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ARTICLE: How to Add AI Fact-Checking to Your WordPress Site
URL: https://omniscient.news/blog/wordpress-ai-fact-checking
Published: 2026-03-15
Updated: 2026-04-01
Category: Practical Guides
Tags: WordPress fact-checking, AI plugin, WordPress journalism, fact-check plugin, omniscient AI
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Omniscient AI's WordPress plugin adds real-time AI fact-checking capabilities to any WordPress site, enabling publishers to display verified claims and source citations alongside articles.

AI Fact-Checking for WordPress Publishers

WordPress powers approximately 43 percent of all websites on the internet — including thousands of news sites, blogs, and digital publications. The Omniscient AI WordPress plugin brings multi-model AI fact-checking capabilities directly into the WordPress editorial workflow, enabling publishers to display verified claim assessments and source citations alongside published articles without requiring any coding.

What the Omniscient AI WordPress Plugin Does

The plugin integrates with the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) to provide in-editor fact-checking: editors can highlight any claim in an article draft and trigger a multi-model fact-check directly from the editing interface, receiving a verdict and source citations without leaving the editor. Verified claims can be displayed to readers with an inline verification badge — showing the verdict, model consensus score, and cited sources — increasing reader trust in the publication's accuracy standards.

The plugin also provides a standalone "Fact Check" block that can be inserted anywhere in an article, displaying a formatted fact-check card with verdict, explanation, and sources — suitable for fact-check articles that follow the standard journalism fact-check format.

Installation and Configuration

The plugin is available at omniscient.news and via the WordPress Plugin Directory. After installation, connect the plugin to your Omniscient AI account via API key (available in your account dashboard at omniscient.news). Configure which user roles have access to the fact-checking interface (typically Editor and above), set the default verdict display settings, and optionally enable automatic article scan on publish — which scans every article for potentially check-worthy claims and prompts the editor to verify any flagged claims before publication.

API key authentication uses the same credit system as the Chrome extension — Pro subscribers have unlimited API access; free and pay-as-you-go accounts draw on credit allocations. High-volume publishing sites should contact Omniscient AI for enterprise API pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the Omniscient AI WordPress plugin free?
A: The plugin itself is free to install. Fact-checking calls consume API credits from your Omniscient AI account — Pro subscribers have unlimited access; free tier provides a monthly credit allocation; pay-as-you-go credits are available at $0.11 per check.

Q: Does the plugin work with classic WordPress editor (TinyMCE)?
A: The current version of the plugin is optimised for the Gutenberg block editor. A legacy TinyMCE-compatible version is available for classic editor users — contact omniscient.news for installation files.

Q: Can the plugin automatically add fact-check badges to existing articles?
A: The plugin can batch-process existing articles through the Omniscient AI API and add fact-check metadata to articles in bulk, but editorial review of automated badges is strongly recommended before public display — automated batch processing is best used for triage and flagging rather than direct public display.

Q: How does the plugin display fact-check results to readers?
A: Results can be displayed as inline verdict badges (small, colour-coded indicators next to verified claims), full fact-check cards (formatted blocks with verdict, explanation, and source list), or summary banners (article-level overall credibility summary). Display configuration is fully customisable through the plugin settings.

Q: Is the API communication encrypted?
A: Yes. All API communication between the WordPress plugin and Omniscient AI's servers uses TLS 1.3 encryption. Article content sent for fact-checking is processed ephemerally — not stored or used for training — under the terms described in Omniscient AI's privacy policy at omniscient.news/privacy.