Title: AI Shoutbox Author: Mindaugas Published: July 1, 2025 Last modified: July 4, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/ai-shoutbox/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3321250) ![](https://ps.w.org/ai-shoutbox/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3321242) # AI Shoutbox By [Mindaugas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaipkada/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ai-shoutbox.2.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/#installation) * [Development](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/) ## Description AI Shoutbox provides a lightweight and fast chat box for your WordPress site. It uses a standard polling technique for real-time updates that works on any hosting environment. Key features: * **Real-Time Chat:** Uses AJAX polling for message updates. * **AI Integration:** Allow users to ask questions directly to OpenAI’s GPT models. * **reCAPTCHA v3 Protection:** Secure login form to prevent spam. * **Session Persistence:** Remembers users for 1 hour. * **Admin Settings Page:** Easily configure API keys and translate all public-facing texts from the WordPress admin. * **Auto-Pruning:** Automatically clears chat history every 24 hours to keep the database clean. * **Widget & Shortcode:** Display the shoutbox in any widget area or anywhere on your site using the `[aish_shoutbox]` shortcode. * **Admin Tools:** Clear chat history manually from the settings page. ### External Services This plugin utilizes two external services to provide its full functionality. Users must be aware that using this plugin will result in data being sent to these third- party services. * **Google reCAPTCHA** - **Purpose:** This service is used to protect the shoutbox login form from spam and automated abuse by bots. - **Data Sent:** To verify that a user is not a robot, hardware and software information, such as device data, application data, and the user’s IP address, is sent to Google. This occurs when a user clicks the “Join” button. - **Service Documents:** [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms). * **OpenAI API** - **Purpose:** This service is used to generate intelligent, human-like responses when a user interacts with the AI feature of the shoutbox. - **Data Sent:** When a user enables the AI mode and submits a message, the text content of that message is sent to OpenAI’s API for processing. No personal user data is sent, only the query text itself. - **Service Documents:** [OpenAI Privacy Policy](https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy) and [Terms of Use](https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use). ## Screenshots * [[ * [[ * [[ * [[ ## Installation 1. Upload the `ai-shoutbox` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Go to **Settings -> AI Shoutbox** and enter your Google reCAPTCHA v3 and OpenAI API keys. You can also translate the texts here. 4. Go to `Appearance -> Widgets` and add the “AI Shoutbox” widget to a sidebar, or place the `[aish_shoutbox]` shortcode in any page or post. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/660a77dff4b2c046415834c50c80f517de27178986dc73a266f3e4e36bf485a8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Try plugin, it’s good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/try-plugin-its-good/)󠁿 [Mindaugas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaipkada/) July 4, 2025 Very Good plugin wor chat. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “AI Shoutbox” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mindaugas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaipkada/) [Translate “AI Shoutbox” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ai-shoutbox) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-shoutbox/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ai-shoutbox/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ai-shoutbox/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ai-shoutbox/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.2 * Added “External Services” section to readme.txt to comply with WordPress.org guidelines. * Updated plugin version. #### 2.0.1 * Updated “Tested up to” version to 6.5. #### 2.0.0 * Major refactor. Prefixed all functions, classes, hooks, and assets with `aish_` to meet WordPress.org standards. * Synchronized all CSS classes and JS element IDs to match the new prefixes. ## Meta * Version **2.0.1** * Last updated **9 months ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/) * Tags * [AI](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[chat](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chat/) [openai](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/openai/)[shoutbox](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shoutbox/) [widget](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/ai-shoutbox/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ai-shoutbox/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mindaugas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaipkada/) ## Support Got something to say? 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