=== Clientager ===
Contributors: techshah
Tags: ai chatbot, live chat, chatbot, lead generation, ai receptionist
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.1.9
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

7-day free trial, no card: AI learns your website in 2 minutes and answers chat 24/7. Plans add WhatsApp, email, SMS and AI calls. From $25/month.

== Description ==

**Try your AI assistant free – trained on your own website – before you pay.**

Clientager is an AI customer manager for small and midsize businesses: clinics, dentists, salons, hotels, plumbers, law firms, real estate agents, online stores and more. Install the plugin, connect with your email, and the AI reads your website – your services, prices, opening hours, pages and WooCommerce products. Then you chat with it privately inside WordPress to see exactly how it would answer your customers. No setup calls, no technical skills, no credit card to try it.

When you are happy, start a 7-day free trial with one click: the chat goes live on your website, no card needed. Choose a plan when you want to keep it.

= What it does =

* **Answers website visitors 24/7** in a friendly chat window, using only the information on your website.
* **Captures leads** – name, phone, email and what they need – and alerts you straight away.
* **Replies to your contact forms** – submissions from Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor Pro, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Fluent Forms, Jetpack Forms, Forminator and Formidable Forms become leads and get a reply.
* **Your own contact form** – add the "Clientager contact form" block (or the [clientager_form] shortcode) to any page. Pick the fields, rename them, set the texts, button colour, corners and layout with a live preview. Every message becomes a lead and gets an instant AI reply by email.
* **Your look, your words** – set the chat button's colour and side, the hello message, a short contact form before the chat and up to 4 quick questions visitors can tap, with a live preview.
* **WooCommerce ready** – answers product questions with real prices, stock and links.
* **Hands over to you** when a person is needed, with a summary of the conversation.
* **Inbox and leads inside WordPress** – read every conversation and lead without leaving your dashboard.
* **Speaks your customers' language** – replies in the language the visitor writes in.
* **Grows with you** – the same AI can answer your phone calls (in 45 languages), WhatsApp and SMS on paid plans.

= How it works =

1. Install and activate the plugin.
2. Connect with your email – we send you a 6-digit code (no password).
3. Your AI learns your website automatically: published pages, posts and WooCommerce products.
4. Free private preview: click the chat button on a preview of your own website and test it with 25 messages. Only you can see it.
5. Choose a plan to go live. The chat appears on your website and form capture switches on.

= Pricing =

The plugin is free. Putting the AI on your website needs a Clientager plan. Plans from $25/month in most countries (Lite: website chat and email AI, with 500 AI conversations and 500 AI emails a month); local prices apply in India and the Gulf. No setup fee. Cancel anytime. Every plan includes website chat and email replies; Starter and up add WhatsApp and AI phone calls, and SMS in the US and Canada. See [clientager.com/pricing](https://www.clientager.com/pricing).

== External services ==

This plugin connects to the Clientager service (app.clientager.com), operated by TechShah Co. (Clientager). It is needed for the AI to work: the AI runs on Clientager's servers, not on your website. Nothing is sent before you press "Send code" on the Get started screen.

What is sent, and when:

* **When you connect:** the email address you enter, your site address and site name, and a random id for this site, so we can email you a sign-in code and create or link your Clientager account.
* **When the AI learns your website (once after connecting, and when you press "Re-learn"):** the title, address and text of your published pages and posts (up to 40), and your published WooCommerce products (name, short description, price, currency, SKU, address, stock), plus your site name, tagline, time zone, currency, language and admin email. Drafts, private or password-protected posts, customers and users are never sent.
* **When you use the private preview:** the messages you type in the preview chat.
* **When you open Inbox, Leads, Settings or Get started:** a request for your account status, conversations and leads. Every request also carries your site's time zone and language setting, used only to show prices for your country.
* **When you save Chat widget settings:** the colour, position, hello message, contact form fields and quick questions you chose.
* **When you open or save the Contact form tab:** the fields, labels, texts and look you chose for the form.
* **On pages with the Clientager contact form (block or [clientager_form]):** the page loads the form from app.clientager.com (form.js), and what a visitor types into the form (and the page address) is sent to Clientager when they press the button, to be saved as a lead and answered by email.
* **After you go live (paid plans only):** your website loads the chat window from app.clientager.com, and what visitors type in the chat is sent to Clientager to be answered. Submissions from supported form plugins (field labels and values, except files, passwords and hidden fields) are sent to Clientager to be saved as leads and answered.
* **When you answer a chat from Inbox:** your reply, which the visitor sees in the chat window.
* **When a WooCommerce order is paid after the shopper chatted with the AI:** the order id, order number, total and currency, with the chat's id, for the "Sales made by AI" card. No customer or product details are sent. The chat window sets a first-party cookie (clientager_chat, 30 days) holding only a random chat id once the AI has replied, so the order can be matched to that chat.
* **When you send a message from the Help tab:** what you wrote, the type you picked (question, problem or feature request), the reply-to email you entered, your site address and the plugin version, so our team can answer you by email.
* **When you disconnect or delete the plugin:** a request to disconnect this site.

