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CompatibilityRequires WordPress 6.6 and PHP 5.6.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 15, 2026
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WhatsApp Chat. Let’s make your Web page visitors contact you through “WhatsApp” or “WhatsApp Business” with a single click (WhatsApp Chat, Group).
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WhatsApp Chat
Add ‘WhatsApp’ or ‘WhatsApp Business’ Number and let your website visitors contact you with a single click.
📱 Mobile: Open the WhatsApp Mobile App for a seamless connection.
💻 Desktop: Direct visitors to the WhatsApp Desktop App or Web WhatsApp page (web.whatsapp.com)
💎 Styles
Select a style that complements the design of your website.
8 pre-defined customizable styles/designs
Add your own Image/GIF
Custom Element/Design (convert any element to a WhatsApp Chat element)
Shortcodes (Add WhatsApp button/icon with inline the content)
Different Styles, Positions for Mobile, Desktop
Choose a style and customize it to match the website’s design
list of Styles | 🎨 Customize Styles
💡 Add Own Image
Instead of selecting a pre-defined style, add any Image/Animated-image/GIF.
🌈 Custom Element
Convert any Element as a WhatsApp Chat Element by adding
Class/ID name: ‘ctc_chat’ (or)
Href/link: ‘#ctc_chat’
The custom design element will navigate to WhatsApp based on plugin settings (WhatsApp Number, pre-filled message, Analytics, …. ). (e.g. menu item, button, image, link – just add ctc_chat as a class name)
Custom Element
🎉 Greetings Dialog
Add customizable greeting dialogs for boosting user attention and increasing interaction. Seamlessly integrate these greetings into your website for better engagement.
Greetings-1 – Customizable Design: Personalize the design to match your branding with full control over fonts, colors, images, and more.
Greetings-2 – Content Specific: Deliver focused messages that resonate effectively with your users.
Get the necessary information from the website visitors before initiating the chat.
Get an email notification when the user fills out the form.
Call a webhook with the form data to integrate with other applications. Using integrations tools add data in Google Sheet, CRM and many more applications.
Form data can be prefilled in the WhatsApp chat window.
PRO: Greetings-Form
👥 Multi-Agent
Add multiple WhatsApp chat accounts within a single Greetings dialog.
We can set different time ranges for each agent. (24×7 or multiple time ranges for each day of the week).
Offline Agents Chat when offline (display agent with next available time).
Disable chat (display agent with next available time).
Hide offline agents
PRO: Multi-Agent
⌛ Greetings Actions
Click Action : Displays greeting dialog when a user clicks on any element with the class name: ‘ctc_greetings’.
ViewPort Action : Displays Greetings When an element is in/reached viewport(25% margin) with the Class name: ‘ctc_greetings_now’ [PRO]
Time, Scroll Actions : Display Greetings based on time, scroll [PRO]
These actions enhance user interaction by triggering greetings at the right moments, improving engagement and support efficiency.
Actions
🔴 Notification Badge
Get user attention by displaying a notification badge on the WhatsApp Chat element.
Customize the notification badge with the notification count, text color, background color, border color, and time delay to display the notification badge.
Notification Badge
✳️ Position to Place
Add WhatsApp at any position of the screen (not limited to fixed positions).
Different positions for Mobile and Desktop.
⏩ Pre-filled Message
Text that appears in the WhatsApp chat window when the user clicks on the WhatsApp.
Users can easily start the conversation.
Variables to change values dynamically
{site} -> Website Title
{title} -> Page Title
{url} -> Web page URL
[url] -> Web page full URL including query parameters
With these variables, we can understand from which page the user started WhatsApp chat.
Pre-filled Message
🛍️ WooCommerce
WooCommerce product pages
For WooCommerce, single product pages can overwrite the main setings to add a product specific message using dynamic variables.
Pre-filled Message
Call to Action
Greetings Template, Content [PRO]
Additional variables, specific to WooCommerce single product page to change values dynamically
{product} -> Product Name
{price} -> Product Price (current price)
{regular_price} -> Regular product price (without any sale)
{sku} -> Stock keeping unit
For Shop, Cart, Checkout, and Account pages we can overwrite at page level settings
Add WhatsApp – Single Product Pages
Add WhatsApp button or icon at WooCommerce single product pages.
Before Main Content
Before Product
Before Product Summary
Product Summary
Before Add to Cart Form
Before Cart Button
After Cart Button
After Add to Cart Form
After Product
After product summary
We can add dynamic variables for the Call to Action. E.g. Buy {product} {product} will be replaced with the product name for all product pages.
