Tap Chat adds a beautiful floating WhatsApp button with advanced features — and now a
built-in, privacy-first analytics dashboard so you can see exactly how many visitors tap to chat, from which pages and on which devices, without sending a single byte to Google or anyone else. Set business hours, show welcome messages with multiple styles, control visibility, and customize appearance — all while keeping your site fast and privacy-friendly.
Key Features
- Built-in Privacy-First Analytics Dashboard (NEW) - See Total / Today / This Week / This Month chat clicks, percentage change vs the previous period, Top Pages by clicks, and Clicks by Device — right inside wp-admin. Optionally measure button views, unique visitors and click-through rate (CTR). 100% first-party: no cookies, no personal data, no external requests, and your data never leaves your server.
- Floating Chat Button - Beautiful, customizable button that sticks to your site
- Custom Icon Upload - Replace WhatsApp icon with your own brand logo or custom image
- Custom link - Replace WhatsApp Link with Telegram, Messenger, a contact page, Phone, Email or any URL
- Welcome Bubble - Friendly greeting message to encourage conversations with two styles (Modern & Simple)
- Smart Triggers - Show the bubble at the perfect moment based on visitor behavior
- Country Selector - Easy phone number configuration with 150+ country codes and flags
- Working Hours - Display button only during business hours with timezone support
- Page Visibility - Show or hide button on specific pages/posts
- Fully Customizable - Colors, sizes, positions, labels - make it yours
- Mobile Optimized - Separate mobile/desktop configurations
- Google Analytics 4 / Tag Manager Integration - Optionally also forward chat clicks and welcome-bubble impressions as GA4 events using the analytics already installed on your site
- Translation Ready - Fully translatable with .pot file included
- Performance First - Minimal footprint, no jQuery dependencies in frontend
Built-in Analytics Features
Know what actually drives conversations — without handing your visitors' data to third parties. Everything is stored in your own WordPress database.
- Headline metrics at a glance: Total, Today, This Week and This Month chat clicks, with a clear percentage change versus the previous period.
- Top Pages by Clicks: discover which pages and products send the most people to chat.
- Clicks by Device: see the mobile / desktop / tablet split at a glance.
- Click-through rate (CTR): turn on optional traffic tracking to measure the Visitors → Button Views → Clicks → CTR funnel.
- At-a-glance dashboard widget: today / last 7 days / all-time clicks with a 14-day sparkline, right on your WordPress dashboard.
- Privacy by design: no cookies, no personal data (IP address and user agent are never stored), no external requests, and nothing shared with Google or any third party.
- You stay in control: exclude logged-in users from tracking, choose how long data is kept (auto-pruned daily), and reset all analytics data at any time.
- Optional GA4 / Tag Manager: if you prefer, also forward events to your existing GA4 or Google Tag Manager — kept completely separate from the built-in analytics.
Welcome Bubble Features
The welcome bubble is designed to increase engagement and conversions:
- Two Beautiful Styles:
- Modern - Rich bubble with avatar, name, and online status
- Simple - Clean bubble with message only, positioned above or beside button
- Smart Triggers - Show bubble based on visitor behavior:
- Time on Page - After visitor spends specific time (recommended)
- Scroll Depth - When visitor scrolls to specific percentage
- Exit Intent - When visitor moves to close tab/window
- Idle Detection - When visitor is inactive
- Customization Options:
- Custom welcome message with emoji support
- Agent/team name display (Modern style)
- Avatar image upload (Modern style)
- Multiple trigger combinations
- Auto-close on interaction
- Session-based display (won't annoy visitors)
Advanced Features
- Custom Icon Upload:
- Replace default WhatsApp icon with your brand logo
- Supports PNG, JPG, SVG formats
- Perfect circular display with automatic sizing
- Works in floating button, offline button, and bubble avatar
- Easy fallback to default icon
- Business Hours Control:
- Set different hours for each day of the week
- Timezone support for accurate scheduling
- Custom offline message
- Choose to hide button or show offline state
- Visibility Rules:
- Show on specific pages only
- Hide on specific pages (e.g., checkout, cart)
- Combine show/hide rules for precise control
- Support for all post types and WooCommerce pages
- Customization Options:
- Button position (left/right)
- Custom colors
- Icon sizes (separate for desktop/mobile)
- Hide/show label on mobile or desktop
- Pre-filled message text
- Page context appending (automatic page info in message)
Usage
Shortcode:
Display chat link anywhere with:
[tapchat]
Custom shortcode parameters:
[tapchat phone="+1234567890" message="Hello!" label="Contact us"]
2.0.0
Major update: built-in, privacy-first analytics. See chat clicks, top pages, devices and CTR right inside wp-admin — no cookies, no third parties, your data stays on your server. The GA4 / Tag Manager integration is unchanged.
1.6.0
Improved admin experience! Settings tabs now switch without page refresh, and all settings save together. Welcome bubble positioning now automatically adjusts to icon size.
1.5.0
New Custom Icon Upload feature! Replace WhatsApp icon with your own brand logo. Perfect for branding and customization.
1.4.0
Major update with Smart Triggers! Now you can control when the welcome bubble appears based on visitor behavior. Time on Page trigger is enabled by default for better engagement.
1.3.0
New Welcome Bubble feature! Engage visitors with a friendly greeting message. Two styles available: Modern and Simple.
1.2.0
New Business Hours and Page Visibility features! Now you can control when and where your button appears.
