LodgeWP is designed and built by people: every layout, module and detail of the theme. The AI is there to make the next part easier: filling it with your own content, from texts and accommodation descriptions to SEO and photo descriptions.
LodgeWP AI is included with your LodgeWP license: the setup wizard and the AI buttons work without an AI account or API key. Each website has a yearly AI allowance; you see how much is used in Lodge WP Settings → AI.
What you need
- An active LodgeWP license, activated on this website (Lodge WP Settings → License & updates).
- A website reachable from the internet over https: LodgeWP AI checks that the request comes from your website by calling it back. Websites on a local computer, behind a password or on http only can’t use it; use your own AI provider there.
The first time you use AI, your website connects to LodgeWP AI automatically. Nothing to set up.
Your yearly allowance
- Every website on your license has its own allowance, and it starts again each year on your subscription’s renewal date.
- Lodge WP Settings → AI → Status shows the percentage used and the renewal date. A warning appears at 80% and at 95%.
- The AI logo ideas in the setup wizard have their own limit: 3 logo runs a year, each with three ideas.
- When the allowance is used up, the AI stops until it renews. Your texts stay as they are. To keep using AI before then, choose My own AI provider as the AI source.
The allowance is generous for normal use: creating a complete website with the setup wizard uses a small part of it, and so do months of writing with the AI buttons.
What is sent
To write a text, your website sends LodgeWP AI the instructions for that text, what you entered about your property and accommodations, and the photo when one is analysed. LodgeWP AI passes the request to its AI provider and returns the answer.
- LodgeWP AI doesn’t store your texts or photos. It records the kind of request, its size and its cost, to count your allowance.
- Each answer is kept for 15 minutes, so your website can fetch it again if the connection drops, and is then deleted.
- No booking or guest details are sent: the theme’s AI features don’t read your bookings.
If it doesn’t work
- Needs an active license or LodgeWP AI needs an active LodgeWP license: activate or renew your license in Lodge WP Settings → License & updates.
- This website is not activated for your license yet: click on Save & Activate License in License & updates, so this website is registered, then try again.
- LodgeWP AI could not reach this website to confirm it: your website must be public and served over https. A maintenance mode or security plugin can also block the check.
- This website can’t use the AI included with LodgeWP: the website’s address isn’t accepted (for example a local or test address). Use your own AI provider instead.
- LodgeWP AI is temporarily unavailable: try again in a few minutes.
You can always use your own AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic or Google) instead: connect it in Settings → Connectors and choose it in Lodge WP Settings → AI. It needs WordPress 7.0 or newer, and the provider charges your own account.
