Description
Wow Chat for Woo adds shopper-friendly product discovery to a WooCommerce store. Everything runs locally on your site — no account, no API key, and no external service.
- Typo-tolerant catalog search backed by MySQL FULLTEXT and a custom ranker.
- “Recently viewed”, “Related products”, and “Frequently bought together” recommendation widgets.
- A FAQ chat bubble that doubles as an on-store product finder.
- Gutenberg blocks for the search bar, recommendation grids, and chat widget.
Development
This plugin ships both the compiled assets (in build/) and their full, human-readable source so the build is reproducible.
- JavaScript/TypeScript/SCSS source:
src/— every bundle underbuild/is compiled from a matching entry point insrc/(e.g.build/admin/index.jssrc/admin/index.tsx,build/blocks/<name>/index.jssrc/blocks/<name>/index.js). - Build tooling:
@wordpress/scripts(webpack), configured inwebpack.config.jsandtsconfig.json. Dependencies and the build script are declared inpackage.json/package-lock.json. - Build the assets:
npm installnpm run build— regenerates everything inbuild/.
- PHP dependencies:
composer.jsondeclares dev-only tooling (PHPUnit, WP Coding Standards). No runtime Composer dependencies. Runcomposer installthenvendor/bin/phpunitfor the PHP test suite.
No third-party JavaScript libraries are bundled into the compiled assets. The only external packages used (@wordpress/* and react) are not bundled — they load from the WordPress-provided script globals at runtime.
Blocks
This plugin provides 5 blocks.
- Frequently Bought Together Suggests products commonly bought together, based on your store's WooCommerce data.
- Chat Widget Floating FAQ chat bubble that helps shoppers find products. Runs locally on your site.
- Related Products Recommends similar products using WooCommerce's built-in related products.
- Recently Viewed Shows the visitor the products they recently viewed. No external service required.
- Product Search Bar Catalog search bar backed by a typo-tolerant keyword index.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/wow-chat-for-woo(or install via the WordPress plugin installer). - Activate “Wow Chat for Woo” from the Plugins screen. WooCommerce must be active.
- Open WooCommerce Wow Chat for Woo to configure the search bar, recommendation widgets, and chat bubble.
FAQ
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Does the plugin require an account or API key?
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No. Search, recommendations, and the FAQ chat all run locally with no external requests.
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Is any data sent off my site?
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No. The plugin processes everything on your own WordPress install; it does not phone home or send catalog or visitor data to any external service.
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Where can I report bugs or request features?
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Please use the support forum on WordPress.org or open an issue at the plugin’s homepage.
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Contributors & Developers
“Wow Chat for Woo” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.1.0
- Initial release: typo-tolerant catalog search, recommendation widgets (recently viewed, related, frequently bought together), FAQ product-finder chat, admin React shell, and Gutenberg blocks — all running locally.