Add WhatsApp Icon/Button in WooCommerce Product pages
Add WhatsApp – Shop Page
Add WhatsApp to WooCommerce Products list (shop page, related products list)
Shop page
📒 Page Level Settings
At the page level, we can overwrite the settings for each post. We can add a different Whatsapp Number, Prefilled Message, Call to Action for each post (while editing the post, in the right sidebar ‘Click to Chat’ meta box)
WhatsApp Number
Call to Action
Pre-filled Message
Display Settings
PRO:
Change Styles
Time Delay
Scroll Delay
Greetings Template
Greetings Header, Main, Bottom Content
Page-level settings
📈 Analytics
Creates an Event when the user clicks on the WhatsApp Icon/button.
Google Analytics
Meta Pixel
Google Ads Conversations
Webhooks
Connect other applications using Integrate, Automation tools like Zapier, IFTTT, Pipedream, etc.
Webhooks
⭐ PRO
Multi-Agent: Displays multiple WhatsApp chat accounts Set multiple time ranges for each agent’s availability
Hide offline agents or display agent when offline with next available time
Random Numbers: Navigates to a random WhatsApp number from the predefined list Form: Get the necessary information from the website visitors, before initiating the chat
Get an email notification when the user fills out the form.
Use webhooks to send form data to external apps in real-time for seamless integration.
Prefill WhatsApp messages with user-provided form data to streamline conversations
Business hours: Offline/Online Settings
Set business hours for a specific time range within a day, specific days in a week.
Hide the widget during offline hours or automatically change the WhatsApp numbers and call to action.
Display based on website visitor’s country Webhooks – Dynamic variables
{url} – Current page URL.
{time} – Time user interacted with the WhatsApp Button/Icon.
{number} – WhatsApp Number associated with the icon/button.
Get values from url parameters by adding name with in single square brackets E.g. [gclid], [utm_source]
Get values from cookies by adding the name with in double square brackets. E.g. [[cookie_name]]
Get additional values at Google Analytics, Meta Pixel
Get values from url parameters. E.g. [gclid], [utm_source]
Get values from cookies. E.g. [[cookie_name]]
Greetings Actions: (for all greeting dialogs: Greetings-1, Greetings-2, Form, Multi-agent)
Display greetings dynamically based on user actions such as Time: Time spent on the page,
Scroll: Page scroll percentage,
ViewPort: when an element becomes visible in the viewport.
Position to place
Absolute: Position relative to the content (body tag) and moves with page scroll
Time Delay & Scroll Delay: Display WhatsApp widget after a specified time delay or once the user scrolls a certain percentage of the page. Display based on Website visitor’s login status Page-level settings: Fine-tune WhatsApp button behavior for individual pages. Change styles, time delays, scroll delay, Greetings Template, and Greetings Content WooCommerce: Customize WhatsApp widget behavior specifically for WooCommerce pages
Overwrite greetings template, Content for Single product pages.
Overwrite settings for Shop, Checkout, and Account pages at page-level settings
🔆 PRO
🎯 Localization
Click to Chat is Compatible with translation plugins. WPML , Polylang.
It is easy to set up different values for each language
WhatsApp Number
Call to Action
Pre-filled Message
Greetings Content
Group ID
Share Text
Setup for WPML , Polylang
🚀 Performance
Rich in features, but the site’s front end is very lightweight.
We highly concentrate on speed and performance.
👓 Display Settings
Customize the visibility of the widget by showing or hiding styles based on specific settings, such as:
Post type
Post Id
Category name
Device Type(Mobile, Desktop)
WooCommerce single product pages
PRO:
Time delay
Scroll delay
Website visitor login status
Website visitor country
Business hours: hide the widget outside your opening hours (time range in a day, days in a week)
✅ Opt-in
Make the website users opt-in / accept consent before initiating the chat.
Opt-in
⛳ Shortcodes
Use shortcodes to instead a WhatsApp icon or button with inline the Post content, widget area.
change the default setting values using shortcode attributes – WhatsApp Number, Style, Pre-filled message, Call to Action.
Chat Shortcodes
[ht-ctc-chat]
To change the WhatsApp number use the ‘number’ attribute
[ht-ctc-chat number=915123456789]
Shortcodes for Chat
Group
Enable the Group chat feature and add WhatsApp Group id in the plugin settings.
Make it easy for your customers to join Whatsapp Group.
Group
Share
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
8 Styles, 1 Add your own image or GIF. Add at any position to the screen (Desktop, Mobile: can set different styles, positions)Select a style and customize it to match your website design.Chat Settings - Enter WhatsApp Number, prefilled message, call to action, desktop: web view / desktop app viewStyle, position to place (at any position of the screen) - Desktop, MobileAdd WhatsApp Menu item (Custom Element)Change Values at the page level: 'WhatsApp Number', 'Call to action', 'Group ID'Style - 5 - Image with content boxStyle - 8 - Materialize buttonStyle - 99 - Add your own Image / GIF(Animated Image)Customize StylesEnable Group, Share SettingsGroup settings pageShare settings pageDisplay settingsWebhooksprefilled, call to action for WooCommerce single product pagesAnimationsAnalytics - Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Google Ads Conversations
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Gettingstarted.
