{"id":377918,"date":"2026-09-30T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T04:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:59:41","slug":"zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/","author":18330764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.1.2","requires":"7.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Zactonz AI Connector for Groq","header_author":"Zactonz Technologies","header_description":"Adds a Groq connector to Settings > Connectors for the WordPress AI Client, for very low latency inference.","assets_banners_color":"fee7df","last_updated":"2026-09-30 04:59:41","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/developers.zactonz.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/zactonz.com\/","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":69,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"zactonz","date":"2026-09-30 04:59:41","revision":3720324}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3720324,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3720324,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256},"icon.svg":{"filename":"icon.svg","revision":3720324,"resolution":false,"location":"assets","locale":false}},"assets_banners":{"banner-1544x500.png":{"filename":"banner-1544x500.png","revision":3720324,"resolution":"1544x500","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":500},"banner-772x250.png":{"filename":"banner-772x250.png","revision":3720324,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":"","width":772,"height":250}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[2353,259736,25308,239442,226124],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[192021],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-377918","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-ai","plugin_tags-ai-client","plugin_tags-connector","plugin_tags-groq","plugin_tags-llm","plugin_contributors-zactonz","plugin_committers-zactonz"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=3720324","banner_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/assets\/banner-1544x500.png?rev=3720324","banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/assets\/icon.svg?rev=3720324","icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/assets\/icon.svg?rev=3720324","icon_2x":false,"generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>This plugin by <a href=\"https:\/\/zactonz.com\/\">Zactonz Technologies<\/a> adds <a href=\"https:\/\/groq.com\/\">Groq<\/a> as an AI provider for the WordPress AI Client. It is built for the WordPress <strong>Settings &gt; Connectors<\/strong> screen and for the plugin directory connector search, so a site owner who needs Groq can find it, install it, paste a key, and have every AI feature in WordPress start using it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Groq runs open models on its own LPU hardware and is built around one thing: speed. This connector makes GroqCloud a first-class WordPress AI provider, discovering every model on your account together with its context window, and keeping the request timeout short because Groq rarely needs a long one.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> this connector is developed by Zactonz Technologies and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Groq. Groq and GroqCloud are trademarks of Groq, Inc.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Text generation with every Groq chat model your credentials can reach<\/li>\n<li>Automatic model discovery, taking each model's capabilities from the provider's own catalogue wherever it publishes them<\/li>\n<li>Separate default model per capability, or automatic selection by the WordPress AI Client<\/li>\n<li>Vision input on models that accept images<\/li>\n<li>Tool calling on models that report function support<\/li>\n<li>Structured output with a JSON schema on models that support it<\/li>\n<li>Reasoning effort control for the default text model<\/li>\n<li>Cancellable server-sent event streaming for content, reasoning, and tool-call chunks<\/li>\n<li>A configurable request timeout for text generation<\/li>\n<li>API key supplied by a PHP constant or an environment variable instead of the database<\/li>\n<li>An API base URL override for a proxy or a private gateway<\/li>\n<li>Redacted diagnostics and a WordPress Site Health connectivity test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>PHP 7.4 or higher<\/li>\n<li>WordPress 7.0 or higher<\/li>\n<li>A Groq account and API key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin sends requests to Groq, a third-party service, and does nothing without it. Requests go to the Groq API at <code>https:\/\/api.groq.com\/openai\/v1<\/code>, or to the API base URL you set in the connector settings.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What is sent and when:<\/strong> the API key you configure, and the prompts, images, tool definitions and generation settings that a WordPress AI feature passes to the AI Client, each time such a feature runs a request through this connector. The connector also requests the model catalogue when its settings screen loads, when a WordPress AI feature asks which models are available, and when you run diagnostics or the Site Health test. No other data is sent.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Service provider:<\/strong> Groq (<a href=\"https:\/\/groq.com\/terms-of-use\">terms of service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/groq.com\/privacy-policy\">privacy policy<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin files to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq\/<\/code>, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Connectors<\/strong> and add your Groq API key.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Groq<\/strong> to review the discovered models and choose a default model per capability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20i%20get%20an%20api%20key%3F\"><h3>Where do I get an API key?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Create one on the Groq dashboard: https:\/\/console.groq.com\/keys<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20keep%20the%20key%20out%20of%20the%20database%3F\"><h3>Can I keep the key out of the database?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Define <code>GROQ_API_KEY<\/code> in <code>wp-config.php<\/code>, or set an environment variable of the same name. When either is present the connector uses it, the settings field is disabled, and nothing is written to the database.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20models%20will%20i%20see%3F\"><h3>Which models will I see?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Models are listed from your GroqCloud account. The connector reads the capabilities the provider reports for each model, so a model only appears as vision, tool-calling, structured-output, or embedding capable when Groq says it is.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20replace%20the%20connectors%20in%20wordpress%20core%3F\"><h3>Does this replace the connectors in WordPress core?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. WordPress core ships its own connectors. 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