Joinchat – Enhanced "click to chat" vs Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible

Turn conversations into conversions Joinchat is the most installed plugin for WhatsApp: a customizable floating button that turns your visitors into chats, leads and sales. Built for conversion from the very first click: eye-catching CTAs, dynamic start messages, native WooCommerce integration and built-in analytics to measure every conversation. 🌍 Joinchat, the global leader in WhatsApp click to chat 🗺️ Present in more than 176 countries 🏆 #1 chat solution in: 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇪🇸 Spain 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇨🇱 Chile 🇵🇪 Peru 🇵🇹 Portugal Source: BuiltWith® What you get with Joinchat A complete WhatsApp conversion toolkit for WordPress, designed to capture more leads and close more sales. Floating WhatsApp button that opens the WhatsApp app on mobile, and on desktop launches WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web and shows a scannable QR code. Eye-catching CTAs to greet visitors, present offers and start the chat with the right message. Dynamic start messages so every conversation arrives with full context (the page, the product, the price, the discount…). WooCommerce integration, with a contact button next to “Add to cart” and shop-specific CTAs. Analytics built in — 🆕 — Clicks counter in your WordPress dashboard. Events for Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel, plus Google Ads conversions. Lightweight and fast — JavaScript with no dependencies and lazy-loaded styles. No render-blocking. Customizable site-wide or at the page, product, category, etc. level. 🛡️ Say goodbye to the fear of WhatsApp bans Many companies lose their WhatsApp Business number for contacting customers first without consent. Joinchat flips the model: the visitor writes first, so every conversation starts aligned with WhatsApp’s official policies. The result: your business number protected and your customers reaching out when they need to, not the other way around. With Joinchat, you can unlock the full potential of WhatsApp’s “click to chat” feature. Take Joinchat further with Premium and AI Joinchat Free is just the start. Premium and AI unlock its full conversion potential. 🌍 Show or hide the button by country — 🆕 — geo-target your visitors with country-specific rules. Perfect for international stores, regional campaigns and multi-language sites. 💬 Add more support channels — extend beyond WhatsApp with Telegram, Facebook Messenger, phone calls and more, all from the same widget. 🕒 Multi-agent with custom schedules — assign chats to the right person at the right time. Each agent works their own hours and only takes chats when available, and you can set an alternative CTA when no agents are online. 🔁 Add a Chat Funnel — guided conversational flows that qualify and capture leads automatically with higher conversion than a form, 24/7, even when no one is at the desk. ✨ Add an AI agent — trained on your FAQs and website content. Answers visitors instantly, anytime, with the tone and knowledge you define. 👉 Get Joinchat Premium | 👉 Get Joinchat AI 📝 Settings at page or archive level You can change main settings on every Post, Page, Product or CPT and for Tag or Category archive pages. Edit your WhatsApp number, CTA, Start Message and Visibility options. 🔴 Show a notification Use a balloon on the button to get the visitor’s attention. In this way, you ensure that you do not miss any important message you want to give them, surprise them in a less intrusive way. 📯 Create call-to-action messages CTAs with Rich Chat: multiple chat bubbles with links, buttons, images or random text. Encourage users to contact you with a welcome message, offering help or promotions and offers. Read more 💬 Customize conversation start messages Defines a pre-loaded initial message for when the user contacts via WhatsApp. Add context with our “Dynamic Variables” and you will know what page the visitor is coming from or what product they are looking at when they start the chat. ✅ Opt-in text Opt-in is a users’ consent to receive messages from a business. Write a text with the conditions under which the visitor contacts you (or other info that you consider important). You can make it mandatory and disable contact until the user accepts it. 🛒 Integration with WooCommerce Set CTAs and Start Messages for shop page, product pages and for products on sale. Add a WhatsApp Contact Button directly on your product page next to the “Add to cart” button or choose the best position, even on products without a price. 🧩 WhatsApp Contact Button Block Add beautiful and customizable WhatsApp contact buttons in the Block Editor. You can define phone and initial message of the button or use the post/general Joinchat settings (ideal for Reusable Blocks). Enable QR Code on desktop to allow your visitors to scan it and start messaging from their phone. 🃏 Dynamic Variables Use variables in your CTAs and Start Messages that change dynamically for each page: {SITE} ➡ Website title {TITLE} ➡ Current page title {HOME} ➡ Website home url {URL} ➡ Current page url {HREF} ➡ Current page url (full with query params) {PRODUCT} ➡ Product name (Woo) {SKU} ➡ Product SKU (Woo) {REGULAR} ➡ Product regular price (Woo) {PRICE} ➡ Product current price (Woo) {DISCOUNT} ➡ Product percent discount when is on sale (Woo) 📈 Analytics Integration Automatically send events to Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel when the user opens WhatsApp. — 🆕 — Clicks counter in your WordPress dashboard Google Analytics 4 send the recommended "generate_lead" event Google Tag Manager send "JoinChat" event Facebook Pixel send "JoinChat" event Google Ads conversion, just add your Conversion ID and Conversion Label You can also create your own custom events or add event parameters. View FAQs / Read more 🍾 Chat Triggers Any element in your page can be a chat trigger, eg: it can launch WhatsApp from a link or show the Joinchat CTA when the user scrolls to the footer. On page load (by url): url query param joinchat to show chat window. Can set delay in seconds, default is 0 (e.g. example.com/page/?joinchat=5) url query hash #joinchat to show chat window (e.g. example.com/page/#joinchat) On click: class "joinchat_app" direct launch WhatsApp class "joinchat_open" opens Joinchat CTA link href "#whatsapp" direct launch WhatsApp link href "#joinchat" opens Joinchat CTA Set custom phone and initial message for direct WhatsApp triggers: data-phone="99999999" data-message="Only for this trigger message". On scroll (when element appears on screen): class "joinchat_show" opens Joinchat CTA (first time) class "joinchat_force_show" opens Joinchat CTA (always) 💱 Multi-Language & RTL Support To be able to support all your users, wherever they are. Our plugin is compatible with WPML, Polylang and — 🆕 — TranslatePress and also RTL languages are supported. 