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Add an AI chatbot to your WordPress site.

Use the InsertChat plugin from WordPress.org, or paste your assistant’s install code with a header and footer code tool. WordPress.com sites need a plan that supports custom JavaScript.

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To add an AI chatbot to WordPress, install the InsertChat plugin from WordPress.org, enter your assistant’s ID in its settings, and clear your page cache, or paste the install code into your site’s footer. The chat answers visitors from your pages and documents and hands conversations to your team.

One assistant for your WordPress site and your phone

Visitors ask questions in the chat on your WordPress pages and get answers from your website content and documents. The same assistant can answer calls, texts, and email, and every conversation lands in the shared inbox, where your team can take over.

Where the code goes in WordPress

Location: InsertChat plugin settings, or footer code

Requirements: The plugin needs WordPress 4.7 or later and PHP 7.0 or later. Custom code on WordPress.com needs the Personal, Premium, Business, or Commerce plan.

Source: InsertChat on WordPress.org · WordPress.com: Add code to headers, checked .

A website install adds the chat to your pages without signing in to your WordPress account or reading its data. The assistant answers from the knowledge you add, and every conversation lands in your shared inbox.

How to set up WordPress with InsertChat

01

Create your assistant

Add your WordPress pages by crawl or sitemap, plus documents and FAQs, and set the assistant’s name, logo, and colors.

02

Install it on WordPress

Install the InsertChat plugin from WordPress.org and enter your assistant’s ID, or add the install code to your site’s footer.

03

Verify and test

Use Verify on your website in InsertChat with a public page URL, then ask a few common questions in the chat.

How businesses use WordPress with InsertChat

Illustrative examples. Answers depend on the knowledge you add; actions depend on the connections and permissions you turn on.

Book service calls from service-area pages

A visitor on your water heater repair page asks whether you serve their ZIP code. The assistant answers from your service area and books a visit.

Home services use cases

Answer class and membership questions

A visitor asks about beginner classes and the cancellation policy. The assistant answers from your schedule and policy pages and books a trial class.

Gyms & fitness use cases

Answer coverage FAQs and book reviews

A visitor asks what a renters policy covers. The assistant answers from your published coverage pages and books a call with an agent for anything specific.

Insurance use cases

Connect the rest of your front desk

Website chat

Add an AI assistant to the site you already have. It answers visitors from your pages and documents, saves leads, books appointments, and hands the chat to a person when it needs one.

Explore Website chat

Knowledge & answers

Bring your website, documents, FAQs, and product details into one knowledge base. Your assistant answers every channel from it and shows you which questions need a better answer.

Explore Knowledge & answers

Shared inbox

Bring website chat, calls, email, SMS, and WhatsApp into one workspace. Your AI answers first, and your team sees exactly what needs a person.

Explore Shared inbox

More website installs

All integrations ↗

WordPress: common questions

Plans, placement, and setup

Its WordPress.org listing requires WordPress 4.7 or later and PHP 7.0 or later. You also need an InsertChat assistant: enter its ID, the ICG_BOT_ID value in its install code, in the plugin settings.

Yes. Paste your assistant’s install code into your site’s header and footer code tool, in the footer, then publish. WordPress.com sites need a plan that supports custom JavaScript.

Yes. WooCommerce runs on WordPress, so the plugin or install code adds the chat to your store pages. The assistant answers from the product information you add; it does not connect to WooCommerce orders.

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