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PixelByline builds each prompt from the post title, categories, content and your editorial profile.
Create on-brand, optimized featured images from your WordPress content. Start with free manual generation, then automate publishing with Professional.
Spend your time on the story, not the image. PixelByline turns each article into a polished featured image, then Professional handles the publish-time work automatically.
PixelByline builds each prompt from the post title, categories, content and your editorial profile.
A site profile and visual style guide every image. Professional adds up to three reference images for tighter consistency.
A featured image added by a person is never overwritten. Your editorial decisions stay final.
Images are cropped to 1200 x 628 and saved as AVIF, with WebP and PNG fallbacks.
Professional generation runs in the background through WordPress Cron. Scheduled posts, temporary failures and stalled jobs are recovered automatically.
Compare Free and ProfessionalPixelByline Free is a complete manual image-generation tool. Professional adds background automation, recovery and deeper brand controls for publishing teams.
Manual generation, editorial prompts, AVIF output and editor-safe image protection. No PixelByline license required.
$79.99/ year
or $9.99 billed monthly
Buy Professional$159.99/ year
or $19.99 billed monthly
Buy Professional$319.99/ year
or $39.99 billed monthly
Buy ProfessionalNo. PixelByline only generates when a post has no featured image or uses the explicitly configured fallback image.
Free includes manual generation, your site profile and visual style, optimized AVIF, WebP or PNG output, and recent activity. You bring your own OpenAI API key.
Yes, with Professional. First-publish detection and queue recovery are designed for scheduled and delayed publishing workflows.
You connect your own OpenAI API key, so usage stays visible and billed directly in your OpenAI account.
Professional automation stops, while existing images, posts and settings remain unchanged. You can continue using the Free manual-generation features.