AI Shoutbox

AI Shoutbox provides a lightweight and fast chat box for your WordPress site. It uses a standard polling technique for real-time updates that works on any hosting environment. Key features:

• Real-Time Chat: Uses AJAX polling for message updates.
• AI Integration: Allow users to ask questions directly to OpenAI’s GPT models.
• reCAPTCHA v3 Protection: Secure login form to prevent spam.
• Session Persistence: Remembers users for 1 hour.
• Admin Settings Page: Easily configure API keys and translate all public-facing texts from the WordPress admin.
• Auto-Pruning: Automatically clears chat history every 24 hours to keep the database clean.
• Widget & Shortcode: Display the shoutbox in any widget area or anywhere on your site using the [aish_shoutbox] shortcode.
• Admin Tools: Clear chat history manually from the settings page.

External Services

This plugin utilizes two external services to provide its full functionality. Users must be aware that using this plugin will result in data being sent to these third-party services.

• Google reCAPTCHA

  • Purpose: This service is used to protect the shoutbox login form from spam and automated abuse by bots.
  • Data Sent: To verify that a user is not a robot, hardware and software information, such as device data, application data, and the user’s IP address, is sent to Google. This occurs when a user clicks the “Join” button.
  • Service Documents: Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

• OpenAI API

  • Purpose: This service is used to generate intelligent, human-like responses when a user interacts with the AI feature of the shoutbox.
  • Data Sent: When a user enables the AI mode and submits a message, the text content of that message is sent to OpenAI’s API for processing. No personal user data is sent, only the query text itself.
  • Service Documents: OpenAI Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

1. Upload the ai-shoutbox folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings -> AI Shoutbox and enter your Google reCAPTCHA v3 and OpenAI API keys. You can also translate the texts here.
4. Go to Appearance -> Widgets and add the “AI Shoutbox” widget to a sidebar, or place the [aish_shoutbox] shortcode in any page or post.

2.0.2

• Added “External Services” section to readme.txt to comply with WordPress.org guidelines.
• Updated plugin version.

2.0.1

• Updated “Tested up to” version to 6.5.

2.0.0

• Major refactor. Prefixed all functions, classes, hooks, and assets with aish_ to meet WordPress.org standards.
• Synchronized all CSS classes and JS element IDs to match the new prefixes.