Frequently asked questions

- GPT-4o Mini: ~$0.0001 per reply (≈ $1 per 10,000 replies) - Claude Sonnet 4.6: ~$0.003 per reply - GPT-4o or Claude Opus: ~$0.015–0.025 per reply

Costs

How much does this cost to run? The plugin itself is free. The only cost is what you pay your AI provider per reply:

  • GPT-4o Mini: ~$0.0001 per reply (≈ $1 per 10,000 replies)
  • Claude Sonnet 4.6: ~$0.003 per reply
  • GPT-4o or Claude Opus: ~$0.015–0.025 per reply

Most blogs spend under $5/month. Use the replymind_daily_limit filter for a hard cap. Default cap is 100 replies/day.

Are there ongoing fees from ReplyMind? No. Free is free, no markup, no recurring fees. AI usage is billed directly by OpenAI or Anthropic.

How it works

Will visitors know the reply was AI-generated? Not unless you tell them. Replies are posted as the post author, with their display name and avatar — same as if you wrote it yourself. Some authors disclose AI use in their site's privacy policy or in a footer note.

Will this break my existing comments? No. The plugin only adds new replies as child comments. It never edits or deletes existing comments.

Does it work with my caching plugin / theme? It only runs in the WordPress admin and via WP-Cron. It doesn't add anything to your public site, so caching plugins don't interfere with it. Compatible with any theme.

Can editors and authors use it, or only admins? Anyone with the edit_comment capability (administrators and editors by default) can generate, edit, and publish AI replies. Only administrators can change settings or run batch operations.

What happens if my API key is compromised? Rotate the key on your provider's dashboard. The plugin's "Remove key" button wipes it from the database in one click. The plugin stops calling the API immediately.

Are streaming responses supported? No. The reply appears once the full generation completes. With Short length and gpt-4o-mini or claude-haiku-4-5, this typically takes 1–3 seconds.

What if the AI generates an inappropriate reply? Suggestion mode is the default for this reason — every draft is reviewed before posting. You can also use the replymind_send_comment_data filter to skip specific comments entirely.

Privacy / GDPR

Is comment data sent to OpenAI / Anthropic? Yes — the comment text, post title, and a 40-word post excerpt are sent to the provider you configure. The plugin sends data only at generation time. Nothing is sent to ReplyMind's servers.

Is the plugin GDPR-compliant? The plugin includes WordPress's standard privacy data exporter and eraser, registers a privacy notice in the Privacy Policy guide, and lets you exclude specific comments from being sent to the AI via the replymind_send_comment_data filter.

You're still responsible for:

  1. Disclosing AI use in your privacy policy.
  2. Verifying that your AI provider's data-handling matches your compliance requirements.

Can I block specific comments from being sent to the AI? Yes. Use the developer filter:

add_filter( 'replymind_send_comment_data', function ( $allow, $comment ) {
    if ( /* your condition */ ) {
        return false;
    }
    return $allow;
}, 10, 2 );

Drop into your theme's functions.php or a custom plugin.

Operations

Why is generation slow / not happening? The plugin uses WP-Cron, which runs on page visits by default. On low-traffic sites, drafts can lag. Set up a real cron hitting wp-cron.php every 5 minutes — most hosts have a one-click toggle.

Can I use a self-hosted LLM (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.)? No. The plugin only calls OpenAI's and Anthropic's official endpoints.

Can I customize what the AI knows about my brand? Yes — the System Prompt field is a free-form text area. Anything you write there is included with every generation. Common pattern:

Can I run it on more than one site? Yes. The plugin is GPL-licensed; install it on as many sites as you want. Each site uses its own API key.

Multilingual sites — do I need anything special? No. Set the Reply Language option to Auto-detect and the plugin matches the commenter's language. Or fix the reply language to one of the 10 supported codes.

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