Title: Zactonz AI Connector for Groq
Author: Zactonz Technologies
Published: <strong>September 30, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 30, 2026

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# Zactonz AI Connector for Groq

 By [Zactonz Technologies](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zactonz/)

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## Description

This plugin by [Zactonz Technologies](https://zactonz.com/) adds [Groq](https://groq.com/)
as an AI provider for the WordPress AI Client. It is built for the WordPress **Settings
> Connectors** 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.

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.

**Disclaimer:** 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.

**Features:**

 * Text generation with every Groq chat model your credentials can reach
 * Automatic model discovery, taking each model’s capabilities from the provider’s
   own catalogue wherever it publishes them
 * Separate default model per capability, or automatic selection by the WordPress
   AI Client
 * Vision input on models that accept images
 * Tool calling on models that report function support
 * Structured output with a JSON schema on models that support it
 * Reasoning effort control for the default text model
 * Cancellable server-sent event streaming for content, reasoning, and tool-call
   chunks
 * A configurable request timeout for text generation
 * API key supplied by a PHP constant or an environment variable instead of the 
   database
 * An API base URL override for a proxy or a private gateway
 * Redacted diagnostics and a WordPress Site Health connectivity test

**Requirements:**

 * PHP 7.4 or higher
 * WordPress 7.0 or higher
 * A Groq account and API key

### External services

This plugin sends requests to Groq, a third-party service, and does nothing without
it. Requests go to the Groq API at `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1`, or to the API
base URL you set in the connector settings.

**What is sent and when:** 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.

**Service provider:** Groq ([terms of service](https://groq.com/terms-of-use), [privacy policy](https://groq.com/privacy-policy)).

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/zactonz-ai-connector-for-groq/`,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Settings > Connectors** and add your Groq API key.
 4. Go to **Settings > Groq** to review the discovered models and choose a default 
    model per capability.

## FAQ

### Where do I get an API key?

Create one on the Groq dashboard: https://console.groq.com/keys

### Can I keep the key out of the database?

Yes. Define `GROQ_API_KEY` in `wp-config.php`, 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.

### Which models will I see?

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.

### Does this replace the connectors in WordPress core?

No. WordPress core ships its own connectors. This plugin adds Groq alongside them,
and you can keep several connectors active at once and pick a default model per 
capability.

### Is my key ever displayed or logged?

No. The key is stored in its own option, is never rendered back into the settings
screen, and is excluded from the diagnostics report and from Site Health debug information.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Zactonz AI Connector for Groq” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Zactonz Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zactonz/)

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.
 * Streams text responses token by token through the WordPress HTTP API, aggregating
   content, reasoning, tool calls, and usage.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[ai client](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai-client/)
   [connector](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/connector/)[groq](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/groq/)
   [LLM](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llm/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Zactonz Technologies ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zactonz/)

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