Disabling AI in WordPress 7.0

Reposted How to disable WordPress 7.0’s new AI features by Rodrigo Ghedin (manualdousuario.net) If you don’t see the value in or are wary of an infusion of generative AI on your website, blog, or online store (a plausible concern, I must say), fortunately there’s a way to disable all this new AI stuff. If you have access to the wp-config.php file, add this line: define( 'WP_AI_SUPPORT', false ); This site is (as of the publication of this post) on WordPress 7.0. I became aware that WordPress added some AI features through articles and blog posts instead of the WordPress admin area. The fact that I did not notice on my own is probably a good sign. In any event, Rodrigo Ghedin published a useful blog post describing two methods to disable the new AI features (or anti-features?) in WordPress 7. Because I have access to wp-config.php, I added the following to my file: define( 'WP_AI_SUPPORT', false ); For WordPress admits who do not have access to wp-config.php or do not want to fiddle…