Clientager [Terms of Service](https://www.clientager.com/terms) and [Privacy Policy](https://www.clientager.com/privacy).

== Installation ==

1. In WordPress go to Plugins > Add New, search for "Clientager", then Install and Activate. Or upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
2. Open **Clientager > Get started** in the admin menu.
3. Enter your email, then the 6-digit code we send you.
4. Your AI learns your website. Try it under **Clientager > Preview**.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Is it free? =

The plugin is free, and so is the preview: your AI learns your website and you can test it privately with 25 messages. To put it on your website you need a Clientager plan. Plans from $25/month in most countries (Lite: website chat and email AI); local prices apply in India and the Gulf. No setup fee. There is no free plan.

= Do I need technical skills? =

No. Connect with your email and the AI learns your business from your website. You can change what it knows any time.

= Which form plugins are supported? =

Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor Pro Forms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Fluent Forms, Jetpack Forms, Forminator and Formidable Forms. Submissions are sent to Clientager once you have a plan.

= Will my existing forms work automatically? =

Yes, if they are made with one of the form plugins above: there is nothing to set up, every form of that plugin is picked up. File uploads, hidden fields and captchas are never sent. Forms made with other plugins, or written by hand in your theme, are not picked up. Clientager > Settings shows which supported form plugins were found on your site.

= Can I change how the chat looks? =

Yes. Under Clientager > Chat widget you set the colour, which side the button sits on, the hello message, an optional form before the chat (name, email, phone) and up to 4 quick questions. A live preview shows the result before you save.

= Does it work with WooCommerce? =

Yes. Your published products (names, prices, stock and links) are learned so the AI can answer product questions.

= Which languages does it speak? =

The chat replies in the language your visitor writes in. On paid plans, phone calls are available in 45 languages.

= Will it slow down my website? =

No. The chat loads after your page, from Clientager's servers, and only once you go live. Your pages never wait for Clientager.

= Can visitors see the preview? =

No. The preview chat is only shown inside your WordPress admin.

== Screenshots ==

1. Never miss a customer again: an AI assistant trained on your website answers every visitor in seconds, 24/7, and captures leads and bookings.
2. Sells for you on WooCommerce: the AI recommends products as cards with photo, price and Add to cart.
3. Every visitor becomes a lead: names, emails, phones and what they asked, with a status for each and CSV export.
4. Complaints and bookings never slip through: the AI files them as requests and alerts your team; reply and resolve from WordPress.
5. Step in any time: read every chat in the inbox, take over from the AI in one click and hand it back.
6. Speaks your customers' language: replies in 45 languages, including right-to-left languages like Arabic.
7. Looks like your brand: your colour, icon, greeting, quick questions and an optional form before the chat.
8. A contact form that answers itself: every message becomes a lead and gets an instant AI reply by email.
9. Test it privately before anyone sees it: ask the questions your customers ask, right inside WordPress.
10. Live in 2 minutes, no code: enter your email, the AI learns your website, test it and go live.
11. Free for 7 days, no card needed: see your trial, your plan and what your AI handled at a glance.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.9 =
* Screens change without reloading the page, and a screen starts loading as soon as you point at its tab.
* Settings in sections (chat and websites, alerts, website knowledge, forms and emails, plan) with a menu on the side.
* Product cards show in the private preview too.
* Help tab: send our team a question, a problem or a feature request, or email support@clientager.com.
* Where the chat shows: on every page, only on some pages, or on every page except some (for example /checkout*).
* AI chat limits in Settings: how many messages one chat has before your team takes over, how many AI replies one person gets a day, and your own hand-over message.
* AI email limits in Settings: how many AI emails one address gets a day and one thread in a week, no AI reply to "Thanks" or "OK", and a note to the customer when your team takes over.

