Getting Started

1. Get an API key from OpenAI or Anthropic. 2. Paste the key into the plugin settings. 3. Pick a provider, model, tone, and language. 4. Choose suggestion mode (recommended) or auto mode. 5. Enable the plugin and save.

What you'll do (5 minutes)

  1. Get an API key from OpenAI or Anthropic.
  2. Paste the key into the plugin settings.
  3. Pick a provider, model, tone, and language.
  4. Choose suggestion mode (recommended) or auto mode.
  5. Enable the plugin and save.

Step 1 — Get an API key

Pick one provider. You can switch later.

OpenAI

  1. Go to https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.
  2. Sign in or create an account.
  3. Click Create new secret key.
  4. Give it a name (e.g. "ReplyMind on mysite.com") and click Create.
  5. Copy the key — it starts with sk-. You won't see it again after this dialog closes.

Anthropic Claude

  1. Go to https://console.anthropic.com/account/api-keys.
  2. Sign in or create an account.
  3. Click Create Key.
  4. Give it a name and click Create.
  5. Copy the key — it starts with sk-ant-.

Step 2 — Open the plugin settings

In your WordPress admin, go to Settings → ReplyMind. After activation you may already be on this page.

Step 3 — Paste your API key

In the API Key field, paste the key you copied. Click Save Changes at the bottom.

The field shows Saved — leave blank to keep the current key after saving. The key is never rendered back into the page DOM. To replace it, paste a new key. To remove it, click the Remove key button next to the field.

Step 4 — Pick a provider and model

AI Provider dropdown:

  • OpenAI — for keys starting with sk-.
  • Anthropic Claude — for keys starting with sk-ant-.

Model dropdown — only models matching the selected provider are shown:

If you picked OpenAI If you picked Anthropic
gpt-4o-mini (recommended for cost) claude-haiku-4-5 (fastest & cheapest)
gpt-3.5-turbo claude-sonnet-4-6 (recommended balance)
gpt-4o claude-opus-4-6 (most powerful)
gpt-4-turbo
gpt-4 (most powerful, most expensive)

For most blogs, GPT-4o Mini or Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the right balance of quality and cost.

Step 5 — Pick a reply mode

Reply Mode:

  • Suggestion Mode (default, recommended) — Every reply is saved as a draft. You review it on the Comments screen, edit if needed, and publish in one click.
  • Auto Reply Mode — Replies are posted automatically as soon as a new comment is approved. Use only after you trust the reply quality and have an editorial fallback (e.g. moderation queue).

Step 6 — Pick a tone, length, and language

  • Reply Tone — Professional (default), Friendly, Casual, Empathetic, Formal.
  • Response Length — Short (2–3 sentences, default), Medium, Detailed.
  • Reply Language — Auto-detect (default), or fix to English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, or Chinese.

Step 7 — (Optional) Customise the system prompt

The System Prompt field is included with every AI generation. The default is:

A more brand-specific prompt usually produces better results:

Step 8 — Enable the plugin

Tick Enable Plugin and click Save Changes.

That's it. The next time a new comment is approved on your site, the plugin will:

  1. Schedule a background job (within ~10 seconds, depending on your site's WP-Cron setup).
  2. Generate a reply using your configured provider.
  3. Save it as a draft (suggestion mode) or post it (auto mode).

Test it

To verify the setup works:

  1. Go to any post with an existing approved comment.
  2. Hover the comment row in Comments (or the post's comment list).
  3. Click Generate AI Reply in the row actions.
  4. The page reloads with a success notice and the AI Reply column shows Draft Ready (suggestion mode) or Published (auto mode).
  5. In suggestion mode, click Edit & Publish to review the draft, edit it, and post it.

Next step

→ Daily workflow — how to handle drafts as new comments come in.

Troubleshooting

If something didn't work, check: