MxChat Video Generation

AI video generation built into your WordPress dashboard, powered by Google Veo, ByteDance Seedance 2.0, and xAI Grok Imagine. Type a prompt, pick a model, get a finished MP4 — with native audio, multiple aspect ratios, and a Studio you talk to that turns one concept into a multi-scene film with consistent characters.

Overview

Most AI video tools live in a separate SaaS dashboard, behind a separate login, with their own media library. MxChat Video Generation puts the whole workflow inside wp-admin and saves every output straight to your WordPress media library — ready to embed, schedule, or hand to a client.

Two ways to work. The Generate tab is one prompt, one model, one clip. Studio is a workspace you talk to: describe what you want to make, and a Director drafts a treatment and scenes on a live storyboard canvas beside the chat, which you then render scene by scene or as a single multi-shot video.

Requires MxChat (mxchat-basic) with a Pro license active.

Setup

1. Install the plugin via WordPress admin (Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin) or upload the ZIP.
2. Activate via Plugins → Installed Plugins. The plugin requires MxChat (mxchat-basic) and an active MxChat Pro license — you'll see admin notices if either is missing.
3. Get API keys for the providers you want to use:
- fal.ai API key (for Seedance 2.0 and Seedance 2.0 Fast) from your fal.ai account. Paste it into the fal.ai API Key field on the Settings tab and press Test key to confirm it works.
- Google Gemini API key (for Veo models) from Google AI Studio. Studio also uses this key for script generation and reference/scene image generation.
- xAI API key (optional — for Grok Imagine Video) from x.ai.
4. Navigate to MxChat → Video Generation in the WordPress admin sidebar (or Settings → Video Generation in network admin on multisite).
5. Open Settings, paste your keys, enable video generation, and test with a simple prompt like "A French bulldog running through a field of flowers."

Settings

Enable Video Generation

Master toggle. Off by default. Must be on before any of the Generate, History, or Studio screens will run a job.

Model Selection

Pick the active video model:

Seedance 2.0 — native synchronized audio, multi-shot cuts, reference-image consistency. 4–15 seconds, 480p/720p/1080p, 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:3, up to 9 reference images. The default.
Seedance 2.0 Fast — the cheaper, quicker tier. Use it for iteration and switch up for the final render.
Veo 3.1 / Veo 3.1 Fast — audio, reference images, clip extension.
Veo 3 / Veo 3 Fast — stable, native audio.
Veo 2 — silent, stable.

The Seedance options stay greyed out until a fal.ai key is saved.

Aspect Ratio

Per-generation control, and the picker only shows ratios valid for the current model. Seedance 2.0 supports 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:3; Veo supports 16:9 and 9:16.

Resolution

Seedance 2.0 runs at 480p, 720p or 1080p, defaulting to 720p — 480p is the cheap tier for test renders. 1080p is available on Veo 3.x; Veo 2 is 720p.

Duration

Seedance 2.0: any length from 4 to 15 seconds, default 8. Veo 3.x: 4, 6 or 8 seconds. Veo 2: 5, 6 or 8 seconds.

Audio Toggle

On by default for models that support it (Seedance 2.0 and 2.0 Fast, Veo 3.x). Veo 2 is silent only — the toggle is hidden.

Reference Images

Optional. Seedance 2.0 accepts up to nine reference images for character and style consistency; Veo 3.1 accepts up to three; most other models take one starting-frame image.

Negative Prompts

Veo-only field for telling the model what to avoid (e.g. "no text overlays, no watermarks").

Studio Models

Studio has its own model pickers, separate from the Generate tab. Video Generation Model offers Seedance 2.0 (the default) or xAI Grok Imagine Video. Image Generation Model — used for character references and scene images — offers Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, or Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview. Script writing uses Gemini 3.5 Flash and is not configurable.

Features

Studio is a workspace you talk to. Opening a project lands you in a chat panel beside a live storyboard canvas. Describe what you want to make; the Director drafts the treatment and scenes, updates them as you give notes, and everything appears on the canvas as you talk. There is no upfront questionnaire.
Nothing generates until you approve it. Anything that costs money — reference images, scene images, video renders — arrives in the chat as a confirmation card carrying a rough cost and time estimate. You approve the card, then it runs.
Every card is directly editable. Click the project title, logline, style, or any scene description to edit it in place. Regenerate or swap any reference image from its own card, and render or retry any single scene from its card. Aspect ratio, scene length and resolution are one-click chips on the treatment card.
Render the whole storyboard as one video. After approving your script and reference images, Generate as One Video renders the entire storyboard as a single multi-shot Seedance 2.0 video with synchronized sound, using your reference images to keep characters consistent across every shot — no per-scene clips and no stitching step. Scene-by-scene generation remains available as the advanced path.
Long runs survive the things that used to kill them. Scenes are submitted one at a time, so a hosting timeout no longer fails the whole run; a failed scene shows a Retry button and the exact provider error on its card; scenes that already finished are never regenerated or re-billed. Progress is saved to the project as it happens, so reloading the page or reopening the project resumes where it left off.
Export to Video Studio in one click. Once you have rendered scene clips, Export to Video Studio on the storyboard opens the hosted MxChat Video Studio timeline editor in a new tab with those clips already loading onto its timeline — trim, reorder, add music, and export one stitched film there, free. There is no download-then-upload step: the clips are passed as links and the editor fetches them itself. Only clips that finished rendering are sent, so a failed scene is skipped rather than blocking the hand-off. The Download videos button is still there for anything you would rather edit elsewhere.
Native audio generation: Seedance 2.0 and Veo 3.x bake dialogue and sound effects into the clip during generation. No separate soundtrack step, no muxing.
Auto-save to media library: every generated video lands in WordPress media management as soon as generation completes.
Works on a phone. Generation progress shows on the affected cards while the rest of the workspace stays usable, and on phones and tablets the chat collapses into a dock pinned to the bottom of the screen so the composer is always in reach.

