BirbWhale AI Connector with DeepSeek

BirbWhale adds DeepSeek as a provider for the WordPress AI Client introduced in WordPress 7.0. Once active, DeepSeek appears on Settings → Connectors alongside the providers shipped by WordPress (such as Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI), and any plugin built on the AI Client can use DeepSeek models. DeepSeek exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, so BirbWhale plugs straight into the same interface used by core and other connectors. Models BirbWhale does not hard-code model names. It lists whatever your DeepSeek account exposes via the API, so current and future DeepSeek models appear automatically on the Connectors screen. DeepSeek's reasoning ("thinking") output is surfaced as a separate "thought" part. How it works WordPress core owns the API key. BirbWhale registers the DeepSeek provider; WordPress then shows a DeepSeek card on Settings → Connectors, stores the key, and hands it to the AI Client at request time. BirbWhale adds a small status page (enable/disable the connector, see whether a key is set) and an error log for diagnostics. External Services This plugin enables WordPress to communicate with the DeepSeek API when a site administrator configures a DeepSeek API key and the WordPress AI Client (core or another plugin) requests a generation from a DeepSeek model.

• What it does: registers the DeepSeek provider so the AI Client can send prompts to DeepSeek and receive generated text.
• Data sent: the prompt/messages, model configuration (such as temperature and max tokens), and your DeepSeek API key, sent to DeepSeek's API endpoints (https://api.deepseek.com/chat/completions and https://api.deepseek.com/models). Requests are only made when you have entered a DeepSeek API key and an AI Client request targets a DeepSeek model.
• When: only on requests that use a DeepSeek model. The plugin makes no calls on its own.
• Service: DeepSeek
• Terms of Use: https://platform.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Open%20Platform%20Terms%20of%20Service.html
• Privacy Policy: https://platform.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html

No data is sent until you provide an API key (opt-in). Trademarks & attribution "DeepSeek" and the DeepSeek logo are trademarks of their respective owner. BirbWhale shows DeepSeek's logo only on the Settings → Connectors card, to identify the provider this connector integrates with — the same way the official AI provider connectors display their providers' logos. That mark (assets/images/deepseek.svg) is the dolphin from DeepSeek's official logo (wordmark removed), sourced from: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder-V2/blob/main/figures/logo.svg The plugin's own branding — its directory icon, admin-menu icon, header mark, and banner — is original artwork by the plugin author (a CaptainBirb owl with an original whale-tail motif), not based on DeepSeek's logo. All rights to the DeepSeek name and logo remain with DeepSeek. BirbWhale is an independent, third-party plugin. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with DeepSeek (or with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any other provider mentioned). Any provider names and marks are the property of their respective owners. This plugin is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the authors and contributors accept no liability for any claim, damages, costs, or other losses arising from the use of this plugin, the use of any third-party AI provider through it, or the use of any provider name or logo. Your use of any AI provider is subject to that provider's own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. See also the LICENSE file (GPL-3.0-only), which disclaims warranty and liability.

1.0.2

• Lowered the minimum PHP requirement from 8.4 to 8.0, per the wordpress.org plugin directory review — the codebase has no PHP 8.1+ syntax and was verified working on PHP 8.0.

1.0.1

• Plugin-owned files (the error log) now live under the uploads directory instead of wp-content, per the plugin directory review.
• The connector status check now goes through the AI Client API instead of reading the core-managed API key option directly.

1.0.0

• DeepSeek connector for the WordPress AI Client — DeepSeek appears automatically on Settings → Connectors with a core-managed API key; available models are discovered live from the DeepSeek API.
• Branded single-menu app-shell UI (CaptainBirb navy/teal) with Dashboard, Settings, and Log sections.
• Enable/disable toggle, a live status panel, and a nonce-protected error log.
• Original plugin icon (CaptainBirb owl + whale-tail motif) and banner.
• Full uninstall cleanup and birbwhale_* extensibility hooks. For a detailed, structured history see CHANGELOG.md in the source repository.