What to Look for in a WordPress Summary Plugin
When you want to automatically generate summaries of your WordPress blog content using AI, several plugins can help. Below are five plugins that use artificial intelligence to summarize posts. For each plugin, we’ll see if these 2 critical features are included:
- Automated Post Processing
- Bulk Post Processing
1. Nuclear Engagement (Top Pick)
Description
Nuclear Engagement is a WordPress plugin focused on boosting reader engagement by adding AI-generated summaries (and even quizzes) to your blog posts. It integrates seamlessly into WordPress and can process content site-wide.
Automated Post Processing
The plugin automatically generates a summary for each blog post without manual effort once installed. In other words, it enriches every post with an AI summary after a quick setup.
Bulk Post Processing
It uniquely supports one-click bulk generation of summaries for all existing posts, touted as “the fastest way to upgrade all your WordPress blog posts … in one run.” This allows you to update your entire archive at once.
2. SummarAIze – Key Takeaways with AI
Description
SummarAIze extracts the main points of an article by generating five key takeaways for each post using AI. It works with models such as OpenAI GPT or Google Gemini.
Automated Post Processing
It automatically identifies and lists the top 5 takeaways from your content using AI algorithms. After providing an API key, the plugin creates the summary points for each post.
Bulk Post Processing
Summaries are generated on a per-post basis. You can configure where the summary appears (e.g., via shortcode or automatically in the post), but there is no option to update all past posts in one single action.
3. Text Summarizer (by TopTech News)
Description
Text Summarizer uses the TextSummarizer.io API to create concise summaries of your posts. It provides a tool in the WordPress dashboard and post editor for easy summary generation.
Automated Post Processing
It offers an “Auto-generate summary” function with one click per post. A sidebar widget in the post edit screen inserts the summary with a single click, saving time versus writing excerpts manually.
Bulk Post Processing
Each post’s summary is created individually. There is no option to summarize all existing posts in one run.
4. AWPS – Summarize Posts With AI
Description
AWPS (Automatic WP Posts Summarizer) uses the MeaningCloud AI service to generate summaries and can automatically insert an AI-generated summary into your posts, either globally or selectively.
Automated Post Processing
Once you connect your MeaningCloud API key, the plugin creates a summary snippet for each new post. You can add it via shortcode or have it displayed automatically.
Bulk Post Processing
There isn’t a dedicated bulk summarize function. Although you can enable the summary on all posts, the plugin processes each post individually behind the scenes.
5. AI Summarizer (by SoBold)
Description
AI Summarizer leverages AWS Bedrock (Amazon’s AI service) to create summaries of your WordPress posts. It integrates with the WordPress REST API and supports custom post types and editors.
Automated Post Processing
After configuring your AWS credentials, the plugin automatically generates a concise summary for your posts using AI models from Bedrock. You can choose which post types to summarize.
Bulk Post Processing
It does not offer a bulk processing feature. Summaries are generated on a per-post basis, so there is no single-click solution to retroactively summarize all existing posts at once.
Conclusion
Nuclear Engagement stands out as the only solution that allows you to upgrade all blog posts with AI-generated summaries in one run. Other plugins automate summary creation but require per-post actions or process posts individually. For swift, bulk updates across your entire blog archive, Nuclear Engagement offers a significant time-saving advantage.