SmartLink Chatbox is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by fxgadgets.
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Pros
- +Published by fxgadgets — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How SmartLink Chatbox works
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SmartLink Chatbox is a lightweight and responsive WordPress plugin that lets you add floating contact and chat buttons to your website.
Create floating buttons for WhatsApp, Telegram, Phone Call, and custom URLs. Each button can be customized from the WordPress admin panel, including its text, image, background color, text color, position, and content order.
The plugin is designed to be simple, fast, and easy to use without requiring external libraries or dependencies.
You can also prevent the buttons from appearing on selected pages using the built-in Excluded Pages feature.
Key Features
Floating buttons for WhatsApp, Telegram, Phone Call, and Custom URL.
Fully customizable button text.
Custom image URL support for each button.
Built-in default images for all supported buttons.
Custom background and text colors.
Choose the button position: left, right, or center.
Choose content order: image-text or text-image.
Phone Call button using the tel: protocol.
Custom URL button for internal or external links.
Reset all plugin settings to their default values.
Excluded Pages feature to hide buttons on selected pages.
Two exclusion modes: Exact and Contains.
Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Lightweight implementation with no external JavaScript libraries.
Secure admin settings using WordPress nonce validation and capability checks.
Compatible with modern PHP versions, including PHP 8.4.
Clean and minimal front-end output.
WhatsApp Button Add a floating WhatsApp button that allows visitors to contact you directly through WhatsApp.
You can customize:
WhatsApp URL
Button text
Button image
Background color
Text color
Image and text order
Telegram Button Add a floating Telegram button for direct communication with your Telegram account, channel, group, or another supported Telegram URL.
You can customize:
Telegram URL
Button text
Button image
Background color
Text color
Image and text order
Phone Call Button Add a floating Phone Call button that allows visitors to call a phone number directly from supported devices.
The phone button uses the standard tel: protocol.
You can customize:
Phone number
Button text
Button image
Background color
Text color
Image and text order
On mobile devices, supported browsers and operating systems can open the phone application when the visitor clicks the button.
Custom URL Button Add a floating button that links to any URL you choose.
The Custom URL button can be used for:
Internal pages
External websites
Contact pages
Booking pages
Social media profiles
Support pages
Any other valid URL
You can customize the button text, image, colors, and content order.
Default Images SmartLink Chatbox includes built-in default images for all supported button types.
If you do not provide a custom image, the plugin can use its built-in default image.
Default images are stored inside the plugin and do not require an external image service.
Content Order You can choose how the image and text are displayed inside the floating button.
Available options:
Image – Text
Text – Image
This allows you to easily adjust the appearance of the buttons to match your website design.
Button Position SmartLink Chatbox allows you to choose the general position of the floating buttons.
Available positions:
Left
Right
Center
The responsive layout adapts to different screen sizes.
Excluded Pages SmartLink Chatbox includes an Excluded Pages feature that allows you to prevent floating chat buttons from appearing on specific pages.
This can be useful when you want to hide the buttons from pages such as:
Contact pages
About pages
Checkout pages
Landing pages
Specific product pages
Blog archives
Login or registration pages
Booking pages
Any other selected page
To configure excluded pages:
Go to Settings > SmartLink Chatbox.
Find the Excluded Pages section.
Enter one URL or path per line.
Select the desired exclusion mode.
Save the settings.
Exclusion Modes SmartLink Chatbox provides two exclusion modes.
Exact
The Exact mode checks for an exact URL/path match.
For example:
/about
can be used to exclude the About page.
Contains
The Contains mode excludes pages when the specified text is found in the current URL/path.
For example:
/product
can exclude URLs such as:
/product/123
and other URLs containing the specified text.
Use Exact when you want a more specific exclusion and Contains when you want to exclude a group of related URLs.
Reset to Defaults The plugin includes a Reset to Defaults option in the settings panel.
Use this option to remove your saved SmartLink Chatbox settings and restore the original default configuration.
Use the reset option carefully because previously saved customization settings may be removed.
Lightweight and Responsive SmartLink Chatbox is designed to have a minimal impact on your website.
The plugin does not require external JavaScript libraries or external services to display the floating buttons.
The interface is responsive and designed to work across:
Desktop computers
Tablets
Mobile phones
Keyword rankings
SmartLink Chatbox ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #991
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Frequently asked questions
What is SmartLink Chatbox?
SmartLink Chatbox is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by fxgadgets.