About this plugin
Shihela Contextual Site Assistant is a highly performant and context-aware chat assistant designed for WordPress sites. It embeds a sleek, floating chat bubble on your website. 0+ AI Client to provide accurate, contextually relevant answers.
Because it utilizes the native WordPress AI Client, credentials and model configurations are managed globally at the site level under Settings → Connectors. This ensures maximum security and allows site administrators to change providers seamlessly without editing plugin options.
The plugin also automatically captures leads when visitors leave their contact information (such as name, email, or requirements), saves them securely in your database, and sends email notifications.
Features
- Context-Aware Responses: Automatically reads page contents to answer questions in context.
- WordPress Native AI Client: Fully integrated with the native WordPress 7.0+ AI Client API.
- WhatsApp Admin / CS Integration: Direct WhatsApp contact button in chat and header with dynamic page context pre-filled messages.
- Modern SaaS Tabbed Admin UI: Sleek, organized 5-tab settings layout for effortless plugin management.
- Provider Agnostic: Out-of-the-box support for any LLM provider configured in your WordPress dashboard (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.).
- Lead Capture & Management: Automatically parses and saves customer inquiries in the WordPress database and notifies administrators.
- Quick Suggestion Chips: Present predefined prompt chips to guide visitor inquiries.
- Lead CSV Export: Export captured leads to CSV directly from the WordPress Admin table.
- Developer Hooks & Filters: Extensible action hooks (shihela_assistant_lead_captured) and filters (shihela_assistant_chat_context, shihela_assistant_system_prompt).
- Custom Positioning & Styling: Set widget position (bottom-right, bottom-left, top-right, top-left) and customize branding colors.
- Premium Design: Sleek layout featuring glassmorphic effects, responsive styles, typing animation loaders, and chat session histories.
- Rate Limiting: Built-in server-side IP rate limiting protecting your server and API limits from bot abuse.
Third-Party Services & Data Privacy Notice
This plugin utilizes the native WordPress AI Client to communicate with generative AI models. Depending on your WordPress Core Connectors configuration, user queries and current page text context are transmitted via secure HTTPS API requests to the configured AI provider. No data is stored or logged on external servers managed by this plugin’s author; all captured customer leads are saved locally in your WordPress database.