Anil Kumar

AK Simple Chat enables site admins to easily add a floating WhatsApp chat widget to the frontend of their website. It supports multiple agents with name, number, and profile image, and allows customizing the label shown for each agent.
Key features include:
<ul>
<li>Floating WhatsApp chat button</li>
<li>Support for multiple agents</li>
<li>Admin panel to manage agents, labels, and profile images</li>
<li>Option to customize the chat button label text (e.g., “Start chat with”)</li>
<li>Theme color customization for chat button to match your website design</li>
<li>Automatic text color adjustment for accessibility based on theme color brightness</li>
<li>Custom message support when users contact from WooCommerce product pages</li>
<li>Ability to assign a profile image to each agent using an image URL</li>
<li>Enable/disable the widget without removing settings</li>
<li>Clean, lightweight, and fast</li>
</ul>
Great for businesses, customer support, or service professionals.
Example agent format (in settings):
<pre><code>John - 9876543210 - https://example.com/john.jpg 
Jane - 1234567890 -
</code></pre>
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.
Copyright 2025 Anil Kumar 
Website: https://akmaurya.in

AK Simple Chat

Add a floating WhatsApp chat button with multiple agents, labels, colors, and WooCommerce support using a simple admin interface.

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<blockquote>
Turn conversations into conversions
</blockquote>
🎉 Chat with your website visitors through their favorite chat applications. Place a floating contact button at the bottom of your site and give the best support to your customers.
<a href="https://join.chat/en/docs/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> | <a href="https://join.chat/en/premium/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">Joinchat Premium</a> | <a href="https://join.chat/en/ai/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">Joinchat AI ✨</a>
<h3>⌁ What you can do with Joinchat ✅</h3>
<h3>🛎 Insert a contact button for WhatsApp on your website.</h3>
Set your ‘WhatsApp’ or ‘WhatsApp Business’ number and let your visitors contact you easily:
🧩 WhatsApp Contact Button Block with optional QR Code
📱 On mobile, launch WhatsApp mobile app
💻 On desktop, launch WhatsApp desktop app or WhatsApp Web
🤳 On desktop, show QR Code to scan from phone
Customize your logo, profile picture or even an animated gif.
Define in which pages or zones it should appear, the delay time, if you want it to the right or to the left, only on mobile phones or also on the desktop.
You can define a tooltip or a call to action to capture the user’s interest, the limit is set by your creativity.
<h3>📢 New on Joinchat 6</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enhance your CTAs with Rich Chat: multiple chat bubbles, include links or buttons, add images and use random texts.</li>
<li>Improved performance: vanilla JavaScript without any dependency and lazy loading of styles and scripts.</li>
<li>New button icons and allows to keep the alternative image fixed.</li>
<li>Integration with new WooCommerce brands.</li>
<li>Added WordPress Abilities for set main settings and generate WhatsApp “click to chat” links</li>
<li>Other optimizations: refactor and improved styles, updated phone input (37 translations included), added {HOME} variable, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>📝 Settings at page or archive level.</h3>
You can change main settings on every Post, Page, Product or CPT and for Tag or Category archive pages.
Editing your posts in the right side in the Joinchat metabox or editing your tags or categories in the Joinchat section, you can modify Phone, CTA, Start Message and Visibility options.
<h3>🔴 Show a notification.</h3>
Use a balloon on the button to get the visitor’s attention.
In this way, you ensure that you do not miss any important message you want to give them, surprise them in a less intrusive way.
<h3>📯 Create call-to-action messages.</h3>
To get users to start the chat, use custom CTAs on each page, product or section.
Welcome them, help them and offer them offers or promotions. <a href="https://join.chat/es/joinchat-mucho-mas-que-un-click-to-chat/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a>
