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WordPress + WhatsApp: chat widget and lead capture
Add a WhatsApp chat widget to your WordPress site and capture leads into WA.Expert. Official WordPress video and setup steps.
What is WordPress?
WordPress is an open-source publishing platform used by millions of websites.
- WordPress.org (self-hosted) and WordPress.com (a hosted service) are different products. source
Watch
Official video from WordPress
Introduction to WordPressWatch on YouTube
WA.Expert tutorial
Add the WhatsApp widget to WordPressWatch on YouTube
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What businesses do with it on WhatsApp
- A WhatsApp chat button on every page
- Capture name and number before the chat starts
- Send leads into the CRM and team inbox
How to connect WordPress with WA.Expert
- In WA.Expert, edit your chat widget and click Save and preview.
- Copy the script from the preview page.
- Paste it into the header section of a headers-and-footers plugin such as WPCode.
- Save, and clear your site cache if you use a caching plugin.
- Adjust the button margin in the widget settings if it overlaps other elements.
Full walkthrough with screenshots: Add the widget to WordPress.
Questions
Will the widget slow my site?
It loads a small script. Clear your cache after adding it and check your page speed once.