Getting started is quick and simple. You can install the plugin directly from your WordPress dashboard or manually via FTP.
🚀 Install from WordPress Dashboard (Recommended)
01Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
02Navigate to Plugins > Add New in the left sidebar.
03In the top right search bar, type Click to Chat .
04Find the plugin in the search results. Check that it is built by HoliThemes , and click Install Now .
05Once the installation is complete, click Activate .
📂 Manual Installation (via FTP)
If you prefer to install the plugin manually, use the instructions below:
06Download the plugin ZIP file and extract its contents.
07Access your website server using an FTP client or File Manager.
08Upload the extracted folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your server.
09Go to the Plugins menu in your WordPress admin dashboard.
10Locate Click to Chat in the list and click Activate .
🚀 What’s Next? (Quick Setup)
Once activated, establishing your WhatsApp chat button takes less than a minute:
11In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the newly added Click to Chat menu located in the left sidebar.
12Enter your WhatsApp Number (include your country code, but omit + or 00 ).
13Choose a beautiful layout from the Select Style to match your website design.
14Add a Pre-filled Message (optional) to make it easier for users to start a conversation with you.
15Click Save Changes .
🎉 You are all set! Your website now has a fully functional, highly engaging WhatsApp chat button.
For advanced customizations—like greeting dialogs, page-level settings, analytics, or WooCommerce integration—explore the additional tabs at the Click to Chat menu or visit our Documentation .
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Frequently asked questions.
WhatsApp Number
Enter the WhatsApp number with country code
E.g. country code +1 number: 6123456789 ** WhatsApp number: 16123456789 **
WhatsApp Number
Pre-filled Message
Text that appears in the WhatsApp chat window when the user clicks on the WhatsApp.
Add variables to change values dynamically
{url} -> Web page URL {title} -> Page Title {site} -> Website Title
E.g.
Hi {site}!! I like to know more information about this {title}, {url}.
Variables for WooCommerce single product pages
{product} -> Product Name {price} -> Product Price (current price might be the sale price/regular price) {regular_price} -> Regular product price (with out any sale) {sku} ->Stock keeping unit
E.g.
Hi {site}!! Name: I like to buy this {product}, {url}
With this prefilled text, we can know from which page the user started the conversation, the purpose of the contact, and their details
Pre-filled Message Pre-filled Message for WooCommerce
Select Styles
Select Styles/widget that matches the design * customize the style to match the website design. * Add your own Image/GIF * Custom Element/Design (convert any element to a WhatsApp Chat element) * Select differnt Styles for mobile, desktop to match the website design.
Position to place the styles
Add Styles at any position of the screen (not just fixed to selected positions).
Position to place settings
E.g.
bottom-right corner: bottom: 10px right: 10px
Center of the Screen (bottom-center) bottom: 10px right: 50%
Center of the Screen (left-center) bottom: 50% right: 10px
Plugin supports all CSS units as the suffix. (px, %, rem,…)
position to place
GDPR
“Click to Chat” don’t collect any of the user data and don’t use cookies.
User consent before starting the chat.
Opt-in
Display only on selected countries
Display based on country
Show/Hide on Selected pages/devices
Show only on selected pages
Hide only on selected pages
Show/Hide on Mobile/Desktop
Localization: Change number, content for each language / page
We can change values for each language if using WPML, Polylang for translation.
Multilingual
From WPML / Polylang Settings -> ‘String Translations’ and filter strings to ‘Click to chat for WhatsApp’ and change value based on language.
User Input (Plugin Settings values): – ‘Click to chat for WhatsApp’
Admin strings (Plugin Settings) – text domain: ‘click-to-chat-for-whatsapp’
Page-level settings
WhatsApp Group Invite/chat
Enable Group Feature Add WhatsApp group id at plugin settings page. and let user join in WhatsApp Group.
WhatsApp Share
Enable Share feature and let users share your website easily.
Add variables to change values dynamically {url} -> Web page URL {title} -> Page Title {site} -> Website Title
Share Text – E.g.
Checkout this Awesome page {title}, {url}
AMP Compatibility
Click to Chat is Compatible with AMP plugin. AMP won’t load plugins JavaScript files so limited functionality available.
🔧 Basic Troubleshooting
Clear cache from Cache plugins Server side cache (some hosting providers adds cache functionality by default) CDN cache (Cache invalidation) Check Display settings page level settings ✍️ For any queries, please contact us.
❤️ Support / Contact
For any issues with the plugin / suggestions:
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