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WP AI Chat

by Fakhrul Alam · github.com/fakhrul62/wordpress-chatbot-plugin

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This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/fakhrul62/wordpress-chatbot-plugin/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
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Site-aware AI chat widget for WordPress with a crawlable knowledge base, optional OpenAI API key support, and free online fallback providers.

Description

WP AI Chat adds a configurable chat widget to your WordPress site. It can crawl published pages and posts into a local knowledge base, use that knowledge in prompts, and answer visitor questions through an optional OpenAI API key or free online fallback providers.

Features:

  • Crawl pages and posts into a local knowledge base.
  • Add custom facts or Q&A entries manually.
  • Train a site summary from the knowledge base.
  • Optional OpenAI embeddings for semantic search.
  • Optional OpenAI API key with encrypted storage.
  • AI modes: Free only, OpenAI with free fallback, or OpenAI only.
  • Free online fallback providers when no API key is configured or the primary provider fails.
  • Configurable widget design, placement, visibility, tone, language, and content rules.
  • Response caching with scheduled cleanup.
  • Public chat endpoint with IP-based rate limiting.
  • Optional attribution control, disabled by default.

Note: Crawled page content is injected into AI context. Only crawl content you trust, because adversarial text in site content can influence model behavior.

Installation

  1. Upload the wp-aichat folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate WP AI Chat from the Plugins screen.
  3. Open AI Chat > AI Configuration to configure provider behavior.
  4. Open AI Chat > Knowledge Base and run a crawl.
  5. Adjust widget design and placement as needed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need an API key?

No. The plugin includes free online fallback providers. For more reliable 24/7 responses, add an OpenAI API key in AI Chat > AI Configuration.

Is the API key exposed to visitors?

No. API keys are stored server-side, encrypted at rest where OpenSSL is available, and are never sent to frontend JavaScript.

Does it crawl WooCommerce products?

No. Product crawling is intentionally excluded.

Changelog

1.0.23

  • Improved human handoff answers for visitors asking to talk to a real person, admin, owner, or support staff.

1.0.22

  • Added Train Site workflow for AI-generated site summary.
  • Added OpenAI embedding generation and semantic search retrieval.
  • Added embeddings database table and streaming training progress.

1.0.21

  • Improved fallback answer voice so local fallback speaks as the site instead of saying "Here is what I found."
  • Tightened fallback confidence checks and filtered job/salary snippets from pricing answers.

1.0.20

  • Added explicit AI mode selection.
  • Shared OpenAI-compatible provider request helper.
  • Added prompt override knowledge placeholder support.
  • Added cache normalization and knowledge-version cache invalidation.
  • Added token-budgeted knowledge injection and prompt-injection notice.
  • Added optional attribution setting.

1.0.19

  • Hardened API key handling and admin settings responses.
  • Added encrypted OpenAI key storage and masked admin display.
  • Moved deterministic knowledge extractors behind AI provider attempts.
  • Added provider circuit breaker, reduced HTTP timeouts, fallback testing, and opt-in failure logging.
  • Added custom knowledge entries, knowledge caching, large table warning, and cache cleanup cron.

1.0.18

  • Improved chat widget opening animation and mobile placement.

1.0.17

  • Added optional OpenAI key flow and knowledge text cleanup.