Well, AI seems to have taken over the world and is steadily making its way into WordPress! While the most popular CMS enjoys the Numero Uno status across the globe, AI developers have also come up with powerful tools that enhance the experience of this CMS. Jetpack AI Assistant offers services similar to ChatGPT like writing blogs, headlines, and all kinds of text creation. While they claim that it is one of the most powerful WP tools at the moment, let us give you a practical, honest review of it. A point to note here is that it is available for all WordPress.com users however, it can be injected into self-hosted WP sites through the Jetpack plugin. Let us dig deeper into all the aspects of the tool so that you can check if it is useful for your website or not. Read on for details!
What is Jetpack AI Assistant in WordPress?
As the name suggests, the Jetpack AI Assistant offers a pack of services at jet speed. The services involve all kinds and formats of content writing to build ready-to-publish content at lightning speed. The tool easily fits into the WordPress Editor to build intuitive content with forms, tables, and tone and even translates it to the language of your choice. This also means that you can create content for your website with your expected tone and that too optimized within the WordPress Editor.
WordPress.com unveiled this tool on 6th June 2023 with a high expectation of creating and improving content creation. Technically speaking, it is offered for free to all WordPress.com plans with a current limit of 20 prompts per month. For self-hosted sites, the customers need to pay $12/month along with installing the Jetpack plugin. As of now, the tool is offered for free to gather feedback and reviews. However, it is expected to get a price label soon for its current and future functionalities.
What Can You Do with Jetpack AI in Your WordPress?
Let us give you a brief account of the prominent features of Jetpack AI Assistant. You must know what facilities it can provide once integrated with your website. Here are the most revered features:
1. The Prompt Block for instant content creation
The plugin offers an excellent feature called prompt block which can be easily inserted into the WordPress Editor through a ‘+’ sign in the upper left corner of the editor, the ‘Add block’ button in the area where you edit content or even do so through the slash command. Similar to ChatGPT, it will create content on the subject you want. You can add tables, headings, lists etc by browsing other features of the block.
When you click on ‘Write with AI…’ the prompt offers all possible options like Post, Informative article, Step-by-step tutorial and Motivational Post. Once you select any of this, it will be pre-filled in the prompt line and then you can add the topic for content creation. Once the content is curated, you can even have the option of choosing ‘continue writing’ by placing the prompt at the end of the existing content.
2. Write a Post Title
Jetpack has a unique feature of suggesting the title for your post. So, if you have completed an article and are still thinking of an apt title, then place the prompt block on top of the article, and select ‘Generate a post title’ for AI to do that for you. For an unsatisfying title, you can click ‘Try again’ for other title suggestions and continue to do so till you get an appropriate title for your post.
3. Grammar Corrections and Spell Checks
Jetpack AI offers on-the-spot grammar corrections and spell-check features that can be accessed by using the AI symbol button from the settings bar of the already-written content. Select ‘Correct spelling and grammar’ to amend the language errors in the write-up.
4. Other necessary options like Simplify, Summarize, Expand
The AI assistant also offers other options like ‘Simplify’, ‘Summarize’ and Expand. Their contribution to the content piece would be as follows:
Simplify: It gives a short, to-the-point version of the content created within the block. More useful when you want sharp, crisp information.
Summarize: When you want a summary of the existing or curated content, this option works the best. You can copy-paste an already curated article and then click the ‘Summarize’ option to get a quick gist of the whole content.
Expand: This is when you want to expand a small piece of information with more details. Quite opposite to the above two options, this one is very useful for drafting long articles.
These options are more useful for passages within the whole article or blog. You can easily trim content with the ‘Simplify’ option or increase the length with the ‘Expand’ option.
5. Define or Change the Tone of Your Content
You can define the tone of your content through the Jetpack AI Assistant. Just select the tone you want from the settings drop-down bar. The range offers an array of tones including Formal, Humorous, Optimistic, Serious, Skeptical, Provocative, Informal and more. Once you select any of them, AI will rewrite the article for you in the selected tone. Very helpful for writers who need multiple copies of the same information but in diverse tones.
6. Automatic Translation into a Language of Your Choice
Jetpack AI also offers quick translation of curated or existing content into other languages. A list of languages is offered in the drop-down after the ‘Translate’ option. Very good feature for companies having sites in multiple languages. They can curate and update content, and blogs, in respective languages within a few seconds.
Jetpack AI Assistant Review
With an insight into the features, we would like to dive deeper into the efficacy of the AI tool. Firstly, there are good and bad sides to everything and Jetpack AI is no exception. So, let us begin with the positive sides, some of which are listed below:
# Positive Sides
1. Very easy to use
The tool is very easy to operate through the WP editor. You just need a few days of practice to explore, use and master it.
2. The feature of Post Title Generation Works Well
As it is, writing titles can be confusing, time-consuming and sometimes unnerving. You cannot come up with a plethora of titles every time you write on similar topics. For this, AI assistance is a big relief. It can add another dimension to the idea of writing titles.
Unlike pasting an entire post in ChatGPT, the WordPress Editor makes it simple to create fresh titles for the post. The only drawback is that you can’t expect optimized titles for your post. The AI assistant does not give you SEO-specific titles, for which you need to work on your own.
3. Excellent at Translations
Jetpack AI shows exceptional translation capabilities. So, if you want to translate your post written in English into any other language or vice versa, you can trust it. While Google Translate or DeepL offer a slightly higher level of translation, Jetpack AI proves its competence for quick translation without any hassles.
# Drawbacks of Jetpack AI
As the tool is released for gathering feedback, it will need some improvisation and does have some loopholes. A few of them are as under:
– Issue with usability
The prompt block is not easy to use at times and the instructions may feel a tad bit unclear at the first place. Issues like getting out of the AI prompt, or difficulties with starting over again, are observed during usage.
The spell check and grammar changes are not highlighted for the writer to understand their mistake. So, you don’t have any suggestions to choose or ignore. A better tool in this area is Grammarly, which clearly states the errors of grammar and spelling.
Lastly, it can be tedious to deal with several selected blocks simultaneously. However, with a bit of practice, the tool can become handy for content creation.
Wrap-Up: Is Jetpack AI Assistant Worth It?
While still in its nascent stage, Jetpack AI offers quite a lot of features for easy content creation. While it is aptly fitting WordPress websites, it has a few bits that challenge the mind. The best part is that it is excellent for writing quick content with a certain tonality. The translation is again a highlight of this tool.
The flip side is that it may not be the best tool for writing in-depth content. You need to work your way through such requirements.
However, WordPress Editor definitely saves you from copying, pasting and curating content from buzz-making things like ChatGPT. In a nutshell, Jetpack AI fits well with WordPress sites and offers some good features for quick content building. Depending on your requirements, you can generate some good content with it. The AI tool is worth your time to explore and experience it!
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Girish Panchal
Technical Architect
A Technical Architect, proficient in WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, and DevOps tasks, crafts robust IT solutions with a blend of expertise and versatility in web development and infrastructure management.
