Dashe Chat

Description

Dashe Chat adds the hosted Dashe widget to your WordPress website. Use the same
Dashe inbox, team, appearance settings and optional booking calendar you already
manage at https://www.getdashe.com/.

An active Dashe workspace is required. The plugin is free to install; service
access and feature availability are managed separately through Dashe. Installing
or removing the plugin does not purchase, cancel or change a subscription.

• Install once and paste your public widget key. No theme edits or script pasting.
• Enable or disable the widget from Settings > Dashe Chat.
• Exclude selected paths before the widget loads.
• Exclude WooCommerce cart, checkout and customer-account pages by default.
• Keep returning-browser recognition off, or explicitly enable it.
• Optionally wait for your website’s consent manager before contacting Dashe.
• Configure each site separately on WordPress multisite.

The plugin does not import WordPress users, WooCommerce orders, payment details or
customer accounts. It does not provide single sign-on: you sign in to Dashe
separately to manage the workspace and copy its public key. No private API token or
Dashe password is stored in WordPress.

External service and data use

This plugin relies on the Dashe hosted service: https://www.getdashe.com/.
Activation alone makes no Dashe network requests. After an administrator supplies
a key and enables the widget, the browser loads https://www.getdashe.com/widget.js
on eligible public pages. If the optional consent gate is enabled, the remote
widget is not requested until the site’s consent manager grants permission.

The widget connects to Dashe over HTTPS and WebSocket connections to provide chat,
presence and optional appointment booking. Dashe receives network information,
page paths/titles, URL/referrer context, chat activity and information visitors
submit, including contact and booking details. Configured AI, email, calendar,
video and calling features may involve additional service providers. Microphone
and camera access require separate visitor actions and browser permission.

The widget uses session storage to resume chats. Returning-browser recognition,
when explicitly enabled here, uses a random identifier in first-party local
storage. Disabling recognition does not delete older profiles held in Dashe.
Disabling or deleting this plugin does not delete hosted conversations, profiles
or appointments. Contact the workspace administrator to manage those records.

Configure a suitable privacy notice and consent mechanism for your site and
features. Suggested disclosure text is available in WordPress’s Privacy Policy
Guide. This plugin does not certify legal compliance or provide a consent banner.
Read the Dashe privacy policy: https://www.getdashe.com/privacy
Read the Dashe terms of service: https://www.getdashe.com/terms
Contact support@getdashe.com for support.

Optional SEO service

SEO is off by default and independent of chat. Connect through Settings > Dashe SEO using a ten-minute code from your Dashe workspace. A public widget key never grants editing access. You can grant metadata editing, supported paragraph editing and article publishing independently, and revoke access locally at any time. Optionally approve image attachment IDs that your business has permission to publish. Deactivation prevents further requests; disconnect/uninstall preserves published content and operation receipts.

When enabled, public page content and metadata, selected WordPress author/category names, approved image titles/alt text/URLs and publication receipts are exchanged over HTTPS with https://www.getdashe.com/. The configured AI provider (OpenAI or Anthropic) processes public content and approved business facts for editorial work. DataForSEO supplies search/AI observations; optional Google Search Console authorization supplies first-party performance data. No private customer conversations are sent by this connector. See https://www.getdashe.com/privacy and https://www.getdashe.com/terms before enabling. The hosted service requires an active plan and provider configuration. Rankings are not guaranteed.

Changes to URLs, indexing rules, checkout, prices, inventory, legal pages and theme files are excluded. Unsupported page-builder bodies are protected. Each write checks the current page fingerprint and records an idempotent receipt. An edit made outside Dashe may require review instead of automatic rollback.

PHP host security

SEO editing and publishing require a supported PHP branch meeting Dashe’s documented patch requirements. Dashe checks PHP/WordPress versions, OS family, server-level session upload progress, and cURL Brotli support/version over the authenticated SEO connection. No phpinfo or environment secrets are sent. Checks run at connection, on scans and before writes. Old or unverified hosts keep chat and monitoring but cannot receive SEO writes. These checks do not replace host patching or a security audit; vendor backports cannot be automatically verified. See https://www.getdashe.com/privacy and https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php .