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PlatoDev Chat<\/strong> in your WordPress admin.<\/li>\n<li>Configure your connection keys and customize the widget appearance.<\/li>\n<li>Synchronize your published content.<\/li>\n<li>Visitors can now chat with an intelligent assistant that knows your website!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>External Services<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin connects your WordPress site to cloud infrastructure and AI services to generate vector embeddings, index content, and answer visitor questions. The external services utilized are:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>PlatoDev Cloud Platform \/ Backend Service<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>* <strong>Service URLs:<\/strong> https:\/\/wpaichat.vercel.app and https:\/\/sincere-owl-776.convex.site\n* <strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/wpaichat.vercel.app\/privacy\n* <strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/wpaichat.vercel.app\/privacy\n* <strong>What data is sent and when:<\/strong> \n  - Site URL and license key are sent when validating or activating a license.\n  - Published post and page content (titles, body text, excerpt, permalinks, and post IDs) are transmitted when synchronizing content for semantic vector indexing.\n  - Visitor chat messages are transmitted to the backend endpoint when a user asks a question in the chat widget.\n* <strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Stores vector embeddings in the cloud database, executes similarity searches, orchestrates AI responses, and validates licenses.<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Google Gemini API<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>* <strong>Service URL:<\/strong> https:\/\/ai.google.dev\/\n* <strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/ai.google.dev\/gemini-api\/terms\n* <strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\n* <strong>What data is sent and when:<\/strong> Visitor query text and contextual excerpts of your published posts are sent when an answer is being generated.\n* <strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Provides large language model (LLM) reasoning and natural language answer generation.<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Voyage AI<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>* <strong>Service URL:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.voyageai.com\/\n* <strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.voyageai.com\/tos\n* <strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.voyageai.com\/privacy\n* <strong>What data is sent and when:<\/strong> Post and page content are sent during synchronization.\n* <strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Computes high-dimensional vector embeddings for fast and accurate semantic retrieval.<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Cloudflare Turnstile<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>* <strong>Service URL:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/products\/turnstile\/\n* <strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/website-terms\/\n* <strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/privacypolicy\/\n* <strong>What data is sent and when:<\/strong> Visitor browser verification tokens are validated when the chat widget is opened.\n* <strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Optional CAPTCHA-free bot, spam, and abuse prevention.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Privacy &amp; Data Handling<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin sends data to the external backend to provide AI search and chat capabilities:\n* <strong>License and URL:<\/strong> transmitted during activation and verification.\n* <strong>Content:<\/strong> published posts\/pages are transmitted for semantic vector indexing.\n* <strong>Chat Queries:<\/strong> visitor questions asked through the chat widget are processed to return contextual answers.<\/p>\n\n<p>Settings are stored in your WordPress <code>wp_options<\/code> table and are completely removed upon uninstalling the plugin. For additional information, review your WordPress Privacy Policy guide under <strong>Settings &gt; Privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>In your WordPress admin, go to <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Search for <strong>PlatoDev Content Chat Assistant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Install Now<\/strong> and then <strong>Activate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Settings &gt; PlatoDev Chat<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard<\/li>\n<li>Configure your settings and click <strong>Sincronizar Conte\u00fado Agora<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The chat widget is now live on your website!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Shortcode Usage<\/h4>\n\n<p>Display the chat button anywhere in your content using the shortcode:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[platodev_chat]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>With optional customization parameters:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[platodev_chat position=\"left\" label=\"Contact Us\" color=\"#04b98f\" icon=\"chat\" animation=\"float\" window_style=\"popup\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>Available parameters:\n* <code>position<\/code> \u2014 <code>left<\/code> or <code>right<\/code> (default: <code>right<\/code>)\n* <code>label<\/code> \u2014 Button label text (default: <code>Chat<\/code>)\n* <code>color<\/code> \u2014 Hex color code (default: <code>#04b98f<\/code>)\n* <code>icon<\/code> \u2014 <code>sparkles<\/code>, <code>bot<\/code>, <code>chat<\/code>, <code>lightbulb<\/code>, <code>academic<\/code>, <code>shield<\/code>, <code>globe<\/code>, <code>heart<\/code>, <code>star<\/code>\n* <code>animation<\/code> \u2014 <code>float<\/code>, <code>pulse<\/code>, <code>wiggle<\/code>, <code>glow<\/code>, <code>bounce<\/code>, <code>none<\/code>\n* <code>window_style<\/code> \u2014 <code>modal<\/code> or <code>popup<\/code> (drawer)<\/p>\n\n<p><em>(Note: <code>[wp_rag_chat]<\/code> and <code>[ai_rag_chat]<\/code> are also supported as backward-compatible aliases).<\/em><\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20run%20the%20ai%20model%20directly%20on%20my%20wordpress%20server%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin run the AI model directly on my WordPress server?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Modern AI large language models and vector embedding algorithms require dedicated GPU and vector database infrastructure. 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