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SiteAnswerAI adds an AI assistant to your WordPress site that answers visitor questions using your own website content. When a visitor asks about your services, products, policies, or anything else covered on your site, the assistant responds with relevant answers drawn from your pages.
This is useful for handling support questions, pre-sales inquiries, product lookups, and general site navigation — without requiring you to be online or manage a live chat queue.
Who is this for?
<ul>
<li>Business owners who want to reduce repetitive support questions</li>
<li>WooCommerce store owners who want visitors to get quick answers about products, pricing, and availability</li>
<li>Service providers who want an always-available assistant on their website</li>
<li>Anyone who wants to help visitors find information on their site faster</li>
</ul>
What you get:
<ul>
<li>An AI assistant that reads and learns from your website content</li>
<li>Automatic answers to visitor questions based on your pages, posts, and products</li>
<li>A clean chat widget that appears on your site frontend</li>
<li>WooCommerce awareness — the assistant can reference product names, prices, stock status, and descriptions</li>
<li>Full branding control — match your site colors, position the widget where you want it</li>
<li>A hosted dashboard for conversation history, prompt customization, and AI training</li>
<li>Lightweight loading — the widget script loads asynchronously and does not block page rendering</li>
</ul>
How setup works:
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Visit any admin page — the plugin automatically provisions your AI assistant by sending your site URL, site name, and admin email to the SiteAnswerAI service</li>
<li>SiteAnswerAI begins crawling your website to build the assistant’s knowledge base</li>
<li>The chat widget appears on your site frontend once provisioning is complete</li>
<li>Optionally, check the email sent to your admin address to set a dashboard password for advanced settings</li>
</ol>
No separate registration or signup form is required. The plugin handles provisioning automatically on first use. If you already have a SiteAnswerAI account associated with your admin email, the plugin connects to your existing account instead.
WooCommerce integration:
If WooCommerce is active, you can connect your product catalog from the plugin settings page. The plugin creates a read-only WooCommerce REST API key and transmits it to SiteAnswerAI over HTTPS. This allows the assistant to answer product questions using real-time data — including prices, stock status, variants, and descriptions. The API key is read-only and cannot modify your store.
Performance:
The widget script is enqueued with an async loading strategy and renders in the footer. It does not block your page content from loading and works alongside caching plugins and page builders without conflict.
Customization:
From the WordPress settings page, you can control:
<ul>
<li>Widget position (bottom-right or bottom-left)</li>
<li>Primary color</li>
<li>Header and footer colors (or leave blank to use your dashboard defaults)</li>
<li>Enable/disable toggle</li>
</ul>
For deeper customization — including prompt tuning, personality settings, and conversation review — use the SiteAnswerAI dashboard linked from the plugin settings page.
Developer-friendly:
<ul>
<li><code>siteanswerai_show_widget</code> filter to control widget visibility per page</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_app_url</code> filter and <code>SITEANSWERAI_APP_URL</code> constant for self-hosted setups</li>
<li>Helper functions: <code>siteanswerai_is_enabled()</code>, <code>siteanswerai_get_bot_id()</code>, <code>siteanswerai_is_configured()</code>, and more</li>
</ul>
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services to provide AI-powered chat functionality. Below is a clear description of each service, what data is sent, and when.
<h4>SiteAnswerAI</h4>
The primary service that powers the AI assistant. Handles chatbot provisioning, content indexing, conversation processing, and widget delivery.
<ul>
<li>Homepage: <a href="https://siteanswerai.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://siteanswerai.com</a></li>
<li>API endpoint: <a href="https://siteanswerai.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://siteanswerai.com</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://siteanswerai.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://siteanswerai.com/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://siteanswerai.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://siteanswerai.com/privacy</a></li>
</ul>
When data is sent to SiteAnswerAI:
<ol>
<li>On the first WordPress admin page load after plugin activation, the plugin sends your site URL, site name, and WordPress admin email to provision your AI assistant. This also occurs on first settings save if auto-provisioning has not yet completed.</li>
<li>When the chat widget is enabled and a visitor loads any frontend page, the visitor’s browser requests the widget script and configuration from SiteAnswerAI servers.</li>
<li>When a visitor sends a chat message, their message text and the current page URL are sent to SiteAnswerAI for AI-powered response generation.</li>
<li>If WooCommerce integration is connected, a read-only WooCommerce REST API key is transmitted once over HTTPS so SiteAnswerAI can read your product catalog.</li>
</ol>
What data is sent:
<ul>
<li>WordPress admin email, site URL, and site name (during provisioning)</li>
<li>Bot ID and widget display settings</li>
<li>Visitor chat messages and page URLs (during conversations)</li>
<li>Read-only WooCommerce API credentials (only when WooCommerce integration is explicitly connected by a site administrator)</li>
</ul>
<h4>OpenAI Realtime API (Optional)</h4>
When voice features are enabled through the SiteAnswerAI dashboard, the widget may use the OpenAI Realtime API for voice-based interactions. Audio is recorded in the visitor’s browser and sent directly to OpenAI. No audio data is stored on the WordPress server.
<ul>
<li>Homepage: <a href="https://openai.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Vapi.ai (Optional)</h4>
An alternative voice AI provider available to users who bring their own API key. Used only when explicitly configured through the SiteAnswerAI dashboard.
<ul>
<li>Homepage: <a href="https://vapi.ai" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vapi.ai</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://vapi.ai/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vapi.ai/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://vapi.ai/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vapi.ai/privacy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
This plugin embeds a third-party widget from SiteAnswerAI. When the widget is enabled, visitors to your site may interact with the chatbot, and their conversations are processed by SiteAnswerAI. Please review the <a href="https://siteanswerai.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteAnswerAI Privacy Policy</a> for more information about how data is handled.
The plugin itself stores the following data in your WordPress database: 
* Your Bot ID and widget configuration (position, color, enabled status) 
* WooCommerce connection status and truncated API key (if WooCommerce integration is used)
This data is not transmitted to any third party except as described in the Third-Party Services section above.
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
Filters:
<pre><code>siteanswerai_show_widget - Control when the widget is displayed

