Description
GetFoxChat puts the GetFoxChat AI Operator (that you name as you like) and a live chat widget on your WordPress site. It reads your site’s pages, answers visitors’ questions from them, and when the answer is a button or link on the page, it points at it so the visitor can see where to click.
- Answers from your own pages. It learns your product from your site’s public pages and answers from what they say. When it does not know, it says so and offers a person.
- Shows visitors where to click. When the answer is a button, link or field on the page, it scrolls to it and highlights it with a short note.
- Hands over to you. Visitors can press Talk to a person, and you reply from your GetFoxChat inbox.
- Remembers returning visitors, so they do not have to start again (how long depends on your plan).
- Filters spam before it reaches your inbox.
- Your name and look. Give the operator your own name and avatar in your GetFoxChat dashboard, so it looks like part of your site. It is an AI and never claims to be a person; if a visitor asks, it says so.
What this plugin does in WordPress:
- Adds Settings > GetFoxChat with one Connect this site button (also shown on the Plugins screen until you connect). It opens GetFoxChat sign-up in a new tab with your site address filled in, and brings you back with the chat switched on. Nothing to copy.
- Loads the GetFoxChat widget script in the footer of your public pages, deferred, so it does not hold up your page. Nothing is loaded in wp-admin.
- Makes no requests of its own: nothing on activation, nothing in your admin area, no tracking.
Plans and prices: the first month is free. See https://getfoxchat.com/pricing for current plans.
External services
This plugin connects your site to GetFoxChat, a hosted chat service run by GetFoxChat (https://getfoxchat.com/). This is needed to show the chat widget; without a Site ID, nothing is loaded.
The plugin itself does not contact any service. Connect this site is a link you open yourself: it sends your site address and the address of this settings page (with a one-time code) to https://getfoxchat.com/register in your browser.
On your public pages only, when a Site ID is saved, it adds a script tag so each visitor’s browser loads:
- https://getfoxchat.com/widget.js (the chat widget) and the operator’s avatar image from getfoxchat.com.
The widget then sends data from the visitor’s browser to the GetFoxChat service API (hosted at vidkocepbgjlintvruvq.supabase.co):
- On every page load: your Site ID, a random visitor ID the widget stores in the visitor’s browser (localStorage), the page URL and title, the time the page was opened and the time spent on it; plus the labels of the page’s buttons, links and form fields (labels only, email addresses masked) so the operator can point visitors to them. If you set up visitor goals, the name of a matched goal is sent once per visit. Nothing typed into your site’s own forms is read or sent.
- When a visitor chats: their messages; the page URL and title, the page’s visible text and headings; the label, type and filled-or-empty state of the page’s form fields so the operator can help with a form, never the values typed into them (password, hidden, email, phone and file fields, and fields marked for personal data such as name, address, birthday or card details, are skipped entirely); simple typing and mouse-movement counts used to filter spam; and any email address or file the visitor chooses to give or upload in the chat. If the visitor rates the chat, the rating is sent too.
GetFoxChat terms of service: https://getfoxchat.com/terms
GetFoxChat privacy policy: https://getfoxchat.com/privacy
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Installation
- In your WordPress admin go to Plugins > Add New Plugin, search for GetFoxChat, then Install Now and Activate.
- Press Connect this site (on the Plugins screen, or under Settings > GetFoxChat). A new tab opens GetFoxChat sign-up with your site address filled in.
- Create your account (or sign in) and let GetFoxChat read your site.
- Press Finish in WordPress. You are back in Settings > GetFoxChat and the chat is on your public pages.
- Tip: in your GetFoxChat dashboard, set the operator’s name and avatar to match your site.
Prefer to paste? Under Settings > GetFoxChat open Paste a Site ID instead, copy your Site ID (or the whole snippet) from your GetFoxChat dashboard under Installation into the field and click Save Changes.
FAQ
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How much does it cost?
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The first month of any plan is free. Current plans and prices are on https://getfoxchat.com/pricing.
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Where does my data go?
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The plugin itself sends nothing. The chat widget it loads runs in your visitors’ browsers and talks to the GetFoxChat service, which stores conversations so you can read them in your GetFoxChat inbox. The External services section below lists exactly what is sent. Privacy policy: https://getfoxchat.com/privacy
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Does it slow down my site?
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The plugin adds one script tag to the footer of public pages, loaded with the defer attribute, so the browser fetches it without blocking your page. It adds nothing to your admin area.
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Does it work with WooCommerce?
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Yes. The widget loads on every public page of your site, store pages included, and the operator learns from your public product and shop pages like any other page.
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Which languages does it speak?
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It answers in the language the visitor writes in. Your pages do not need to be translated.
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Can a visitor reach a real person?
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Yes. Visitors can press Talk to a person, and you reply from your GetFoxChat inbox.
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How does it learn my site?
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When you connect, GetFoxChat reads your site’s public pages. You can also bring in help-center articles you already have. You can see what it learned in your GetFoxChat dashboard.
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How do I remove it?
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Clear the Site ID in Settings > GetFoxChat and save, or deactivate the plugin. Deleting the plugin also removes everything it saved in WordPress (the Site ID and any unfinished connect code). Your GetFoxChat account is not affected.
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Is my Site ID a secret?
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No. It is the same value that appears in your site’s public page source, like any embed code.
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Contributors & Developers
“GetFoxChat: AI Chat Operator and Live Chat Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.2.0
- One button, Connect this site, on the settings page and on the Plugins screen notice until the site is connected. Pasting a Site ID moves under Paste a Site ID instead.
- Sign-ups from the plugin are counted as coming from WordPress.org.
- Listing name and description now say what you get.
1.1.0
- Connect with GetFoxChat: one click opens sign-up with your site address filled in and brings you back with the chat switched on. No Site ID to copy.
- A one-line notice on the Plugins screen and Dashboard until the site is connected.
- Deleting the plugin also removes any unfinished connect code.
1.0.1
- Plugin header: Plugin URI now points to the GetFoxChat for WordPress page; removed the duplicate Author URI.
1.0.0
- First release: Settings > GetFoxChat page with a Site ID field, and the widget script on public pages.
