Install the free BotDesk plugin and paste your key, or paste one line of code yourself. Either way your chatbot is live on every page in about 5 minutes, with no coding.
Setup — 4 Steps
The easiest way is the free BotDesk AI Chat plugin. Prefer not to add it? There is a copy-and-paste method below the steps.
Create your BotDesk account and fill in your business details (services, hours, pricing, FAQs). Then open the Install tab in your BotDesk dashboard. Your install code looks like this:
<script src="https://botdesk.studio/widget.js" data-api-key="YOUR_API_KEY"></script>
Your API key is the part inside data-api-key="…". To copy only the key, open the "your bot's secret key" section further down the Install tab and click Copy. Don't type it by hand.
In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New. Search for BotDesk AI Chat, click Install Now, then click Activate. (Here is the plugin's page on WordPress.org if you want to check it first.)
Go to Settings > BotDesk. Paste your key into the API key box, make sure Show widget is checked, and click Save Changes.
Open your site in a new tab. The BotDesk chat bubble appears in the bottom-right corner of every page. Click it to test. It answers using the info you entered during setup.
If your site already uses a code snippets plugin such as WPCode (once called "Insert Headers and Footers"), open it, paste your full install code from step 1 into its Footer box, and save. Copy the whole code from your dashboard, not just the key. Then check your site as in step 4.
FAQ
The free BotDesk AI Chat plugin is the easiest way, but it isn't required. BotDesk is one line of code, so you can also paste it into the Footer box of a code snippets plugin you already use, such as WPCode, or ask your web developer to add it just before the closing </body> tag.
No. The embed script loads asynchronously and is only a few KB, so it has no meaningful impact on page speed or Core Web Vitals.
Yes. Because BotDesk is a small JavaScript snippet, it works regardless of which page builder or theme you use — just add it to your site's global footer code.
Yes. Log into your BotDesk dashboard any time to update your business info, hours, services, and FAQ answers — changes apply instantly, no re-embedding needed.
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