add_filter( 'siteanswerai_show_widget', function( $show ) {
 // Hide on contact page
 if ( is_page( 'contact' ) ) {
 return false;
 }
 return $show;
} );

siteanswerai_app_url - Override the SiteAnswerAI app URL (for self-hosted instances)

add_filter( 'siteanswerai_app_url', function( $url ) {
 return 'https://my-siteanswerai.example.com';
} );
</code></pre>
Constants:
<pre><code>SITEANSWERAI_APP_URL - Define in wp-config.php to set a custom app URL

define( 'SITEANSWERAI_APP_URL', 'https://my-siteanswerai.example.com' );
</code></pre>
Helper Functions:
<ul>
<li><code>siteanswerai_is_enabled()</code> – Check if widget is enabled</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_get_bot_id()</code> – Get the configured Bot ID</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_is_bot_valid()</code> – Check if Bot ID has been validated</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_get_position()</code> – Get the widget position</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_get_primary_color()</code> – Get the primary color</li>
<li><code>siteanswerai_is_configured()</code> – Check if Bot ID is set</li>
</ul>

SiteAnswerAI

AI assistant trained on your website content that answers visitor questions automatically.

Limb AI Chatbot

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Raffi Yeghiazaryan

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Add an AI chatbot to your WordPress site for customer support and lead generation. Train it on pages, posts, PDFs, FAQs, URLs, and more to deliver instant AI-powered answers 24/7. Capture leads with intelligent conversational forms, choose from 200+ AI models, and customize everything to match your brand—without coding.
<a href="https://wpaichatbot.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo</a> | <a href="https://wpaichatbot.com/documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a>
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<h4>Why Choose AI Chatbot?</h4>
⭐ Experience True Quality — Intuitive and 100% WordPress Native. 
Professional-grade AI chatbot with clean code, polished UI, and extensible architecture built with industry best practices.
What You Get: 
✅ Customer support – Your chatbot answers common visitor questions automatically from your knowledge base with full conversation history and multi-language support, so your team spends less time on repetitive support emails. 
✅ Lead Generation – Collect visitor name and email before chat starts so you can build your email list and send follow-up campaigns 
✅ Conversational Forms – When visitor intent matches your setup, the chatbot collects standard fields through dialogue. Submissions are stored locally; new entries can be sent by email or Slack. Choose a conversational or widget (static) form type when you configure the form. 
✅ 200+ AI Models – Native support for OpenAI (GPT-5.4 family and more), Google Gemini 3.x, Claude 4.6, DeepSeek, and Grok; plus Open Router for 200+ additional models 
✅ Advanced RAG Technology – Intelligent retrieval for accurate, contextually relevant responses 
✅ Cost-Optimized Usage – Smart token management minimizes API charges 
✅ Knowledge Transparency – See exactly which content AI used for each response 
✅ Unlimited Knowledge Base – Train on pages, posts, PDFs, text files, Q&A entries, or webpage content fetched from URLs. Auto-sync keeps WordPress sources up to date automatically 
✅ Leads Management Board – Simple table to track and manage all leads collected through the Lead Generation widget or Conversational Forms 
✅ Analytics Dashboard – Fast analytical board with real-time insights on new conversations, leads, visitors, form submissions, and more. Includes daily, weekly, and monthly charts for comprehensive reporting 
✅ Transcripts – In the WordPress admin, open Chatbot → Transcripts to review conversation history and see which knowledge sources were used for each reply 
✅ 3-Step Setup Wizard – Live in under 5 minutes with guided onboarding 
✅ Rate Limiting – Control usage for guests and logged-in users 
✅ Theme Support – Light mode, dark mode, and system theme options 
✅ True WordPress Native – Real platform integration, not an iframe
🚀 Designed to Scale 
Flexible architecture that grows with your business. Start simple, expand seamlessly.
<h4>Core Features</h4>
Your AI chatbot includes everything you need for customer support, lead generation, and engagement:
✅ Conversational Forms 
Your AI doesn’t just answer questions—it can run conversational forms when visitor intent matches your configuration: the chatbot collects standard fields through dialogue. You can also use widget forms—the type is chosen when you set up the form (conversational vs widget). Submissions are stored locally, and each new entry can be delivered by email or Slack.
✅ Quick 3-Step AI Chatbot Setup 
Guided wizard launches after activation. Connect your AI provider, configure personality, add knowledge sources, and customize appearance—live in under 5 minutes.
✅ Advanced AI Chatbot RAG Technology 
