AI-suggested media search terms
5 min
purple dam+ can suggest image search terms for you, generated from the text of the article you are writing when you open the media dialog to insert an image, a row of suggested search terms appears above the search field — click one to search your media instantly, without having to think up keywords yourself purple dam+ feature this is only available when purple dam+ is active and the feature has been switched on how it works write or open an article in the editor add an image (for example, add an image block and choose media library , or set the featured image) the search or upload media dialog opens while the dialog opens, purple reads the article text and generates a few fitting search terms they appear in a suggested row just below the dialog title, shown as chips click a suggested chip to run the media search for that term the term is also placed in the search field, and the chip is highlighted to show it is the active search prefer your own wording? just type in the search field as usual — the suggestions are optional the terms are a mix of single keywords and short descriptive phrases (for example "new york street" or "busy manhattan street scene" ), chosen to work well against your media library and connected sources language the language of the suggestions is detected automatically from the article text — german articles get german search terms, english articles get english ones setup the feature is configured on the ai image editing settings page go to settings > media → ai image editing under ai suggestions , enable ai media search terms ( "suggest search terms in the insert image dialog" ) the toggle can only be switched on once all prerequisites are met if any are missing, the toggle is disabled and a tooltip lists what is still needed purple dam+ is active the purple prompts plugin is active an openai api key is configured in purple prompts the same settings page also hosts ai metadata generation (ai suggestions for image title, alt text, description and caption on upload), so all ai media features live in one place good to know suggestions are generated only when there is article text to work from — an empty article produces no suggestions a lightweight, low cost ai model is used, so suggestions appear quickly and cheaply a short spinner is shown in the suggested row while they are being generated nothing is saved or changed automatically suggestions only ever pre fill the search field when you click a chip related purple dam plus docid\ q2 fg1ax3roq7tztthrmp