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Cresta Social Messenger

Description

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With Cresta Social Messenger you can allow your users or customers to contact you via Facebook Messenger simply by clicking on a button. Users may contact you directly in private messages on your Facebook page and continue the conversation on Facebook Messenger.
You can use the floating button which is positioned at the bottom right of the site or a button inside post or pages using the [cresta-facebook-messenger text=”Need Help?” icon=”yes” position=”top”] shortcode.
Cresta Social Messenger is compatible with WooCommerce and WPML.

Some features

  • Add the button to open Facebook Messenger at bottom right of your site
  • Use the shortcode [cresta-facebook-messenger] to add the Facebook Messenger button in your posts or pages
  • Choose which pages to showo the Facebook Messenger button
  • Mobile version: click the button and automatically open Facebook Messenger App (if installed)
  • and more…

PRO version features

  • Change position of the box button
  • Change colors of the box button
  • Add tooltip on the box button
  • Change box size
  • Facebook Messenger widget
  • Different Animations
  • and much more…

Screenshots

  • Cresta Facebook Messenger Settings Page

Installation

  1. Unzip cresta-facebook-messenger.zip
  2. Upload the folder ‘cresta-facebook-messenger’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Dashboard
  4. Go to your WordPress Dashboard under “Main Menu -> Settings-> Cresta Facebook Messenger” to set the options

FAQ

Where I find the options page?

After installing the plugin, using the WordPress Admin menu, go to “Settings-> Cresta Facebook Messenger”

Can I hide the Facebook Messenger box in a few pages?

Yes, just edit the page/post you want to hide the box, find the metabox called “Cresta Facebook Messenger” and check the box “Hide Cresta Facebook Messenger in this page”.

Can I use my Facebook profile or group with this plugin?

No, this plugin works only with Facebook pages (no profiles or groups)

Reviews

December 15, 2020
It's minimal intrusion. Does what it says on the box. And instant test will show proof of concept. Love this. Well done guys!
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Contributors & Developers

“Cresta Social Messenger” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Cresta Social Messenger” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

1.2.4

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.8

1.2.3

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.7

1.2.2

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.6

1.2.1

  • Minor bug fixes

1.2.0

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.5
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.9

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.4
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.8

  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.7

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 5.3
  • Minify some CSS files
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.6

  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.5

  • Updated Javascript to show the Messenger box
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.4

  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.3

  • Added an option to show Facebook Social Messenger button on the whole site

1.1.2

  • Change the plugin name to Cresta Social Messenger

1.1.1

  • Added the possibility to choose the icon to show: Messenger or Facebook
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.0

  • Fixed Facebook button that sometimes did not work on mobile

1.0.9

  • Added the possibility to show the Facebook button also in WooCommerce category page and tag page
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.8

  • Added an option to close the floating box by clicking anywhere on the page
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.7

  • Now it’s possible to use a different Facebook Page ID in the shortcode
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.6

  • Added a new option to choose where to show the Facebook button (mobile, desktop or both)

1.0.5

  • Improved the plugin on mobile view

1.0.4

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 4.9
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.3

  • Fixed the Facebook Page ID field
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.2

  • Added compatibility with WordPress 4.8
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.1

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.0

  • Initial release