Add AI Chat to your WordPress site
What is WordPress
WordPress
A popular content management system (CMS) designed for creating and managing websites.
Get an API key
- Go to the yoursearchbox Dashboard
- Select your project under Projects
- Go to the Integrations tab
- Click on Create integration
- Select Web
- Provide a Name and URL (optional) for the integration
- Click on Create
- Click the Example < /> button to get your API key and view suggested settings
Install custom code plugin
This plugin is required to add custom code in order to create a widget.
- Open WordPress admin panel
- Select the Plugins tab
- Open the Add New Plugin section
- Install the Head & Footer Code plugin
Initialize the widget
Next, under the Tools tab open Head & Footer Code option. Add the code below to the HEAD Code section:
<script
id="yoursearchbox-script"
src="https://unpkg.com/@yoursearchbox/[email protected]/dist/embed.js"
type="module"
defer
></script>
<script defer>
const yoursearchboxScript = document.getElementById("yoursearchbox-script");
// configure and initialize the widget
const yoursearchboxWidget = () => {
const yoursearchboxWidget = yoursearchbox().embed({
componentType: "ChatButton",
properties: {
chatButtonType: "PILL",
baseSettings: {
apiKey: "yoursearchbox_API_KEY", // required
integrationId: "yoursearchbox_INTEGRATION_ID", // required
organizationId: "yoursearchbox_ORGANIZATION_ID", // required
primaryBrandColor: "#26D6FF", // your brand color, widget color scheme is derived from this
organizationDisplayName: "yoursearchbox",
// ...optional settings,
},
modalSettings: {
// optional settings
},
searchSettings: {
// optional settings
},
aiChatSettings: {
// optional settings
botAvatarSrcUrl: "https://mydomain.com/mylogo", // use your own bot avatar
quickQuestions: [
"Example question 1?",
"Example question 2?",
"Example question 3?",
],
},
},
});
};
yoursearchboxScript.addEventListener("load", () => {
if (document.body) yoursearchboxWidget(); // initialize the widget
});
</script>Save Custom Code
- Click on the "Save Changes" button.
- Navigate to your web application to ensure the widget is installed correctly.
For a full list of customizations, please refer to the Chat Button documentation.