VW Floating Chat
A draggable floating chat widget offering WhatsApp, email, and call shortcuts with adjustable icon sizing.
5(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, VW Floating Chat is a WordPress chat plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 370 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: Joinchat.
5/51 reviews
100active installs
370total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
VW Floating Chat adds a lightweight, accessible contact launcher to any WordPress site. Offer visitors a curated collection of chat and social links inside a draggable widget that sits on the left or right edge of the screen—similar to Chaty—without sacrificing performance or privacy.
Highlights
- Choose the default side (left or right) and fine-tune the widget offsets.
- Allow visitors to drag the widget anywhere; positions are stored in localStorage per browser.
- Toggle more than twenty contact and social channels with custom labels and destinations.
- Present official icons on the front-end with adjustable desktop and mobile sizing + spacing.
- Optional contextual tooltips and subtle attention effects keep the UI accessible yet lively.
- Enjoy a compact, card-based settings screen that keeps des…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.0
- Added Facebook Messenger channel with smart app/web detection.
- Improved WhatsApp deep-linking: auto-detects mobile/desktop and opens app directly without confirmation dialog.
- Fixed Call (tel:) links to work properly on all devices and browsers.
- Enhanced admin UI with channel icon watermarks for easy visual identification.
- Added smart URL normalization: automatically builds correct links from @handles, usernames, or partial URLs.
…and 13 more changes
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