1.1.0
Improved phone number configuration with country selector and mobile optimization features.
1.0.0
Initial release of Tap Chat - the lightweight chat button for WordPress.
2.0.0 - 2026-09-05
Tap Chat 2.0 introduces a complete, privacy-first analytics suite — your data stays on your own server.
- New: Built-in Analytics dashboard (Settings → Tap Chat → Analytics → Overview) showing Total / Today / This Week / This Month chat clicks, percentage change vs. the previous period, Top Pages by Clicks, and Clicks by Device, with a 7 / 30 / 90-day range selector.
- New: Optional Traffic & CTR tracking that records button views and cookieless unique visitors to reveal the Visitors → Button Views → Clicks → CTR funnel. Off by default.
- New: WordPress dashboard widget with today / last 7 days / all-time clicks and a 14-day sparkline, linking to the full report.
- New: Exclude logged-in users option so your own testing and staff activity stay out of the numbers.
- New: Data controls — configurable retention with automatic daily pruning, and a one-click "Reset analytics data" action.
- Privacy by design: all analytics are stored in your own database. No cookies, no personal data (IP address and user agent are never stored), and no external requests. The data table is removed on uninstall.
- Improved: the Analytics tab is now organized into two clear sub-tabs — "Overview" (the read-only report) and "Settings" (built-in tracking plus the existing GA4 / Tag Manager integration, which is unchanged and fully independent).
- Performance: click tracking uses a non-blocking beacon and a compact daily-aggregated table that is cache-friendly; the dashboard widget caches its figures so the WordPress dashboard adds no repeated queries.
1.9.0 - 2026-07-13
- Added a new Analytics tab: send GA4 / Google Tag Manager events on chat clicks (tapchat_click) and welcome-bubble impressions (tapchat_bubble_shown, with trigger_type). Uses your existing GA4/GTM; loads no analytics library of its own.
1.8.2 - 2026-07-13
- Fixed Notice of Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time
1.8.1 - 2026-07-13
1.8.0 - 2026-07-13
- Added button animations in the General tab: fade in, slide in, bounce, ring/shake, and a "New message" style with an unread badge and pulsing ring. Motion is disabled for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
- Added a dismissible review request notice with three randomized copy variants (A/B assignment per install), shown on the Dashboard, Plugins, and settings screens 1 day after install. Use the
tap_chat_review_delay_days filter to change the delay.
- Changed plugin name to "Tap Chat – WhatsApp Chat & Floating Chat Button".
- Fixed invalid "Tested up to" header (was 7.0).
1.7.0 - 2026-07-05
- Added a Phone / Custom-link toggle in the General tab — pick Custom to use any URL (Telegram, Messenger, contact page) with no country code.
- Added {TITLE}, {TAGLINE}, {URL} variables that get replaced in the default WhatsApp message with your site title, tagline, and URL.
1.6.0 - 2025-11-27
- Improved: Admin settings now use JavaScript tabs without page refresh
- Improved: All settings from all tabs save together in one submission
- Improved: Dynamic bubble positioning - automatically adjusts to icon size changes
- Improved: Better responsive behavior for welcome bubble on all screen sizes
- Fixed: Bubble alignment issues when changing icon sizes
- Performance: Smoother admin experience with no page reloads between tabs
1.5.0 - 2025-11-25
- New: Custom Icon Upload feature - Replace WhatsApp icon with your brand logo
- New: WordPress Media Library integration for icon selection
- Improved: Perfect circular icon display with automatic sizing
- Improved: Custom icon works in floating button, offline button, and bubble avatar
- Improved: Responsive icon behavior across all devices
- Fixed: Icon sizing and display issues on mobile
- Fixed: Border spacing around custom icons
- Performance: Optimized icon rendering with CSS
1.4.0 - 2025-11-21
- New: Smart Triggers system for welcome bubble
- Time on Page trigger (enabled by default)
- Scroll Depth trigger
- Exit Intent trigger
- Idle Detection trigger
- Improved: Simplified trigger configuration
- Improved: Better default settings for new installations
- Improved: Enhanced UX with Time on Page as recommended option
- Fixed: Removed duplicate Display Delay field
- Fixed: Various minor bug fixes and improvements
- Performance: Optimized trigger detection algorithms
1.3.0 - 2025-08-15
- New: Welcome Bubble feature with two styles (Modern & Simple)
- New: Bubble customization options (message, name, avatar)
- New: Welcome bubble animations and interactions
- New: Session-based bubble display control
- Improved: Better mobile experience
- Fixed: Avatar upload functionality
- Performance: Optimized CSS animations
1.2.0 - 2025-06-10
- New: Business Hours feature with timezone support
- New: Offline message option
- New: Page visibility controls (show/hide on specific pages)
- New: Support for all post types and WooCommerce pages
- Improved: Better settings organization with tabs
- Improved: Enhanced admin UI
- Fixed: Various compatibility issues
1.1.0 - 2025-04-20
- New: Country selector with 150+ countries and flags
- New: Separate mobile and desktop size controls
- New: Hide label options for mobile/desktop
- New: Page context appending option
- Improved: Phone number validation
- Improved: Better URL encoding for messages
- Fixed: International phone number handling
1.0.0 - 2025-03-01
- Initial release
- Floating chat button
- Customizable colors, sizes, and positions
- Pre-filled messages
- Shortcode support
- Translation ready
- GDPR compliant