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Layerworks AI Chatbot adds an AI chatbot to WordPress sites. It is designed for small businesses, shops, local organizations, and service websites that want to answer visitor questions based on reviewed site knowledge.
The plugin uses administrator-reviewed basic knowledge and supplemental knowledge collected from published content to answer visitor questions based on the site. Basic knowledge is created from selected published pages, then reviewed and saved by an administrator. Supplemental knowledge can be collected from published posts and custom post types.
Developed by LAYERWORKS Co., Ltd.
This plugin does not automatically train or fine-tune an AI model from conversations. Administrators review site content and inquiry records manually. Basic usage counts are shown from saved logs.
Main features:
<ul>
<li>Chat widget for the front end</li>
<li>Safe readable formatting for chatbot replies, including lists, bold text, and links</li>
<li>OpenAI Responses API integration</li>
<li>Separate OpenAI model settings for chat responses and knowledge design</li>
<li>Basic knowledge setup from selected published pages with editable review flow</li>
<li>Editable fixed knowledge sections</li>
<li>Background supplemental knowledge collection from published posts and custom post types</li>
<li>Protected terms to keep product names, service names, and brand names unchanged</li>
<li>Widget position and margin adjustment to avoid overlap with fixed page buttons</li>
<li>Widget motion effect setting</li>
<li>Bundled chatbot icon selection</li>
<li>Response style selection</li>
<li>Device visibility controls for desktop, tablet, and mobile</li>
<li>Excluded page ID setting to hide the widget on specific posts, pages, and custom posts</li>
<li>Inquiry form and inquiry management screen</li>
<li>Inquiry email notifications with configurable recipient, subject, body, and test sending</li>
<li>Chat log review, search, deletion, and CSV export</li>
<li>Chat log storage retention and cleanup settings</li>
<li>Basic usage insights from saved chat logs</li>
<li>Rate limit and safety settings visibility</li>
<li>Automatic multilingual response handling</li>
<li>English source strings with bundled Japanese translation files</li>
</ul>
The core chatbot, knowledge management, inquiry form, inquiry management, inquiry email notifications, chat log review, CSV export, log storage settings, basic usage insights, and response style features are included in this plugin.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the OpenAI API, using the API key configured by the site administrator, to generate chatbot responses and to help administrators create editable knowledge drafts.
Service: OpenAI API 
Endpoint used: https://api.openai.com/v1/responses
The plugin does not send data to OpenAI until an administrator configures an OpenAI API key and uses a feature that requires AI processing, such as a visitor chat response, the admin test chat, the OpenAI connection test, or basic knowledge creation.
When OpenAI settings are configured and a visitor sends a message, the plugin may send the following information to OpenAI:
<ul>
<li>The visitor’s message</li>
<li>Recent conversation history</li>
<li>Basic knowledge configured by the site administrator</li>
<li>Supplemental knowledge collected from published posts and custom post types</li>
<li>Protected terms configured by the site administrator</li>
<li>The current page URL, when it is used as part of the chat context</li>
</ul>
When an administrator creates basic knowledge, the plugin may also send selected published page content, current knowledge sections, protected terms, and the site name and URL to OpenAI.
When an administrator uses the test chat, the test message and the same knowledge context may be sent to OpenAI. Test chat conversations are not stored as chat logs by this plugin.
The OpenAI API key is stored in the WordPress database and is not exposed to visitors. Saved API keys are not printed back into the settings field. The plugin should not automatically include private administrator-only information, such as the WordPress admin email address, in generated knowledge.
OpenAI terms and privacy information:
<ul>
<li>https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/</li>
<li>https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
<h3>Chatbot Response Languages</h3>
The chatbot response language is not limited to Japanese and English.
The chatbot detects the visitor’s language and tries to answer in the same language where possible. Important business, pricing, contract, disclaimer, and contact information should be based on administrator-configured knowledge and should not be guessed.
<h3>Plugin Interface Languages</h3>
The plugin interface uses English source strings and includes bundled Japanese translation files so that both English-speaking and Japanese site administrators can use it.

Layerworks AI Chatbot

An AI chatbot for WordPress sites. It helps small businesses and site administrators answer visitor questions using reviewed site knowledge.

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SimpleDocs – Simple Documentation and Knowledge Base makes it easy to create, organize, and display documentation on your WordPress site. Whether you’re building a help center, knowledge base, or user guide, this lightweight plugin handles it all with minimal configuration.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Auto-generates a <code>documents</code> custom post type – No setup needed.</li>
<li>Auto-creates <code>doc-type</code> taxonomy – Categorize and organize documents easily.</li>
<li>Prebuilt archive page with a clean card layout.</li>
<li>Custom sidebar injection on single document pages – replaces your theme sidebar automatically (make sure the sidebar is enabled in your theme layout settings).</li>
<li>Full support for block (FSE) themes – Automatically generates archive and single templates.</li>
<li>Templates regenerate after theme switches – No reconfiguration needed.</li>
<li>Redirects doc-type archive pages to the first listed document in that category.</li>
<li>Smart archive queries – Uses native WordPress loops, preserving your theme features.</li>
<li>Ultra-lightweight CSS – Only loads minimal styles, scoped to doc pages.</li>
<li>Modern CSS only, no JavaScript – Fast loading, less conflict.</li>
<li>Responsive grid layout on archive pages – Auto-applied even if your theme uses flex.</li>
<li>
Only 4 CSS variables used for coloring:
`css 
:root { 
–simpledocs-accent-color: #2872fa; 
–simpledocs-link-color: #555; 
–simpledocs-border-color: #eee; 
–simpledocs-background-color: #fff; 
}
</li>
</ul>
Use your theme’s Customizer or global styles to override them easily.
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<pre><code>[simpledocs_archive] — Displays the document archive

[simpledocs_navigation] — Displays navigation links for documents
</code></pre>
Use these shortcodes if you’re manually creating templates or using a page builder.
<h3>Support</h3>
For help, feature requests, or bug reports, please contact the plugin author or visit the support forums.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not collect or transmit personal data. All content is stored locally within your site.

SimpleDocs – Documentation and Knowledge Base


Nice little plugin, well integrated to block themes. A search bar tailored to the documentation on archive page would be nice for later version :) Thank you !


Doing it's job well

A powerful, theme-friendly documentation system that works out of the box—no bloat, no JS, just clean, structured, and styled docs.

Layerworks AI Chatbot vs SimpleDocs – Documentation and Knowledge Base