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Until then, no data is transferred to third parties.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Channels: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, Instagram, phone, email, SMS \u2013 with prefilled messages and the placeholders {page_title} and {url}<\/li>\n<li>Contact persons with photo, role, their own channel and their own availability (shown greyed out outside their hours)<\/li>\n<li>Design: position, offsets, size, colors (text contrast is chosen automatically), icon, button shape, window corner radius, light\/dark\/system theme<\/li>\n<li>Behaviour: delayed appearance, auto-open after time, scroll depth or exit intent, notification badge<\/li>\n<li>Targeting: all pages, all except, only on (paths with * wildcards), devices, new or returning visitors<\/li>\n<li>Schedule: weekdays and hours (also across midnight) in the site timezone; hide the button or show an offline note outside hours<\/li>\n<li>Statistics: clicks per channel and day \u2013 anonymous, no cookies, no IP addresses<\/li>\n<li>Shortcode [plauderknopf channel=\"whatsapp\" label=\"\u2026\" message=\"\u2026\"] for buttons inside content<\/li>\n<li>Import from \"Elfsight WhatsApp Chat CC\"<\/li>\n<li>Rendered in a Shadow DOM, so theme CSS cannot break it; keyboard accessible (Esc, ARIA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin is translation-ready. Translations are managed on translate.wordpress.org.<\/p>\n\n<p>WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc. Telegram is a trademark of Telegram FZ-LLC. Signal is a trademark of Signal Technology Foundation.\nPlauderknopf is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>All assets load from your own server. A click counter stores aggregated numbers per day and channel without personal data.\nIn the visitor's browser, localStorage\/sessionStorage remembers whether the popup was opened and whether this is the first visit.\nA suggested text for your privacy policy is added under Settings \u2192 Privacy.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>Plauderknopf does not contact any external service on its own. It only creates links. When a visitor clicks a channel, their browser opens that service, and the provider's terms and privacy policy apply:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WhatsApp (wa.me) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/terms-of-service\">Terms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/privacy-policy\">Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Telegram (t.me) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/tos\">Terms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/privacy\">Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Signal (signal.me) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/legal\/\">Terms &amp; Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook Messenger (m.me) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/terms\">Terms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/privacy\/policy\">Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instagram (ig.me) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/581066165581870\">Terms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/privacycenter.instagram.com\/policy\">Privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The page path where the click happened and the page title can be included in a prefilled message if you add the placeholders {url} or {page_title} to that message.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n\n<p>Brand icons for WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger and Instagram are from <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleicons.org\/\">Simple Icons<\/a> (CC0 1.0).<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hooks<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Filter <code>plauderknopf_should_display<\/code> (bool $show, array $settings)<\/li>\n<li>Filter <code>plauderknopf_config<\/code> (array $config, array $settings)<\/li>\n<li>Action <code>plauderknopf_click<\/code> (string $channel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install the plugin via Plugins \u2192 Add New, or upload the folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the new <strong>Plauderknopf<\/strong> menu, add at least one channel or contact person and save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20load%20anything%20from%20whatsapp%2C%20meta%20or%20other%20services%3F\"><h3>Does it load anything from WhatsApp, Meta or other services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Icons, script and styles come from your own server. A visitor is forwarded to a service only after clicking a channel.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20the%20whatsapp%20business%20api%3F\"><h3>Do I need the WhatsApp Business API?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Plauderknopf uses the official click-to-chat links (wa.me, t.me, signal.me, m.me, ig.me). Conversations take place in the messenger app.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20caching%20plugins%3F\"><h3>Does it work with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Device, visitor type and schedule are checked in the browser, so cached pages show the correct state.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20style%20the%20button%3F\"><h3>Can I style the button?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Use the design settings. For further tweaks, add CSS under Appearance \u2192 Customize \u2192 Additional CSS (or the Site Editor's Styles) using the CSS parts <code>button<\/code>, <code>label<\/code>, <code>panel<\/code> and <code>header<\/code>, e.g. <code>#plauderknopf::part(button) { box-shadow: none; }<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>0.5.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Removed the Custom CSS field; new design options for button shape and window corner radius. 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