Plant ID uses Pl@ntNet to name plants and weeds from a photo.

• A Pl@ntNet account. Create one at the provider’s site and copy your API key, following their current instructions.
• The VisionScaper screen notes the free allowance as up to 500 identifications a day. Confirm the current limit with Pl@ntNet.

1. Open Settings → VisionScaper in WordPress admin.
2. In the AI section, find Pl@ntNet API key.
3. Paste your key.
4. Press Save Changes.
5. Open the Designer, choose Plant ID, and try a clear photo of a leaf.

• If a Pl@ntNet key is saved, VisionScaper asks Pl@ntNet first and uses its best match.
• If the match is weak (the code uses a confidence below 0.35) and a fal.ai key is saved, VisionScaper asks the fal.ai vision model as well.
• With no Pl@ntNet key but a fal.ai key, the vision model does the work.
• With neither key, identification is not available.
• Identify is free for the customer. It does not use their daily AI credits.

• Good photos matter: one leaf or flower, in focus, in daylight.
• Using both keys gives the best results.
• A Plant ID can earn community points if the community is on. Those point values are your own settings.

• Plant ID says it is not available: neither key is saved.
• Results are poor: retake the photo, or add the fal.ai key as backup.
• Identification stops partway through the day: you may have reached Pl@ntNet’s daily allowance.
• Wrong plant named: all identification is a suggestion. Customers should check.

• fal.ai key and what it powers
• Vision model setting
• API keys and services checklist