Groundling Search adds DeepSeek as a provider of the AI Client built into WordPress 7.0, under the name "DeepSeek (Groundling Search)".
Any plugin that asks the AI Client for web search can run on DeepSeek models: when a request needs fresh facts, the model searches the web through the DeepSeek Search API, reads the results, and answers with them.
- Connect once in Settings > Connectors. WordPress stores the API key, not this plugin.
- Models are listed live from your DeepSeek account.
- Web search runs as a tool the model calls, up to 10 searches per request by default.
- Each answer reports how many billable searches it used, so the calling plugin can show the real cost.
- DeepSeek Flash models also read images; other DeepSeek models are text only.
It works alongside "AI Provider for DeepSeek": the two register under different provider IDs and keep separate keys.
This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by DeepSeek.