Title: PromptBuilder::createProviderModelPreferenceKey
Published: May 20, 2026

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# PromptBuilder::createProviderModelPreferenceKey( string $providerId, string $modelId ): string

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Creates a preference key for a provider/model combination.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$providerId`stringrequired

The provider identifier.

`$modelId`stringrequired

The model identifier.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string The generated preference key.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private function createProviderModelPreferenceKey(string $providerId, string $modelId): string
    {
        return 'providerModel::' . $providerId . '::' . $modelId;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/builders/promptbuilder.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php#L1285)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php#L1285-L1288)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [PromptBuilder::generateMapFromCandidates()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/generatemapfromcandidates/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php` |

Generates a candidate map from model metadata with both provider-specific and model-only keys.

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| [PromptBuilder::usingModelPreference()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/usingmodelpreference/)`wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Builders/PromptBuilder.php` |

Sets preferred models to evaluate in order.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-builders-promptbuilder/createprovidermodelpreferencekey/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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