Botzio AI - Smart Chatbot & Website Assistant

Botzio AI helps you add a helpful AI chatbot to your WordPress site without making visitors talk to a generic bot. You control what Botzio knows: your business details, services, policies, support info, FAQs, and up to 3 selected WordPress pages or posts in the free version. When a visitor asks a question, Botzio uses Smart Context Selection to focus on the most relevant saved knowledge before asking your chosen AI provider for an answer. That means fewer generic replies and more website-specific answers. The plugin supports OpenAI, Gemini, and OpenRouter, so you can choose the AI provider and model that fits your setup. Botzio AI is built for business owners, agencies, service providers, online stores, and site owners who want a practical support assistant that feels connected to their website. What Botzio Helps You Do

• Answer common visitor questions from your own business info.
• Let Botzio learn from up to 3 selected WordPress pages or posts.
• Use safe default Answer Rules, and edit them when needed.
• Add starter questions visitors can tap when chat opens.
• Keep short-term context across the latest four exchanges so follow-up questions make sense.
• Let visitors rate answers as helpful or not helpful.
• Preview the chatbot before making it public.
• See what visitors are asking and spot missing answers.
• Find Knowledge Gap Suggestions based on recent visitor questions.
• Check AI provider errors in admin without showing ugly technical messages to visitors.

Free Features

• AI provider support:
• OpenAI
• Gemini
• OpenRouter
• Business Knowledge builder for offers, policies, support details, and FAQs
• Basic website knowledge sync for up to 3 selected WordPress pages or posts
• Smart Context Selection for more focused AI answers
• Knowledge readiness score and missing-info guidance
• Website-specific AI responses from saved knowledge
• Strong editable Answer Rules
• Local greeting handling for common greetings
• Chat bubble customization
• Custom opening message
• Starter questions visitors can tap
• Short-term conversation memory for follow-up questions
• Helpful and not-helpful answer ratings
• Admin-only chatbot preview mode
• Admin-only AI error diagnostics
• Recent visitor question insights
• Knowledge Gap Suggestions from visitor questions
• Daily visitor message limits
• Adjustable AI temperature and response length
• Floating chatbot interface
• Multiple AI model support

Free vs Pro Botzio AI Free gives you the foundation: AI connection, business knowledge, limited page/post sync, smart context selection, chatbot styling, starter questions, usage limits, and visitor insights. Botzio AI Pro is for the bigger jobs: WooCommerce product answers, product recommendations, order lookup, lead capture, human handoff, conversation cart workflows, and expanded knowledge automation.

1.1.2

• Added optional Freemius Insights with an explicit Skip path for installation lifecycle analytics.
• Added native Upgrade and Account pages under Botzio AI for pricing, licenses, and subscription management.
• Added deactivation and uninstall feedback so setup and retention problems can be diagnosed.
• Kept Free and Pro active together through Freemius parallel activation support.
• Added clear Freemius data disclosure and suggested WordPress privacy-policy text.
• Expanded release checks to lint and BOM-scan the bundled Freemius SDK.

1.1.1

• Replaced stale hard-coded model recommendations with live provider model discovery and refresh controls.
• Improved OpenRouter discovery to include current free and paid text models, with free status read from provider pricing data.
• Added short-term conversation memory so Botzio can understand follow-up questions across the latest four exchanges.
• Added helpful and not-helpful controls beneath chatbot answers.
• Added anonymous session grouping and page-path context for more useful visitor insights.
• Added answer feedback reporting in Insights, with unhelpful replies automatically marked for review.
• Added Controls settings for conversation memory length, visitor feedback, stored-answer review, and clearing review data.
• Improved browser-storage handling so chat remains usable when local storage is unavailable.

1.1.0

• Added Knowledge Gap Suggestions based on setup state, synced pages, common visitor topics, and questions that may need better coverage.
• Improved Visitor Insights with a clearer action path from weak/repeated questions to Business Knowledge updates.
• Replaced ecommerce-biased starter questions with generic defaults that work better across service, local business, agency, and store websites.

1.0.19

• Added a PHP syntax check to the WordPress.org deployment workflow so tagged releases are blocked before SVN deployment if a PHP parse error is detected.
• Improved release safety for CI/CD deployments.

1.0.18

• Improved Knowledge Sync guidance to help admins choose pages that produce better chatbot answers.
• Improved sync success messaging with a reminder to test chatbot responses after syncing content.

1.0.17

• Improved page/post sync so selected pages with headings also save concise section summaries.
• Improved answer length handling so Botzio adjusts reply detail based on the admin's token budget.
• Clarified the Answer Length setting so admins understand higher values allow more explanation.
• Reduced incomplete replies by instructing AI to summarize instead of starting long answers it cannot finish.

