Core AI: Generated excerpt includes unwanted prefix “Here’s an excerpt suggestion:” affecting UX and SEO

[PriyankaGusani]

Description

While testing the Core AI excerpt generation feature in WordPress 7.0 RC, I noticed an issue with the generated output.

Expected behavior:

The excerpt should contain only clean, ready-to-use content
No extra instructional or UI-related text should be included

Actual behavior:

The generated excerpt includes a prefix:

Here's an excerpt suggestion:
This text appears at the beginning of the excerpt field and can be saved as-is

Why this is an issue:

UX Issue: Users may not notice or remove this extra text
SEO Impact: This prefix can appear in meta descriptions or search snippets, reducing professionalism and clarity
Content Quality: AI output should be production-ready without instructional phrases

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Opened a post in the editor
2. Clicked on “Generate excerpt”
3. The AI generated an excerpt automatically

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

Environment info

WordPress Version: 7.0 RC (Beta)
Feature: Core AI (Title Generation)
Browser: Chrome (latest)
Setup: Local/Development environment

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

• Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except the AI plugin.

• Yes

Please confirm which theme type you used for testing.

• Block
• Classic
• Hybrid (e.g. classic with theme.json)
• Not sure

[jeffpaul]

@PriyankaGusani do you recall what Connector you were using?