TalkDock — Floating Chat Button for WordPress Plugin Directory
TalkDock — Floating Chat Button is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Markas Studio.
AppRanks verdict
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TalkDock — Floating Chat Button is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Markas Studio — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How TalkDock — Floating Chat Button works
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TalkDock adds a floating WhatsApp button to your site in under two minutes. Visitors tap it and WhatsApp opens straight to your number — no forms, no redirects, no friction.
One settings panel covers everything. No accounts, no code, nothing to configure outside WordPress.
What TalkDock does
Floating chat button — appears on every page; visitors tap it and WhatsApp opens directly to your number.
Full color control — solid colors or gradients via a built-in picker; matches any brand palette.
Flexible positioning — left or right, with fine-grained offset control.
Pre-filled welcome message — visitors arrive with a conversation starter already typed.
Animations & visibility rules — choose bounce, pulse, shake, or none; show to all visitors, logged-in users, or guests only; hide on mobile with one toggle.
Shortcode support — embed [talkdock_button] anywhere in posts or pages.
Live preview & clean uninstall — see changes before saving; plugin removes its own data on uninstall.
Upgrade to TalkDock Pro The free plugin covers everything you need to get a WhatsApp button live. TalkDock Pro is the add-on for teams that want more control, more visibility, and more conversions.
Free
Floating chat button — all pages, all devices
Full color & gradient control with live preview
Flexible position and animation presets
Pre-filled welcome message
Visitor targeting by login state and device
Shortcode [talkdock_button] for inline embeds
Accessibility label and clean uninstall
Pro — everything above, plus:
Page-level targeting — show or hide the button by page ID, URL pattern, post type, or WooCommerce product
Multiple agents & departments — add unlimited agents with names, avatars, titles, and individual WhatsApp links; visitors pick the right person
Business hours & offline routing — set open/close windows per day; outside hours the widget auto-switches to a lead capture form
Offline leads inbox — missed enquiries saved server-side, reviewable in-dashboard, exportable as CSV
Click analytics & conversion tracking — day-by-day click chart per agent, 7/30/90-day windows, Google Analytics and Meta Pixel event firing, CSV export
Greeting bubbles & extra button styles — pop-up greeting animations, agent typing indicators, and additional button presets
Inline Gutenberg block — drop a fully-styled “Chat with us” CTA anywhere in the block editor
👉 Get TalkDock Pro
About WhatsApp TalkDock is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta. The button opens a standard wa.me link — identical to any hand-coded WhatsApp link. The plugin never contacts WhatsApp’s servers on your behalf.
Privacy & External Services TalkDock transmits nothing in normal operation — no tracking, no telemetry, no background requests. The floating button is a plain wa.me anchor tag; clicking it opens WhatsApp in the visitor’s browser and nothing else. The only outbound connection is the optional Report a Bug form, fired solely when an administrator clicks Send.
Data sent only when a bug report is submitted:
Report subject and message
Optional reply-to email address (only if you type one)
Up to three screenshot attachments (validated server-side; never stored in your media library)
Optional diagnostic info — opt-out, shown to you before sending: plugin, WordPress, PHP, and MySQL versions; active theme; locale; multisite flag; PHP memory limit
Never auto-collected: site URL, admin email, license keys, user list, active plugin list, or any visitor data
A local copy is saved in tlkd_feedback_log (last 50 entries; removed on uninstall)
External service used:
Service: Markas Studio Bug Report Receiver
Purpose: Deliver administrator-submitted bug reports for support investigation. Data is sent only after clicking Send — never automatically.
Terms of Use · Privacy Policy
WhatsApp wa.me links are standard browser anchor tags. The plugin makes no server-side requests to WhatsApp or Meta.
Keyword rankings
TalkDock — Floating Chat Button ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #869
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is TalkDock — Floating Chat Button?
TalkDock — Floating Chat Button 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 Markas Studio.