AI Chatbot Free Models – Customer Support, Live Chat, Virtual Assistant vs Guest Support

AI Chatbot Free Models is a fully self-contained AI chatbot platform for WordPress. It provides everything you need to run professional live chat, customer support and virtual-assistant experiences on your website while leaving the choice of the AI model entirely in your hands. There is no paid SaaS behind this plugin. No mandatory subscription, no premium gateway, no external dashboard, no account required with the plugin developer. The only thing you need is access to an AI model: a hosted provider (many of which offer generous free tiers) or a self-hosted, local inference server. Every other component – interface, conversations, knowledge base, notifications, styling – runs on your own WordPress installation and your own database. Bring your own model, keep control of your data Connect OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Run completely free with free-tier models or a local server (llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, gateways and proxies). Conversations are stored only if you enable it, in dedicated tables inside your own database. The knowledge base is built from your own published posts and pages – no external crawling, no third-party index. Core features Provider-agnostic AI connection with configurable endpoint, API key and model Dynamic model selection where the provider supports model discovery Streaming responses with live typing indicator Stop generation at any time while a response is being streamed Retry failed responses and start a new conversation without reloading the page Configurable maximum response tokens and streaming timeout with inactivity watchdog Conversation context maintained with a configurable token budget Optional pre-chat form to collect name and email for support and lead generation Live knowledge base with FULLTEXT-indexed search over titles and content, response caching and clickable source citations in answers Per-IP rate limiting and server-side sanitization of conversation history Dedicated database storage with optional message and IP retention (disabled by default) Unread conversation notifications, search and conversation management in the WordPress admin Floating widget (bottom-left or bottom-right) or embedded chat via the [newcodebyte_chatbot] shortcode Extensive appearance customization: colors, images, sounds, widget position Translatable frontend interface, responsive layout, multilingual AI support Modern object-oriented codebase following current WordPress standards Requirements WordPress 5.0 or later (tested up to 7.1) PHP 7.4 or later (compatible with current PHP 8.x releases) MySQL 5.6 or later / MariaDB 10.0 or later (required by the FULLTEXT knowledge base index) An API key for the provider you choose – or none at all, if you use a local OpenAI-compatible server How it works A visitor sends a message from the floating widget or the embedded chat. WordPress receives the request and the plugin prepares the conversation context. The configured provider or endpoint is selected and the request is sent. The response is streamed back to the visitor when streaming is supported. The conversation can optionally be stored in your own database for review. A note on costs The plugin is free and adds no usage fees of its own. AI costs depend exclusively on the provider and model you configure: free models and free quotas are fully supported, and a self-hosted server removes usage costs entirely. Looking for a platform-independent version? A standalone build for non-WordPress websites (HTML, PHP and more) is available on GitHub: https://github.com/NewCodeByte/chatbot-ai-free-models Configuration Open the Chatbot settings page. Depending on the selected provider you can configure: Provider (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or OpenAI-compatible endpoint) API endpoint and API key Model, selected from discovery or entered manually Maximum response tokens and streaming timeout Knowledge base, pre-chat form, storage options, appearance and sounds Free models on OpenRouter are identified by the :free suffix. When using a local or self-hosted OpenAI-compatible server, simply point the endpoint to your server (for example http://localhost:8080/v1): no external account is required and your traffic never leaves your infrastructure. External Services The plugin can transmit the content of a visitor’s message to the AI provider you configure (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or a custom endpoint) in order to generate a response. The terms of service and privacy policy of the selected provider apply to that processing. The plugin developer does not control and is not responsible for external providers’ pricing, availability, retention policies or data processing. Privacy Message and IP storage are optional and disabled by default. When enabled, data is stored in dedicated tables inside your own database and can be reviewed, exported or deleted from the admin area. The plugin itself sets no cookies. If you enable storage or the pre-chat form, update your privacy policy to describe the processing. You are responsible for compliance with applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR. Disclaimer AI-generated content can be inaccurate. The plugin developer is not responsible for AI responses, decisions made based on them, provider outages, pricing or API changes, or data processing performed by external providers. Always verify important information independently. Supporting the project AI Chatbot Free Models is developed and maintained as an independent free project. If you find it useful, consider keeping the optional “Powered by NewCodeByte” attribution enabled or supporting development with a donation. Contributions fund development, maintenance, testing and infrastructure.

