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Paid plans raise those limits and add live WooCommerce order and stock lookup, a custom launcher icon and themes, and hiding the \"Powered by\" line. Every limit is enforced in your Techvea account, not by this plugin: there is nothing in this plugin's code that is disabled or restricted.<\/p>\n\n<h4>What this plugin adds to WordPress<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>A one-screen setup with a step-by-step \"get live\" guide and a <strong>Test connection<\/strong> button that tells you if your Widget ID works.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognise logged-in customers<\/strong> (optional, off by default): greets them properly and saves their name and email with the conversation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tell the bot which product a visitor is viewing<\/strong> (optional, WooCommerce): so \"is this in stock?\" gets a direct answer. Carts are never shared.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hide the bot on chosen pages<\/strong> such as checkout or your account area.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>[techvea_chat_button]<\/strong> shortcode for a \"Chat with us\" button anywhere on your site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Why bring your own AI key?<\/h4>\n\n<p>Techvea never marks up your AI usage. You connect your own Gemini, OpenAI, or Anthropic key and pay that provider directly, at their rates. Techvea's fee (free tier or paid plan) never changes based on how much the bot is used: no per-conversation markup, no surprise usage bill during a sales spike.<\/p>\n\n<h4>External services<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin is an interface to the Techvea platform, a third-party service (free and paid tiers). It does not work without a Techvea account. Saving a Widget ID enables the requests below; nothing is sent before that. The requests are made from the visitor's browser, not your server.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Techvea (techvea.com)<\/strong> \u2014 hosts the chatbot widget, its settings and the conversation inbox.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Loads the widget script from <code>https:\/\/techvea.com\/widget.js<\/code> (or the API base URL you set in Settings) and fetches the bot's branding and configuration from <code>https:\/\/techvea.com\/api\/config\/{widget_id}<\/code>. Sent on every page view where the widget is shown: the Widget ID and the visitor's IP address and browser details (standard in any web request).<\/li>\n<li>When a visitor chats, the messages and any contact details they type are sent to Techvea, which stores the conversation in your Techvea account.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techvea.com\/terms\">Terms of Service<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/techvea.com\/privacy\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Your chosen AI provider<\/strong> \u2014 Techvea forwards the visitor's chat messages and relevant excerpts of your site content to the provider whose API key you saved in your Techvea dashboard, to generate the answer. Only the provider you choose is used.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Google Gemini: <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.google.dev\/gemini-api\/terms\">Terms<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenAI: <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/policies\/terms-of-use\">Terms of Use<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/policies\/privacy-policy\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthropic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/legal\/commercial-terms\">Commercial Terms<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/legal\/privacy\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Visitor details you choose to share (optional, off by default)<\/strong> \u2014 if you switch on \"Recognise logged-in customers\", the name, email and user ID of a logged-in visitor are passed by their browser to the Techvea chat so it can save them with that visitor's conversation. If you switch on \"Tell the bot which product a visitor is viewing\", the product name, price and stock status of the product page are passed in the same way. Mention this in your privacy policy.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Your own WooCommerce store (optional)<\/strong> \u2014 if you connect WooCommerce on a plan that includes it, Techvea calls your store's WooCommerce REST API when a visitor asks about an order or stock. Order details are only returned after the order number matches the billing email.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate the plugin. A new \"Support Bot\" menu appears in your wp-admin sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Create a free (or paid) account at techvea.com, create a Support Bot, and copy its Widget ID.<\/li>\n<li>Open Support Bot, then Get started, and paste the Widget ID.<\/li>\n<li>Save. The bot appears on your site immediately, styled however you set it up in your Techvea dashboard (button text, color, position).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20a%20techvea%20account%3F\"><h3>Do I need a Techvea account?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. This plugin embeds a bot you configure at techvea.com. A free tier is available with no credit card required.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20work%20without%20woocommerce%3F\"><h3>Does this work without WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The Support Bot works on any WordPress site. The live order-status and stock-lookup features specifically require an active WooCommerce store connected on a Techvea plan that includes them.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20is%20my%20data%20stored%3F\"><h3>Where is my data stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Conversation data and your AI and WooCommerce credentials are stored on Techvea's platform (see techvea.com\/privacy), not in your WordPress database. This plugin only stores the Widget ID and the API base URL. Button text, color, and position are set in your Techvea dashboard, not here, so there is one place to change them rather than two that could disagree.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20use%20my%20own%20ai%20provider%3F\"><h3>Can I use my own AI provider?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes: Gemini, OpenAI, or Anthropic, configured in your Techvea dashboard. You pay that provider directly.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%27s%20the%20difference%20between%20free%20and%20paid%3F\"><h3>What's the difference between free and paid?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The number of bots and conversations, and features such as live WooCommerce lookup and hiding the \"Powered by\" line, are set by your Techvea account plan, not by this plugin. 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