1.0.16

• Added clearer Free and Pro knowledge sync guidance when Botzio AI Pro is active.
• Improved dashboard setup status, header actions, and Free vs Pro upgrade guidance.
• Refined admin copy across setup, knowledge, analytics, and chatbot readiness areas.
• Improved Pro handoff messaging so Free stays focused on business knowledge while Pro handles advanced sync.

1.0.15

• Added Basic Website Knowledge Sync for up to 3 selected published pages/posts.
• Added Smart Context Selection so Botzio sends more relevant knowledge sections to AI instead of always sending the full knowledge base.
• Added stronger default Answer Rules and local greeting handling for common greetings.
• Added admin-only AI error diagnostics with provider, model, timestamp, and last provider error.
• Added focused Pro checkout links for upgrade CTAs while keeping the header CTA pointed to the Free vs Pro comparison.
• Added onboarding guidance for the new Knowledge Sync flow.
• Improved Business Knowledge helper copy and reset/uninstall cleanup for synced source data.

1.0.14

• Simplified the top dashboard header actions to keep the setup area cleaner.
• Added a focused Pro comparison CTA that scrolls to and opens the Free vs Pro comparison section.

1.0.13

• Refined the configurator into focused in-popup steps for business info, starter questions, and chatbot preview.
• Added quick appearance controls inside the configurator so admins can preview title, color, welcome message, and bubble position before opening the full settings tab.
• Kept Connect AI as the final step that opens the full connection settings when the admin is ready to go live.
• Added clearer Free vs Pro messaging so admins can see what the free chatbot includes and which sales/support automations are available in Pro.
• Simplified the completed setup dashboard so settings tabs appear higher on the page and Pro details stay below the settings workflow.
• Polished admin headings, helper text, onboarding copy, and dashboard status cards with clearer business-focused wording.
• Added a launch progress checklist for incomplete setup and expanded Insights with total questions, AI readiness, topic trends, and questions that may need review.

1.0.12

• Changed the setup flow to start with lightweight business info, then starter questions, preview, and AI connection.
• Added a quick business info form in the configurator that saves directly into the knowledge base.
• Kept AI connection as the final go-live step while still allowing admins with API keys to connect anytime.

1.0.11

• Added an admin-only chatbot preview inside the Appearance tab so site owners can see the chatbot experience before connecting an AI provider.
• Added clickable preview questions that simulate how saved starter suggestions will appear in the chatbot.
• Kept the public frontend chatbot hidden until a verified AI connection or usable Pro module is available.

1.0.10

• Hid the frontend chatbot until a verified AI connection or usable Pro chatbot module is available.
• Added an Analytics tab with practical recent-question history.
• Improved the first-install welcome screen with choice-based setup paths.
• Added guided knowledge base starter blocks to help admins prepare useful chatbot context before connecting AI.

1.0.9

• Removed the experimental in-dashboard licensing integration from the free plugin build.
• Kept the free plugin focused on the WordPress.org distribution flow.
• The admin dashboard still detects Botzio AI Pro and hides the upgrade card when Pro is active.

1.0.8

• Restored the standard activation flow for the free plugin.

1.0.7

• Internal release testing update.

1.0.6

• Internal release testing update.

1.0.5

• Updated the free plugin dashboard to show Pro Active instead of upgrade messaging when Botzio AI Pro is already installed.

1.0.4

• Updated the Pro preview card with a View Pro Plans action.

1.0.3

• Added a first-install welcome guide that walks new admins through the recommended setup order.
• Added a persistent setup checklist for Configure AI, Knowledge Base, and Appearance setup.
• Refined the admin overview area with compact setup status, recent questions, and pro feature preview.
• Added cleanup for welcome guide options during uninstall.

1.0.2

• Redesigned the admin settings interface with a wider layout, hero summary, status cards, and icon tabs.
• Improved model selection workflow with cached provider models and connection retesting before saving model changes.
• Expanded large text fields and helper descriptions for better readability on full-width settings screens.
• Added cached model cleanup during uninstall/reset flows.

1.0.1

• Fixed uninstall cleanup logic.
• Fixed admin provider help script initialization.
• Fixed duplicated frontend chat bubble click handling.
• Fixed API connection verification status handling.
• Updated plugin headers and readme version consistency.
• Clarified external service data disclosure for the free version.
• Added custom chatbot launcher icon and subtle attention animation.
• Removed unused internal code before deployment.

1.0.0

• Initial release.
• Added OpenAI, Gemini, and OpenRouter support.
• Added chatbot appearance customization.
• Added knowledge base functionality.
• Added daily message limits.
• Added starter suggestions support.