How to add WhatsApp button on a WordPress site for post sharing and live chat

May 22, 2020 | WordPress

How to add WhatsApp chat & share button on WordPress website

There are multiple integration available online to share posts and interact with customers and a visitor. But as the stats say, WhatsApp is the most popular social platform after Facebook. And integrating it to share posts or live chat would be a great addition to your website. So to help you add WhatsApp on your site, I have created this post, and divided it into two parts:

  • How to add WhatsApp to WordPress site for posts sharing
  • How to add WhatsApp to WordPress to connect with users

Without any delay, let’s get started!

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress site for posts sharing

For this particular post, I checked a few free plugins and found SharingThis Share Buttons as the best WhatsApp plugin for WordPress sites. Not only this plugin allows you to add WhatsApp sharing icon to your posts, but it also includes all of the most popular social networks, including SMS. Though, the SMS button, only visible to a user when he/she is going through your site on a mobile phone.

Step 1

Once you’ve installed and activated the plugin, the configuration of the sharing buttons is a 4-step process. In the first step, you can choose the button types. The plugin offers two layouts,

Inline

Inline WhatsApp chat & share button

Sticky

Sticky WhatsApp chat & share button

Step 2

After the selection of the layout, you’ll need to choose your desired social networks. The setup process would show you over 40+ social networks sharing buttons that you can add on your site. For best practices, it’s good to select up to 5-6 social sharing buttons. However, if you selected 20 or more than 20 social buttons in the inline layout, it would only display a 5-6 button in the mobile view. The sticky layout only allows a maximum of 10 buttons for large screens. And would only display 5 buttons on mobile devices.

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress for posts sharing

When the preferred platforms are selected, you can design them as per your requirements.

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress for blog post sharing

Step 3

Once you’ve finished designing the sharing buttons, click the Register button. It will take you to the 3rd step, where you have to register your site using an email address and password.

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress

Step 4

In the final step, you can decide where and how share buttons would appear on your site. It automatically adds all the selected icons on all posts, which is the default case. But there are options on the setting panel for you to select where you want to show the buttons, and where not to.

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress for post sharing

That’s it. The buttons will be live as soon as you’ve finished the 4-step process.

WhatsApp sharing button example on a WordPress site

When the users click on the WhatsApp button to share the post, they’ll be asked to select the contact they want to share the particular post. There’s no other step in between.

Okay, let’s move to the next part of this article,

How to add WhatsApp to WordPress to connect with users

Now, apart from social sharing, adding WhatsApp for business WordPress site, can be beneficial for you to build direct communication with your clients. Support them anywhere, anytime, on any device. Similar to the above, the integration of WhatsApp chatbot on WordPress site is effortless with the little help from Chat Button plugin by GetButton.

Then, to get the floating WhatsApp chat button on your WordPress site, you’ll need a code that you can get by clicking the link mentioned on the installation page or from here.

Get code for WhatsApp floating button WordPress

Now, you can select two messaging apps to add to your website from the given option on the code generation page. To generate code for WhatsApp, you have to enter your contact number and customize the button. Then, it will ask you to enter an email address to get the code.

Enter your contact number and customize the button

Once you’ve generated the code, head back to your site and paste it in the WhatsHelp form.

Paste the code in the WhatsHelp form

That’s it! You’ve successfully added WhatsApp chat to your WordPress site. Now your visitors can contact you on WhatsApp by clicking the icon, which will be sitting on the bottom right corner of your website.

WhatsApp logo

Summary

In this blog post, we’ve shown you how you can easily add WhatsApp share and chat button on your WordPress site. If you still find it difficult to achieve, then feel free to contact us. Our WordPress professional team would be more than happy to assist you.

Moreover, if you got any suggestions or views regarding this post, then please share your thoughts in the comment section.

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With the sharp acumen and logical mind, Lokesh specializes in process analysis, mapping, improvement, requirements gathering, workflow automation, and helping his clients find their place in the ever so competitive business arena.

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