AltoSum – AI Post Summary, TL;DR & Key Takeaways

No API key. No account. No setup. Unlike almost every other AI summary plugin, which makes you sign up for OpenAI or Anthropic and paste in your own paid API key, AltoSum runs the AI on our hosted service, so there is nothing to configure. You generate each summary with one click from the post editor, free for the first 25 every month. AltoSum reads your post and writes a short TL;DR plus a few key-takeaway bullets, then shows them in a tidy box at the top (or bottom) of the article. Great for readers in a hurry and for the AI search engines that increasingly quote summaries. The free plan covers 25 summaries per month; AltoSum Pro removes the monthly limit (subject to fair use) and can summarise automatically on publish.

• No API key or third-party account. The AI runs on our service.
• One click to generate a summary from the post editor.
• Show it via the [altosum] shortcode, or auto-insert it into single posts.
• Optional key-takeaway bullets.
• Privacy-friendly: automation is off until you switch it on, and only the post title and content (plus a non-identifying, hashed site ID) are ever sent.
• Pro: unlimited summaries (subject to fair use) and auto-summarise when you publish.

1.0.9

• Added: the plugin now reports whether this site's review prompt was shown, snoozed, dismissed or clicked, so we can tell whether the prompt is working at all. It rides the request the plugin already makes, so no new outbound request is made and no new action triggers a send. It records the site rather than the individual user, and nothing about what happens on WordPress.org afterwards.
• Housekeeping: the front-end style is now registered with a version. No functional change; it silences a checker warning that could not apply here, so a standing warning does not hide a real one later.

1.0.8

• Fixed: when the AI could not be reached, the summary was still labelled "AI-generated". It now says plainly that the text came from your own sentences and is worth rewriting.
• Added: the review prompt now appears in the post editor, where summaries are actually written, instead of only on the settings screen.
• Added: the plugin now reports its own version with each request, so we can tell which release a problem relates to. No personal data is involved.
• Housekeeping: the list of actions that send data is now checked automatically against the code before every release.

1.0.7

• Compatibility: tested with WordPress 7.1.
• New: a "Your usage" panel on the settings screen showing how much of this month's allowance you have used, with a progress bar.
• New: an "Upgrade to Pro" link on the settings screen for free-plan users.
• When a monthly limit is reached, the message in the editor now includes an upgrade link.

1.0.6

• Corrected the AltoGraph name in the list of our other plugins shown on the settings screen.
• Small wording tidy-ups on the settings screen.

1.0.5

• Added an optional, dismissible prompt on the settings page inviting an honest review after you've generated a few times. No tracking; dismiss any time.
• Added: AltoScribe to the list of our other plugins shown on the settings screen.

1.0.4

• Added: AltoFAQ to the list of our other plugins shown on the settings screen.

1.0.3

• Fixed: "Generate summary" now works on a brand-new post before you save it, by reading the content straight from the editor.

1.0.2

• Updated: plugin name and listing details so it's easier to find and clearer about what it does.

1.0.1

• Added: a reminder to review AI-generated summaries for accuracy before publishing (summary box and settings screen).
• Added: links to our other Really Useful App Company plugins on the settings screen (dismissible, no tracking).

1.0.0

• Initial release: one-click summaries, key-takeaway bullets, shortcode, auto-insert, and Pro auto-summarise.