API & Integration

The plugin talks to three video generation APIs and one image generation API:

fal.ai — Seedance 2.0 and Seedance 2.0 Fast, using your fal.ai key. This is the only route to Seedance; ByteDance's own API is not used.
Google Veo API (via Gemini) — Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3, Veo 3 Fast and Veo 2. The same Gemini key powers Studio's script generation (Gemini 3.5 Flash) and its reference and scene image generation.
xAI Grok Imagine API — Grok Imagine Video, available as an alternative Studio scene-video model.

Studio projects persist in a custom table {prefix}mxchat_studio_projects with concept, config, script, reference data, scene images and video data columns, so a project survives a transient cache flush and can be resumed after a reload.

Requirements

MxChat (mxchat-basic): Required, active.
MxChat Pro License: Required — features are gated behind an active Pro license. See /pricing/.
WordPress: 5.8 or newer.
PHP: 7.4 or newer.
API keys: At minimum one provider key for the model you plan to use. Studio needs a Google Gemini key for scripts and images, plus fal.ai (Seedance) or xAI (Grok Imagine) for the scene videos.

Troubleshooting

My site was set to Sora and the model changed by itself

OpenAI retired the Sora 2 API on 24 September 2026, so the Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro options were removed in 3.0.5. Sites still set to a Sora model are automatically switched to Seedance 2.0 and shown a one-time notice. Add a fal.ai key on the Settings tab so the new model can run, or pick a Veo model instead.

"API key not configured" or 401 / 403 errors

The provider key for the selected model is missing or invalid. Check MxChat → Video Generation → Settings and confirm the right key is filled in for the active model's provider. Google keys start with AIza.... For Seedance, use the Test key button beside the fal.ai field — it confirms the key in place rather than making you run a paid generation to find out.

Quota exceeded / rate limit errors

Every provider enforces per-account quotas and concurrency limits, and heavy Studio use hits them fast. Check your provider dashboard for current limits and billing status. Seedance 2.0 Fast and a 480p resolution are the cheap combination for iterating; move up for the final render.

A Studio scene failed

The scene's card shows a Retry button and the exact error the provider returned — read that first, it usually names the cause. Retrying re-renders only that scene; scenes that already succeeded are not regenerated and not billed again.

Generation hangs or times out

Generation times vary widely by model — roughly 30 seconds to 5 minutes for Seedance 2.0, longer for Veo 3.1. Progress is saved to the project as it goes, so if a page times out, reopen the project and it resumes checking rather than losing the run. Completed videos also appear in the History tab even when the generation panel timed out.

There is no "stitch" button any more

There never really was one — the old interface promised browser-side stitching that never ran, and the message was removed in 3.0.5. There are now two honest ways to get one continuous piece. Generate as One Video renders the whole approved storyboard as a single multi-shot video. Export to Video Studio sends your already-rendered scene clips to the timeline editor, where you assemble them. Otherwise the download options are exactly what they say: individual clips, or a ZIP of every scene.

"Could not package your clips" when I press Export to Video Studio

The button collects the clips that have finished rendering, and there are none yet. Render at least one scene clip first, then export. Scenes that failed are skipped rather than blocking the hand-off, so you can export the ones that worked and retry the rest afterwards.

Export to Video Studio does nothing when I click it

It opens a new browser tab, so a popup blocker is the usual cause — the tab is opened on your click for exactly that reason, but some blockers are stricter. Allow popups for your admin domain and try again.

Studio settings keep reverting

Fixed in 3.0.5. Saving the Studio image or video model used to rebuild the whole settings record and silently erase everything else in it, including your resolution choice — so a project could quietly render at the default resolution instead of the one you picked. Update to 3.0.5 and re-save your Studio settings once.

Last reviewed by Sage on 2026-08-29. Spotted an issue? Open a ticket and we'll patch the doc.