<h3>💬 Customize conversation start messages.</h3>
Set the first message so that the visitor can start the conversation immediately.
Use our “Dynamic Variables” and you will know what page the visitor is coming from or what product they are looking at when they start the chat.
<h3>✅ Opt-in text.</h3>
Opt-in is a users’ consent to receive messages from a business.
Write a text with the conditions under which the visitor contacts you (or other info that you consider important).
You can make it mandatory and disable contact until the user accepts it.
<h3>🛒 Integration with WooCommerce.</h3>
Define CTAs and Custom Start Messages for shop page, product pages and for products on sale.
Add a WhatsApp Contact Button directly on your product page next to the “Add to cart” button or choose the best position, even on products without a price.
<h3>🧩 WhatsApp Contact Button Block (min WP 5.9).</h3>
Add beautiful and customizable WhatsApp contact buttons in the Block Editor.
Ready to use patterns with different styles are also included.
Enable QR Code on desktop to allow your visitors to scan it and start messaging from their phone.
You can define phone and initial message of the button or use the post/general Joinchat settings (ideal for Reusable Blocks).
<h3>🃏 Dynamic Variables.</h3>
Use variables in your CTAs and Start Messages that change dynamically for each page:
{SITE} ➡ Website title 
{TITLE} ➡ Current page title 
{HOME} ➡ Website home url 
{URL} ➡ Current page url 
{HREF} ➡ Current page url (full with query params) 
{PRODUCT} ➡ Product name (Woo) 
{SKU} ➡ Product SKU (Woo) 
{REGULAR} ➡ Product regular price (Woo) 
{PRICE} ➡ Product current price (Woo) 
{DISCOUNT} ➡ Product percent discount when is on sale (Woo)
<h3>📈 Analytics Integration.</h3>
Automatically send events to Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel when the user opens WhatsApp.
Now can send events to multiple destinations on Google Tag!
Google Analytics 4 integration with the recommended <code>"generate_lead"</code> event.
Google Ads conversion, just add your Conversion ID and Conversion Label.
You can also create your own custom events or add event parameters. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/creame-whatsapp-me/faq/" rel="ugc">View FAQs</a> / <a href="https://join.chat/en/joinchat-measures-whatsapp-events-in-google-analytics/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a>
<h3>🍾 Chat Triggers.</h3>
Any element in your page can be a chat trigger, eg: it can launch WhatsApp from a link or show the Joinchat CTA when the user scrolls to the footer.
On page load (by url):
<ul>
<li>url query param <code>joinchat</code> to show chat window. Can set delay in seconds, default is 0 (e.g. example.com/page/?joinchat=5)</li>
<li>url query hash <code>#joinchat</code> to show chat window (e.g. example.com/page/#joinchat)</li>
</ul>
On click:
<ul>
<li>class <code>"joinchat_app"</code> direct launch WhatsApp</li>
<li>class <code>"joinchat_open"</code> opens Joinchat CTA</li>
<li>link href <code>"#whatsapp"</code> direct launch WhatsApp</li>
<li>link href <code>"#joinchat"</code> opens Joinchat CTA</li>
</ul>
Set custom phone and initial message for direct WhatsApp triggers:
<ul>
<li><code>data-phone="99999999"</code></li>
<li><code>data-message="Only for this trigger message"</code>.</li>
</ul>
On scroll (when element appears on screen):
<ul>
<li>class <code>"joinchat_show"</code> opens Joinchat CTA (first time)</li>
<li>class <code>"joinchat_force_show"</code> opens Joinchat CTA (always)</li>
</ul>
<h3>💱 Multi-Language & RTL Support.</h3>
To be able to support all your users, wherever they are. Our plugin is compatible with WPML and Polylang and also RTL languages are supported.
Direct link to edit translations when a translatable field is changed.
<h3>🌈 Theme Colors & 🌚 Dark Mode.</h3>
You choose a color and we customize the entire visual theme of the widget. With Dark Mode display the chat window with dark colors and white text. From settings you can activate it or leave it automatic and detects devices’ configuration.
<h3>⚡ Fast & Light.</h3>