Train on unlimited WordPress content using Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Supports pages, posts, custom post types, PDFs, text files, rich text input, Q&A entries, and webpage content fetched from URLs. Intelligent intent recognition retrieves the most relevant knowledge for accurate responses. Auto-sync keeps WordPress knowledge sources (pages, posts, custom post types) automatically up to date—no manual re-training needed when content changes. Knowledge Filtering lets you accurately filter and view which sources are available in your knowledge base. AI Agent can also render images from learned sources (Beta) for richer, more visual responses.
✅ Transcripts 
View all chats, see which knowledge sources were used per reply, add missing Q&A entries, and review user context (guest/logged-in status and IP addresses).
✅ Cost-Optimized AI Usage 
Smart token management minimizes API charges. Intelligent request optimization ensures you pay only for what you need. Configure rate limits to control expenses.
✅ Streaming AI Responses 
Real-time word-by-word AI replies for faster, more natural conversations. Especially useful when short answers setting is disabled – long responses are printed naturally and quickly instead of making users wait for the full response to be ready.
✅ Customizable Chat Experience 
Unlimited widgets including Message Starters, Message Prompts, Chat History, Links, Lead Generation, and custom announcements. The Lead Generation widget collects user name and email before allowing conversation to start—so you know who is chatting and can follow up or add them to your leads list. Fully customizable greetings with emoji support. Simplified single-step widget publishing makes adding widgets effortless.
✅ Flexible Vector Storage 
Choose local WordPress database (free, unlimited) or Pinecone for enterprise-scale knowledge bases. Vector embeddings enable fast, contextually relevant retrieval.
✅ Complete Customization 
Customize colors, chatbot icon, AI avatar, chat box size, themes (light/dark/system), positioning, emojis, and greeting messages. Adapts seamlessly to all devices.
✅ Multi-Language Support 
Conversations in multiple languages with RTL compatibility. The AI chatbot responds in your visitors’ language.
✅ GDPR Compliant 
All conversation data stored locally on your WordPress site. You control data retention, export, and deletion policies.
<h4>Supported AI Models</h4>
Google Gemini 
– Gemini 3 Flash Preview 
– Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 
– Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview 
– Gemini Embedding 001 (for knowledge base)
OpenAI GPT 
– GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 Mini, GPT-5.4 Nano 
– GPT-5.2, GPT-5.1 
– GPT-5 Mini, GPT-5 Nano 
– GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 Mini, GPT-4.1 Nano 
– GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini 
– GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4 
– Text Embedding 3 Small, Text Embedding 3 Large, Text Embedding ada 002 (for knowledge base)
Claude (Anthropic) 
– Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6 
– Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Haiku 4.5 
– Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Opus 4.1 
– Claude Sonnet 4.0, Claude Opus 4.0
DeepSeek 
– DeepSeek-V3.2 Chat
Grok (X.AI) 
– Grok 4.20 (Reasoning), Grok 4.20 (Non Reasoning) 
– Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning), Grok 4.1 Fast (Non Reasoning) 
– Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning), Grok 4 Fast (Non Reasoning) 
– Grok 3 Mini, Grok 3 Mini Fast
Open Router (200+ models via single API) 
– OpenAI: GPT-5.1, GPT-5 Pro, GPT-5, GPT-5 Mini, o3, o4 Mini, GPT-4.1, GPT-4o 
– Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash 
– Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 4.1 
– DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus, R1 
– xAI: Grok 4.1 Fast, Grok 4 Fast, Grok 3 
– Mistral: Mistral Large 3, Mistral Medium 3, Ministral 3, Devstral 2 
– Amazon: Nova Premier 1.0, Nova Pro 1.0, Nova Lite 1.0 
– Qwen: Qwen3 Max, Qwen3 235B, Qwen3 Next 80B 
– Meta: Llama 4 Maverick, Llama 4 Scout, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 
– Plus Pony Alpha, MiniMax M2, Moonshot Kimi K2, Z.AI GLM 4.6, Cohere Command R, and 150+ more chat and embedding models
<h4>Knowledge Sources</h4>
Train your AI chatbot on multiple content types:
<ul>
<li>WordPress Pages & Posts</li>
<li>Custom Post Types</li>
<li>PDF Documents</li>
<li>Text Files (.txt)</li>
<li>Rich Text Editor (unlimited input)</li>
<li>Simple Q&A Entries</li>
<li>Webpage URLs</li>
<li>Sitemap</li>
</ul>
Content is processed using vector embeddings and stored in your WordPress database or Pinecone for fast, contextually relevant retrieval. Use the Knowledge Filtering feature to accurately filter and view which sources are available in your knowledge base.
<h4>Quick Setup</h4>
Your AI chatbot launches in 3 simple steps:
1️⃣ Connect AI Provider – Enter your API key and configure AI agent personality 
2️⃣ Appearance – Customize theme, colors, chatbot icon, and how the widget looks on your site 
