Widget for Zendesk Chat via API
This plugin offers a faster way to load the Zendesk Chat Widget via API. It optimizes the page loading speed and it is quick and easy to implement.
5(6 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Widget for Zendesk Chat via API is a WordPress zendesk plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Top alternative: Zendesk Support for WordPress.
5/56 reviews
200active installs
4.9K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
This plugin offers a better way to load the Zendesk Chat Widget than the Standard Zendesk Chat Plugin. The plugin loads the Zendesk Chat Widget via API and uses a time delay setting to load the Chat Widget. Using this Trick, the Zendesk Chat Widget is loaded AFTER the website is fully loaded. Therefore the loading of the Chat Widget does not consume valuable time anymore on initial page load. Quick and easy to implement. Improves Page Load Time for SEO!
Why do you need this Plugin?
One common problem is that the standard Zendesk Chat plugin adds time required to load the widget at the end of each page load. Based on our page load measurements using GTmetrix, loading the Zendesk Chat Widget via the standard Zendesk Plugin adds 103- 691 ms to the time required for loading of a website. Of c…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
1.12.12 – April 16, 2025
- Test: WordPress version 6.8
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