AI Provider for MiniMax

This plugin provides MiniMax integration for the WordPress AI Client. It enables WordPress sites to use MiniMax’s high-performance large language models for text generation, content creation, and other AI capabilities through an OpenAI-compatible API.

This plugin is an independent, third-party integration and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MiniMax.

Why MiniMax?

MiniMax is an AI company known for its high-performance, cost-effective language models. The MiniMax M2 series delivers frontier-level text generation quality — competitive with top models from OpenAI and Anthropic — while offering attractive pricing for high-volume WordPress use cases.

MiniMax models are particularly strong at:

• Long-context tasks — handling large documents, long conversations, and extended content generation
• Instruction following — precise, structured output generation suitable for automated pipelines
• Multilingual content — strong performance in English, Chinese, and other languages
• Creative writing — rich, nuanced prose generation for blogs, marketing copy, and storytelling

Features

• MiniMax M2 and M1 series models — including Highspeed variants optimised for faster responses
• Automatic model discovery — live model list fetched from the MiniMax API and cached hourly; falls back to a hardcoded list when offline
• Full parameter control — temperature, max tokens, top P, presence penalty, frequency penalty, stop sequences, system instruction, and function declarations
• Settings page — configure default model and generation parameters without touching code
• API key via Connectors — enter your key once in Settings > Connectors; all AI-enabled plugins share it automatically
• Environment variable support — MINIMAX_API_KEY for server-level configuration, bypassing the database entirely
• OpenAI-compatible API — uses the standard OpenAI API protocol for broad compatibility
• Highspeed variants — M2.7 Highspeed, M2.5 Highspeed, and M2.1 Highspeed for latency-sensitive applications

What Can You Do With AI in WordPress?

Once this provider is configured, any WordPress plugin or theme that integrates with the WordPress AI Client can use it:

• Block editor (Gutenberg) — AI writing assistance, rephrasing, summarising, and expanding content
• WooCommerce — generate product descriptions, SEO meta titles, customer review summaries, and category descriptions
• SEO plugins — generate meta descriptions, focus keyphrases, and Open Graph content
• Customer support — power AI chatbots and automate FAQ responses
• Translation and localisation — translate and adapt content for English, Chinese, and other markets
• Content marketing — generate blog post drafts, social media copy, and email newsletters
• Image alt text — generate accessible alt attributes for media library images

Supported Models

When an API key is configured, the live model list is fetched from the MiniMax API. The built-in fallback list includes:

• MiniMax-M2.7 — latest generation, highest capability
• MiniMax-M2.7 Highspeed — M2.7 performance at lower latency
• MiniMax-M2.5 — balanced performance and cost
• MiniMax-M2.5 Highspeed — M2.5 with faster response times
• MiniMax-M2.1 — cost-effective mid-tier model
• MiniMax-M2.1 Highspeed — M2.1 with reduced latency
• MiniMax-M2 — previous generation, widely supported
• MiniMax-M1 — foundation model
• MiniMax-Text-01 — specialised text generation model

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• WordPress 7.0 or higher
• A MiniMax account and API key

How the WordPress AI Provider System Works

WordPress 7.0 introduced a built-in AI Client SDK. Plugins and themes call a standard API (e.g. « generate text from this prompt ») without knowing which AI provider is active. Provider plugins like this one register themselves with WordPress and handle the actual API calls.

This means:

1. Install this plugin → MiniMax is registered as an AI provider
2. Enter your API key in Settings > Connectors
3. Every AI-enabled plugin on your site can now use MiniMax automatically

You can also install multiple provider plugins and switch between them from the Connectors screen — no re-configuration of individual plugins needed.

Settings

Go to Settings > MiniMax to configure:

• Default Model — the model used when no explicit model is requested by a plugin
• Temperature — controls output randomness (0.0–2.0, default 0.7)
• Max Tokens — maximum tokens in the response (1–200,000, default 4096)
• Top P — nucleus sampling threshold (0.0–1.0, default 1.0)
• Presence Penalty — penalises repeated topics (-2.0–2.0, default 0.0)
• Frequency Penalty — penalises repeated tokens (-2.0–2.0, default 0.0)

For Developers

This plugin follows the official WordPress AI Provider pattern and is fully compatible with any plugin built on the WordPress AI Client SDK.

Supported SupportedOptions: temperature, maxTokens, topP, presencePenalty, frequencyPenalty, stopSequences, systemInstruction, functionDeclarations

Provider ID: minimax

Base URL: https://api.minimax.io/v1

API key resolution order: 1. MINIMAX_API_KEY environment variable 2. WordPress option connectors_ai_minimax_api_key (Settings > Connectors) 3. WordPress option wp_ai_client_credentials['minimax']['api_key'] (legacy)

External Services

This plugin connects to the MiniMax API (https://api.minimax.io/v1) to:

1. Retrieve the list of available AI models (cached for 1 hour via WordPress transients)
2. Send text generation requests using your configured model

Service: MiniMax API endpoint: https://api.minimax.io/v1 When data is sent: When generating AI text or refreshing the model list Data sent: Your API key (via Authorization header) and the text prompt/conversation Terms of Service: platform.minimax.io/protocol/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: platform.minimax.io/protocol/privacy-policy

No data is sent to the MiniMax API until you enter an API key and a WordPress feature triggers a text generation request.