= 1.1.8 =
* Product cards in the chat: the AI shows matching products with a picture, price and Add to cart (WooCommerce simple products).
* Greeting bubble: a different greeting on product pages, and optionally when a visitor is about to leave.
* Inbox: answer website chats from WordPress, take a chat over from the AI and give it back.
* Sales made by AI: WooCommerce orders from shoppers who chatted with your AI, on the Overview.
* 7-day free trial with no card: the chat goes live on your website with up to 150 AI conversations and 50 AI emails. If you do not choose a plan, it switches off by itself.
* Contact form: a "Clientager contact form" block and [clientager_form] shortcode, with a Contact form tab to choose its fields, labels, texts and look, with a live preview. Messages become leads (and requests for complaints and bookings) and get an instant AI reply by email.
* Requests: complaints, booking requests and callbacks in one list, with search, notes and an optional email to the customer.
* Emails to your customers: upload your logo and set your own sign-off, used by the AI and by notes you email.
* Leads: set a status (new, contacted, qualified, won, lost) and export your leads as a CSV file.
* AI emails have their own monthly allowance (500 on Lite, 1,000 on Starter, 2,000 on Growth, 5,000 on Scale): every email or form reply the AI sends counts as one. AI conversations now cover website chat and WhatsApp.
* Add-ons: AI credits cover either AI conversations or AI emails.
* Auto-update: your AI re-learns a minute after you save a page, post or product (paid plans and trial).
* A website stays linked to the email it was connected with; to change it, contact us.

= 1.1.7 =
* Settings: Allowed websites. Your chat only works on your own website (and any you add), so a copied chat code does nothing elsewhere.
* Add-ons: buy extra AI conversations, call minutes or done-for-you setup.

= 1.1.6 =
* Settings: cards flow down two columns with no empty gaps.

= 1.1.5 =
* Settings: an Alerts card to choose who gets an email about new leads, bookings and callback requests, and a daily summary.

= 1.1.4 =
* Chat widget: pick the chat button's icon, or use your own image from the Media Library.
* Chat widget: a greeting bubble that pops up next to the chat button, with your own text and delay.
* Chat widget: Reset position and Reset all to default.

= 1.1.3 =
* Chat widget: sliders to move the chat button away from the side and the bottom of the screen, set separately for computers and phones.
* The Clientager logo in the plugin and in the admin menu.

= 1.1.2 =
* Chat preview follows your plan: "Powered by Clientager" shows on Starter and is hidden on Growth and Scale, like on your website.

= 1.1.1 =
* Chat widget: your real chat bubble now floats in the corner of the screen, on the side you choose, and changes as you edit. Click it to try your AI. Switch it off with "Show live preview".
* Preview: a clean chat window instead of the mock website.

= 1.1.0 =
* Preview: your website with the chat button in the corner, as visitors will see it. Click it to test your AI.
* New Chat widget screen: colour, button side, hello message, form before the chat and up to 4 quick questions, with a live preview.
* Your plan: this month's AI conversations, AI emails, products and call minutes, with an Upgrade button when you are close to a limit.
* Prices shown for your country.
* Form capture now also works with Jetpack Forms, Forminator and Formidable Forms.

= 1.0.2 =
* Screens use the full width of the WordPress admin.

= 1.0.1 =
* New card design for all screens; other plugins' notices are hidden on Clientager screens.
* Stylesheet is never served stale from a site cache.

= 1.0.0 =
* First release: connect with email, automatic website learning, private preview, go live, inbox, leads and form capture.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.1.9 =
Faster screens without page reloads, Settings in clear sections, and product cards in the preview.

= 1.1.8 =
Product cards with Add to cart, smarter greetings, replying from Inbox and Sales made by AI.

= 1.1.1 =
See your chat bubble live while you change its colour, side and greeting.

= 1.1.0 =
Change the chat's colour, greeting and quick questions inside WordPress; more form plugins supported.

= 1.0.0 =
First release.
