Connector for OpenRouter v1.1.0
Release Date: June 3, 2026
Overview
This release brings a more polished administrative experience and significant under-the-hood improvements to the Connector for OpenRouter plugin. We've focused on modernizing our tech stack by migrating the settings interface to TypeScript and SCSS, enhancing the user experience with helpful tooltips, and streamlining default configurations. These updates ensure the plugin remains fast, user-friendly, and highly maintainable while continuing to seamlessly bridge your WordPress site with OpenRouter's AI models.
What's New
UI & User Experience Enhancements
- Settings Tooltips & Guidance — Added intuitive tooltips to settings fields, making it easier to understand and configure your AI provider options without leaving the page.
- Improved Pricing Formatter — Updated the pricing formatter to cleanly display image generation details, ensuring you have clear insights into model usage costs.
- General UI & Documentation Polish — Enhanced overall documentation and user interface elements for a smoother administrative experience.
Under-the-Hood Upgrades
- TypeScript & SCSS Migration — Completely migrated the settings UI codebase to TypeScript and SCSS. This modernization improves code quality, stability, and future development speed.
- Optimized Asset Handling — Revamped how assets are built and handled within the plugin for better performance and reliability.
- Dependency Management — Routine security and maintenance updates to core project dependencies.
Configuration Updates
- Smarter Defaults — The default image model selection in settings has been fixed and updated to
openrouter/auto, ensuring a more robust, zero-configuration fallback for media generation.
Changelog
1.1.0
- Feat: Added tooltips to settings fields and updated pricing formatter to better format image details (#53).
- Enhancement: Migrated settings UI to TypeScript and SCSS, and updated asset handling (#55).
- Enhancement: Enhanced documentation and UI elements (#57).
- Fix: Updated default image model selection to openrouter/auto in settings (#50).
- Chore: Updated project dependencies in composer.lock and package-lock.json (#51).
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Contributors
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