/customer-chat-for-facebook

Adds Facebook's Customer chat plugin to your Wordpress site

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Facebook Customer Chat Plugin

I’ve made a plugin for the new Customer Chat Beta so you can try Facebook Messenger on your own website!

Keep in mind Facebook is currently beta testing this.

You can find out more about the beta in Facebook’s post

Setup & Installation

Since this is a newer experimental plugin it requires some setup to get going.

(2 Minute Video Tutorial)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwofbP1EnrE]

Whitelisting Your domain

  1. Copy the url of your site
  2. Go to you Facebook Page and click Settings on the top right.
  3. In the left sidebar there should be a setting called Messenger Platform.
  4. Click into Messenger Platform and add your website url under Whitelisted Domains.
  5. Save it.

Get your Facebook Page ID

  1. Get the url of your Facebook Page.
  2. Go to https://findmyfbid.com and enter your Facebook Page url.
  3. Make a note of the Page ID.

Install & Finish Up

  1. Log in to your WordPress site.
  2. Install and activate the plugin.
  3. In the left sidebar go to Settings > Facebook Customer Chat.
  4. Enter your Facebook Page ID.
  5. Select whether you want the messenger to be minimized by default.
  6. Click Save Settings.
  7. Visit your website and check it out.
  8. Let the leads pour in.