_* options). The REST callback path stays /wp-json/bgremove/v1/callback.

FAQ

Are original images deleted?

No. Keep original is always on. Results are new Media Library attachments. Restore original switches the product slot back without deleting files.

Does preview cost credits?

Preview downloads are free (≤ ~500×500 px for square). Full-resolution output uses 1 credit per image.

What happens when I run out of credits?

The queue pauses and an admin notice links to the bgready pricing page. Resume after topping up.

Why did nothing change after I saved a new colour?

Existing products keep their old results until you reprocess. After saving settings, use Reprocess catalogue (or Reprocess on a product).

Does this plugin track my shop?

No. It only talks to bgready when you configure an API key and process images (or use Test connection / Report a problem). See External services above.

Who operates this plugin?

Codepower OÜ (Estonia). Ownership / reviewer contact: info@codepower.io.

I already installed the older “bgremove for WooCommerce” zip

Activate this plugin from WordPress.org (or this zip). Settings migrate automatically. Then remove the old plugin folder.

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“bgready – AI Background Remover for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.6.5

  • Fix: reliable webhook result delivery.

1.6.4

  • Fix: coding-standard warnings.

1.6.3

  • Fix: never activate or deactivate other plugins (legacy private zip must be removed manually).
  • Fix: admin notices limited to plugin/settings/product/media screens; 402 credit notice is dismissible per user.
  • Change: readme clarifies AI background removal / cutout (not image compression or optimization).

1.6.2

  • Fix: never auto-replace product images when Output is Preview (preview stays as an extra Media Library attachment only).
  • Change: new installs default Output to Full so catalogue photos stay high-resolution.

1.6.1

  • Fix: watermark position grid honours every cell (avoid-subject no longer teleports marks to top-left on full-bleed products — server + editor; shared with Shopify).
  • Fix: QA hardening for settings watermark panel, metabox overrides, and upgrade from 1.5.x.
  • Change: Author Codepower OÜ (https://codepower.io/); Plugin URI https://bgready.com/.
  • Maintenance: private zip and WordPress.org package rebuilt from the same 1.6.1 source.

1.6.0

  • Add: WordPress.org package slug bgready-background-remover with text domain match; settings migrate from 1.5.x.
  • Add: External services disclosure (Terms + Privacy) on settings and in readme.
  • Change: Plugin display name “bgready – AI Background Remover for WooCommerce”.
  • Change: WC tested up to 11.2; Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
  • Fix: Legacy API-base notice is dismissible.

1.5.2

  • Maintenance release of the private zip line.

1.5.1

  • Change: user-facing brand strings say bgready (plugin folder/slug unchanged for updates).

1.5.0

  • Change: default API base URL is https://api.bgready.com/api/v1 (legacy host still works).
  • Add: settings notice with one-click “Switch to api.bgready.com” when the legacy base is configured.
  • Change: pricing / docs links point at bgready.com.

1.4.1

  • Add: bgready preset dropdown — send a named render preset via preset id.

1.4.0

  • Add: Stock background picker (curated gallery via API).

1.3.0

  • Add: Watermark settings (none / preset / custom) with position grid, opacity, size, margin, rotation, and tile.

1.2.1

  • Fix: callback URL for plain permalinks; webhook test hardening; catalogue progress counts.

1.2.0

  • Add: signed job webhook callback; catalogue reprocess; live sample preview improvements.

1.1.0

  • Add: automatic processing and customisation defaults.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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