Only load what need when needed. Joinchat is lightweight and follow best coding practices. <a href="https://wphive.com/plugins/creame-whatsapp-me/" rel="nofollow ugc">See tests report</a>
Use vanilla JavaScript without dependencies, deferred scripts and lazy load of styles to prevent render-blocking.
<h3>🔕 No distractions.</h3>
Joinchat integrates with all major Visual Editors and Page Builders and will not appear when editing a page.
Supported editors: Beaver Builder, Brizy Page Builder, Elementor, Oxygen Builder, Page Builder by SiteOrigin, Thrive Architect, Visual Composer and WP Page Builder.
<h3>🍪 Cookies & GDPR.</h3>
Joinchat can be used without any cookies. But to automatically display the CTA, two cookies are necessary. They are first-party cookies and don’t collect personal data.
Joinchat integrates with WordPress’s Privacy Policy Guide and suggests the necessary text.
<h3>👨‍💻 Developer friendly.</h3>
Fully extensible, with lots of filters and actions to extend its functionality or change behavior.
<h3>=== Joinchat Premium 🚀 ===</h3>
Turn your chat into a powerful lead capture and support tool.
<ul>
<li>Create chatbot-like conversation flows to capture leads and automate replies.</li>
<li>Manage multiple agents and schedules to organize support.</li>
<li>Prevent overload by distributing chats across multiple WhatsApp numbers.</li>
<li>Add more channels like Telegram, Messenger, or phone calls.</li>
<li>Boost conversions with videos, surveys, and more right inside the chat window.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://join.chat/en/premium/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">👉 Get Joinchat Premium</a> and upgrade your support today.
<h3>=== Joinchat AI ✨ ===</h3>
Supercharge your chat with AI-powered instant replies and smart support.
<ul>
<li>Answer instantly 24/7 using AI trained on your FAQs and website content.</li>
<li>Guide visitors and solve questions automatically without human intervention.</li>
<li>Reduce workload and boost efficiency by handling repetitive queries.</li>
<li>Keep control with easy knowledge base management and response customization.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://join.chat/en/ai/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">👉 Get Joinchat AI</a> and let AI handle the hard work.
<h3>🎨 “Business Chat” is our WordPress theme recommended</h3>
Business Chat is a versatile WordPress theme designed for businesses seeking a professional online presence. It offers a fully responsive design, built-in SEO tools, extensive customization options, and a chat integration through Joinchat. It’s compatible with popular page builders and backed by dedicated customer support. Also it’s the ultimate solution for a high-performing, user-friendly business website.
Business Chat offers both a <a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/business-chat/" rel="ugc">free</a> and a <a href="https://superbthemes.com/business-chat/" rel="nofollow ugc">premium version</a>, catering to businesses with varying budgets and requirements. This flexibility makes it an ideal choice for businesses looking for a comprehensive and versatile solution to establish their online presence.
<h3>⌁ If you like Joinchat 😍</h3>
<ol>
<li>Please leave us a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/creame-whatsapp-me/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">★★★★★</a> rating. We’ll thank you.</li>
<li>Help us with the <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/creame-whatsapp-me" rel="nofollow ugc">translation in your language</a></li>
<li>Visit our blog and find tips and tricks at <a href="https://join.chat/en/blog/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow ugc">join.chat</a>.</li>
<li>Follow <a href="https://x.com/joinchatnow" rel="nofollow ugc">@joinchatnow</a> on X. Join chat now!</li>
</ol>

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This is one of my must-use plugins in WordPress sites.



Great plugin and great developers.



Congratulations!


Excellent plugin!!


Vaya maravilla de plugin. Facilita bastante la comunicación con clientes y consigues cerrar más ventas gracias a él.¡Gran trabajo!


Gran plugin para mejorar las ventas


Everything is good—easy to set up and helpful


Great App

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