🌈 Theme Colors & 🌚 Dark Mode You choose a color and we customize the entire visual theme of the widget. With Dark Mode display the chat window with dark colors and white text. From settings you can activate it or leave it automatic and detects devices’ configuration. ⚡ Fast & Light Only load what need when needed. Joinchat is lightweight and follow best coding practices. Use vanilla JavaScript without dependencies, deferred scripts and lazy load of styles to prevent render-blocking. See Tests Report and Speed Score. 🔕 No distractions Joinchat integrates with all major Visual Editors and Page Builders and will not appear when editing a page. Supported editors: Beaver Builder, Brizy Page Builder, Elementor, Oxygen Builder, Page Builder by SiteOrigin, Thrive Architect, Visual Composer and WP Page Builder. 🍪 Cookies & GDPR Joinchat can be used without any cookies or persisten storage and don’t collect personal data. Joinchat integrates with WordPress’s Privacy Policy Guide and suggests the necessary text. 👨‍💻 Developer friendly Fully extensible, with lots of filters and actions to extend its functionality or change behavior. Documentation ⌁ If you like Joinchat 😍 Please leave us a ★★★★★ rating. We’ll thank you. Help us with the translation in your language Visit our blog and find tips and tricks at join.chat. Follow @joinchatnow on X. Join chat now!

Init Chat Engine is a clean and minimal frontend chatbox plugin, designed for homepage or site-wide communication with comprehensive administrative controls. This plugin is the core user system behind the Init Plugin Suite – optimized for frontend-first interaction, extensibility, and real-time gamification. GitHub repository: https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-chat-engine Key Features: Frontend Experience: – Built with 100% REST API and Vanilla JS – No jQuery, no bloat – blazing fast – Fully embeddable via [init_chatbox] shortcode – Guest messaging support (optional) – Smart polling system (adaptive 3.5–10s based on activity, up to 20s when the chatbox is scrolled out of view) – Browser notifications when new messages arrive – Scroll-up to load history, scroll-down to auto-scroll – Optimistic sending & “new message” jump button – Clean UI with customizable themes – Template override supported (chatbox.php) Administrative Control: – Complete Settings Panel – Basic, Security, and Advanced configurations – Message Management – Search, view, delete messages with pagination – User Moderation – Ban/unban users by IP or user ID with expiration – Rate Limiting – Prevent spam with configurable message limits – Word Filtering – Block messages containing prohibited words – Statistics Dashboard – View chat activity, user engagement, and trends – Cleanup Tools – Automatic and manual cleanup of old messages – Custom CSS Support – Full styling customization options Security & Moderation: – IP-based and user-based banning system – Configurable rate limiting (messages per minute) – Word filtering with custom blocked word lists – Message moderation queue (optional) – Automatic cleanup of old messages and expired bans – Admin override capabilities Multilingual Ready: – Translation-ready with full .pot file included – Vietnamese translation included – Easy to translate to any language Perfect for community-based sites, forums, fanpages, manga readers, SaaS dashboards, customer support, or any interactive chat widget. Shortcode Attributes Shortcode [init_chatbox] supports the following attributes: height – Set chat height (e.g., height="400px") width – Set chat width (e.g., width="100%") theme – Apply custom theme (e.g., theme="dark") show_avatars – Override avatar setting (true/false) show_timestamps – Override timestamp setting (true/false) title – Add custom chat title class – Add custom CSS classes id – Set custom container ID Example: [init_chatbox height="500px" title="Community Chat" theme="modern"] Filters for Developers This plugin provides filters and actions to allow developers to extend word filtering, message processing, and chat behavior without modifying core files. init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_filter_strategy Modify word filtering strategy (substring, word, regex). Applies to: Message validation Params: string $strategy, array $settings, string $message init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_blocked_words Modify the blocked-words list before validation. Applies to: Message validation Params: array $blocked_words, array $settings, string $message init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_bypass_filter Bypass filtering under custom conditions (VIP, internal users, etc.). Applies to: Message validation Params: bool $bypass, string $message, WP_User|null $user, array $settings init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_block_hit (action) Triggered when a word filter rule blocks a message. Applies to: Message validation Params: string $blocked_word, string $message, string $strategy init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_enrich_message_row Extend chat message data (add flags, metadata, user info, etc.). Applies to: Backend DB → JSON output Params: array $message_row, WP_User|null $user License This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.