About this plugin
PlatoDev AI Chat Assistant is a next-generation RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Chatbot for WordPress. It adds an intelligent, conversational AI chat widget to your website that answers visitor questions directly from your published posts, pages, knowledge base, documentation, and WooCommerce products.
Unlike generic ChatGPT widgets that guess or hallucinate answers, this WordPress RAG AI Chatbot performs high-precision semantic vector search over your actual site content and generates factual, reliable responses grounded strictly in your published information.
Multi-Model AI & WordPress 7.0 Connectors API
Connect to the leading AI providers of your choice:
5 Flash — High-speed reasoning with a generous free tier (up to 1,500 requests/day).
* OpenAI (GPT-4o & GPT-4o-mini) — Industry-leading comprehension and precision.
5 Sonnet & Haiku) — Empathetic, nuanced natural language answers.
* Custom & Local Endpoints (Ollama, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter) — Run self-hosted or OpenAI-compatible models with zero lock-in.
0+ Connectors API — Native support for WP_Connector_Registry, auto-detecting credentials configured in your WordPress dashboard.
Key Features
- AI RAG Chatbot (Zero Hallucinations) — Semantic vector search retrieves exact context before generating answers.
- Multi-Model Support — Use Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, or local Ollama endpoints.
- WordPress 7.0 Connectors API Ready — Auto-detects native WordPress AI connectors.
- WooCommerce & Custom Post Types — Index products, FAQs, documentation, or custom post types.
- Drawer & Modal Layouts — Freely choose between a floating side panel (Drawer) or centered overlay modal.
- Fully Customizable Appearance — Configure colors, icons, greeting messages, animations, and widget position.
- Automatic Background Sync — Keep vectors fresh with scheduled background synchronizations.
- Turnstile Anti-Bot Protection — Optional Cloudflare Turnstile integration to prevent bot abuse.
- Admin-First Configuration — Manage everything directly in your WordPress admin dashboard.
How It Works
- Install PlatoDev Content Chat Assistant from the WordPress directory or upload the plugin zip.
- Go to Settings > PlatoDev Chat in your WordPress admin.
- Configure your connection keys and customize the widget appearance.
- Synchronize your published content.
- Visitors can now chat with an intelligent assistant that knows your website!
External Services
This plugin connects your WordPress site to cloud infrastructure and AI services to generate vector embeddings, index content, and answer visitor questions. The external services utilized are:
- PlatoDev Cloud Platform / Backend Service
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* What data is sent and when:
– Site URL and license key are sent when validating or activating a license.
– Published post and page content (titles, body text, excerpt, permalinks, and post IDs) are transmitted when synchronizing content for semantic vector indexing.
– Visitor chat messages are transmitted to the backend endpoint when a user asks a question in the chat widget.
* Purpose: Stores vector embeddings in the cloud database, executes similarity searches, orchestrates AI responses, and validates licenses.
- Google Gemini API
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* What data is sent and when: Visitor query text and contextual excerpts of your published posts are sent when an answer is being generated.
* Purpose: Provides large language model (LLM) reasoning and natural language answer generation.
- Voyage AI
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com/tos
com/privacy
* What data is sent and when: Post and page content are sent during synchronization.
* Purpose: Computes high-dimensional vector embeddings for fast and accurate semantic retrieval.
- Cloudflare Turnstile
com/products/turnstile/
com/website-terms/
com/privacypolicy/
* What data is sent and when: Visitor browser verification tokens are validated when the chat widget is opened.
* Purpose: Optional CAPTCHA-free bot, spam, and abuse prevention.
Privacy & Data Handling
This plugin sends data to the external backend to provide AI search and chat capabilities:
* License and URL: transmitted during activation and verification.
* Content: published posts/pages are transmitted for semantic vector indexing.
* Chat Queries: visitor questions asked through the chat widget are processed to return contextual answers.
Settings are stored in your WordPress wp_options table and are completely removed upon uninstalling the plugin. For additional information, review your WordPress Privacy Policy guide under Settings > Privacy.