3️⃣ Add Knowledge – Import pages, posts, upload documents, or paste webpage URLs for RAG training
Live in under 5 minutes with no technical knowledge required.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to third-party AI services to generate chatbot responses. You must provide your own API keys and comply with each provider’s terms of service.
AI Service Providers:
<ul>
<li>
OpenAI – Chat completions, embeddings, image generation
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.openai.com</li>
<li><a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
<li><a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Google Gemini – Chat completions, embeddings, image generation
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com</li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Pinecone (Optional) – Vector database for knowledge storage
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.pinecone.io</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pinecone.io/terms-of-service/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pinecone.io/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
DeepSeek – Chat completions
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.deepseek.com</li>
<li><a href="https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Claude (Anthropic) – Chat completions
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.anthropic.com</li>
<li><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Grok (X.AI) – Chat completions
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.x.ai</li>
<li><a href="https://x.ai/legal/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.ai/legal/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Open Router (Optional) – Unified API for 200+ AI models (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, DeepSeek, xAI, Mistral, Amazon, Qwen, Meta, and more)
<ul>
<li>API Endpoint: https://openrouter.ai</li>
<li><a href="https://openrouter.ai/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://openrouter.ai/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
You are responsible for: 
– Obtaining and managing your own API keys 
– Monitoring your API usage and costs 
– Complying with each service provider’s terms and policies 
– Ensuring your use case meets provider requirements
<h3>Libraries & Credits</h3>
Development Team: 
AI Chatbot is developed and maintained by the team at <a href="https://wpaichatbot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">wpaichatbot.com</a>.
<h3>Support & Documentation</h3>
Need Help? 
* 📚 <a href="https://wpaichatbot.com/documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Documentation</a> 
* 💬 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/limb-chatbot/" rel="ugc">Community Forum</a> 
* 🌐 <a href="https://wpaichatbot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Official Website</a> 
* 📧 <a href="mailto:support@wpaichatbot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Email Support</a>
<h3>Privacy & Data</h3>
Your Data, Your Control: 
– All chat conversations are stored locally in your WordPress database 
– No data is sent to external services except AI providers (OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude, Grok, or Open Router) for response generation 
– You have complete control over data retention and deletion policies 
– GDPR-compliant data handling with export and erasure capabilities 
– User data is handled according to WordPress privacy standards
<h3>Upgrade to Pro</h3>
⭐ The Pro version includes advanced features:
<ul>
<li>💬 Native live agent – Hand off chats to your team through the WordPress-native live agent experience (mobile-optimized PWA)</li>
<li>🛒 WooCommerce integration – Shopping assistance, product recommendations, cart and order support tied to your store</li>
<li>🎨 White Label Branding – Custom logos and icons for chatbot and AI agent</li>
<li>⚡ Conversational Forms (Pro) – Attachment and date fields; custom webhooks; multiple notification destinations delivered together</li>
<li>🧩 Chatbot & Prompt Blocks – Gutenberg integration for inline chat and prompt inputs</li>
<li>🎯 Premium Widgets – Advanced UI components and interactive elements</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://wpaichatbot.com/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Pro features</a>


This plugin is a simple yet effective approach to creating an AI chatbot on your website. Utilizing the various AI API's is an excellent and low cost method to achieving a simple chatbot experience. When the AI doesn't have enough context to answer the questions, site visitors can generate an email through the Actions available in the plugin settings. 



Perfect for agencies that would like to implement a lightweight solution for their clients - which is exactly what I'm planning to do on as many client sites as possible. The developers behind the plugin are extremely professional and provide excellent support as well. 


Excellent and Competitive AI Chatbot Plugin

AI Chatbot for customer support automation and lead generation. Train on unlimited site content, PDFs, FAQs, and more.

SiteAnswerAI vs Limb AI Chatbot