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Auto-generate featured images, Open Graph images, and insert renders into posts from Orshot templates

This plugin is currently under review by the WordPress.org plugin team and not yet available in the plugin directory. This page will be updated once the plugin is published.

The Orshot WordPress plugin connects your WordPress site to Orshot so you can automatically generate featured images, Open Graph images, and embed renders directly in your posts — all from your Orshot templates.

WordPress Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/orshot

Installation#

In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New
Search for Orshot
Click Install Now, then Activate

Or upload manually:

Download the plugin zip from the WordPress plugin directory
Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
Upload the zip and activate

Connecting to Orshot#

Go to Settings > Orshot in your WordPress admin
Click Connect to Orshot
You'll be redirected to Orshot to authorize the connection (OAuth — no API keys needed)
After authorizing, you'll be redirected back to WordPress with the connection active

Auto Featured Images#

Automatically generate a featured image from an Orshot template every time you publish a post.

Go to Settings > Orshot
Under Auto Featured Image, check Auto-generate featured image on publish
Click Browse Templates and select the template you want to use
If the template has multiple pages, choose which page to render
Map template fields to WordPress post data — for example, map the template's title field to Post Title, excerpt to Post Excerpt, etc.
Under Post Types, select which post types should get auto-generated images
Click Save Changes

Now when you publish or update a post, the plugin sends the post data to Orshot, renders the template, and sets the result as the featured image.

You can also manually generate or regenerate the featured image from the Orshot Featured Image panel in the block editor sidebar.

Pre-generate an OG image for social sharing when a post is published, so platforms like Twitter/X, Facebook, and LinkedIn show a rich preview.

Go to Settings > Orshot
Under Open Graph / Social Image, check Auto-generate OG image on publish
Click Browse Templates and select a template (typically 1200×630)
Map template fields to post data, same as featured images
Click Save Changes

The plugin injects og:image and twitter:image meta tags in the page <head> for each post that has a generated OG image.

If your SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math, etc.) already outputs OG image tags, disable Orshot's OG image feature to avoid duplicate tags — or use the SEO plugin's filters to defer to Orshot's output.

Gutenberg Block#

Insert an Orshot Image block into any post or page to generate and embed an image inline.

In the block editor, add a new block and search for Orshot Image
Select a template from the dropdown
Click Generate Image
The rendered image is saved to your media library and embedded in the post

You can regenerate or change the template from the block's sidebar settings.

Upload Receiver (Storage Push)#

Orshot can push rendered files directly into your WordPress media library as a storage connection — useful for automation workflows.

Go to Settings > Orshot and copy the Upload Token
In your Orshot dashboard, go to Workspace > Settings > Storage
Add a WordPress connection and paste the upload token and your site URL

Rendered files from API requests or automations will be uploaded directly to your WordPress media library.

Field Mapping Reference#

When configuring auto featured images or OG images, you can map each template field to one of these WordPress post fields:

Post Field	Description
Post Title	The post's title
Post Excerpt	The excerpt (falls back to trimmed content)
Post Content (trimmed)	First 55 words of the post content
Category	The post's primary category name
Author Name	The post author's display name
Publish Date	The formatted publish date
Site Name	Your WordPress site name
Permalink	The post's full URL
Featured Image URL	URL of the existing featured image