Guest Support is a comprehensive customer support ticket system for WordPress. With this plugin, you can effortlessly provide customer support, allowing users to create new tickets and replies, and agents to respond to tickets without requiring any login or registration. View live demo Features – Create new ticket: Users can create tickets without any Login/Registration Live WordPress Posts suggestions based on user’s typing on the Subject input field through Ajax (Pro Addon required). Users can upload files with the maximum allowed number of files, total files size and allowed file types/extensions based on settings. Secure file uploads and stores files with random filenames on your server. Google reCAPTCHA 3 SPAM verification. Verify email with OTP (One Time Password) through Ajax (Pro Addon required). Internal email validation system to identify fake/mistyped/invalid and disposable temporary email addresses. 99.9% SPAM free if you enable Email verification. Option to show a customized message or redirect to the ticket view page after successfully submitting a ticket. Features – Create reply: After creating a new ticket, both the user and support agent will receive email notifications with a unique ticket link. Agents can reply to the ticket using the unique ticket link without logging in. Users can reply to the ticket using the unique ticket link without logging in. Both the user and agent can edit the last/all reply message(s) based on settings. Both the user and agent can close tickets when submitting a reply. Both the user and agent can close tickets using a Close Ticket link. Both the user and agent can reopen closed tickets if allowed in the settings. On the single ticket view page, both the user and agent can see links to other submitted tickets of the same user based on the user’s email address. Features – Signature and profile photo (Pro Addon required): Both users and agents can set a profile photo and default signature if allowed in the settings. Login/registration required to use this feature. Features – Create ticket for users by Admin and Agent (Pro Addon required): Admins can create tickets for other registered users from the admin panel. Agents can create tickets for other registered users from the frontend. Features – List of tickets: Admins can view a list of all tickets in the WordPress admin panel. Agents can view a list of all tickets submitted to their department on the frontend (Pro Addon required). Registered users can view a list of all tickets (Pro Addon required). If a user registers later with an email address that was used to submit tickets, all of the user’s tickets (before and after registration) will be displayed on the frontend tickets list page (Pro Addon required). Filter tickets by ticket status: ‘Open’, ‘Pending’, ‘Closed’, and departments. Sort tickets by ‘Ticket Created Date A-Z’, ‘Ticket Created Date Z-A’, ‘Last Reply Date A-Z’, and ‘Last Reply Date Z-A’. Search tickets by ticket ID, subject, and email address. Users and agents can still view a list of submitted tickets on the single ticket view page without logging in or registering. Features – Admin- Department: Create/edit/delete unlimited departments. One department supported in the free version. Assign a support agent to each department. Show/hide department field on the frontend ticket submission form. Add additional email notification addresses to each department. When a new ticket is submitted to a specific department, the assigned support agent and additional email addresses will receive email notifications. Features – Admin- Forms and Form Builder: Create/edit/delete unlimited forms with dedicated custom fields, features, and options. One form is supported in the free version. Add different forms with different and dedicated custom fields to different pages and receive support tickets. Dedicated shortcode for each form. Add unlimited custom fields (Pro Addon required). Supported custom field types include: Textbox Email Number Box Textarea Dropdown/Select Radio Group Checkbox Group Hidden Date Picker Date and Time Picker Content (Supports HTML) Option to restrict custom fields to require login. Useful for asking sensitive information, like website login info. Features – Dedicated options for each form: Add/edit/remove unlimited custom fields with field Name, Label, Placeholder, Error message, etc. (Pro Addon required). Option to show the custom field on the Ticket submission or Reply form or both (Pro Addon required). Option to add/remove custom field inputs on Email notifications (Pro Addon required). Re-order all (core and custom) fields. Arrange/rearrange all (core and custom) fields with 1-3 columns. Enable/disable file upload. Enable/disable Google reCAPTCHA. Enable/disable email verification (Pro Addon required). Enable/disable WordPress posts suggestions when typing in the Subject field (Pro Addon required). Add your own CSS classes for input fields and buttons. Add your own button texts. Ticket View Page’s Sidebar Options: Option to add HTML supported content at the very top. Option to add HTML supported content at the very bottom. Option to show/hide ticket status Option to show/hide ticket created date Option to show/hide last updated date Option to show/hide user-submitted custom fields’ label and value for the initial message (when the ticket is created), not for replies. Option to show/hide other tickets by the user. Option to show number of other tickets by the user. Features – Email settings: Support WordPress default email delivery system. Support dedicated SMTP for this plugin only. Features – Email templates: Following customizable email templates are available with necessary placeholders: After a new ticket is created – Send to User After a new ticket is created – Send to Agent After a new ticket is created – Send to Additional email addresses After a ticket reply – Send to User After a ticket reply – Send to Agent After a ticket reply – Send to Additional email addresses Send pre-ticket closing notification to User Send pre-ticket closing notification to Agent Send closure notification to User after automatically closing tickets OTP Email When new user account created – Send to User (Any emails can be disabled by deactivating email templates.) Features – Automation with cron job (Pro Addon required): Send pre-ticket closing notification to the ticket submitter or the assigned agent after x (based on settings) number of days of the last reply. Close tickets automatically after x (based on settings) number of days of the last reply. Send email notification to the ticket submitter after closing a ticket automatically. How it works? After creating a new ticket, a unique ticket link URL will be generated with 2 unique and dedicated random IDs, and the ticket link URL will be sent to the submitter and support agent by email. With the unique ticket link URL, both the user/submitter and the support agent will be able to reply to the ticket without any login/registration. When viewing and replying to tickets, 2 unique IDs will be verified to give access to the ticket. Ticket link URL will be sent with email notifications, and there is no other way to see the URL. Encrypted agent information on the ticket link URL to identify and verify the agent when replying as an agent. Requirements: WordPress 5.5+ PHP 7+ Links Pro Addon Documentation Contact Support Available Shortcodes Submit ticket form: [guest-support view=form id=1] View single ticket: [guest-support view=ticket] View list of tickets on front-end (Pro Addon required): [guest-support view=tickets] Third-Party Services This plugin uses Google reCAPTCHA to enhance security by preventing spam and abuse on the support ticket submission forms. Data Transmission When Google reCAPTCHA is enabled, user interaction data with the reCAPTCHA may be transmitted to Google for verification purposes. Please note that no data from the actual support ticket forms is sent to Google. Optional Usage Google reCAPTCHA is an optional feature. If you do not wish to use it, you can disable it within the plugin settings. Links to Google reCAPTCHA Service – Google reCAPTCHA – Google Terms of Service – Google Privacy Policy Please review these terms and policies to understand how your interaction data with Google reCAPTCHA is handled. By enabling and using Google reCAPTCHA, you agree to these terms.