Lead Capture Chat

Lead generation chat widget for WordPress with a floating contact form and built-in lead management.

No third-party services. No monthly SaaS fees. No data leaves your server.

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✅ Free Features

• Floating chat widget – animated slide-up popup triggered by a fixed button in the corner of every page
• Inline shortcode – embed the form anywhere with [npleadchat]
• Leads dashboard – view, search, sort, and manage all leads from WP Admin → NP Lead chatbot
• Basic settings – enable or disable the floating widget and edit the main widget messages
• Basic email notifications – send a simple admin email whenever a new lead is captured
• Lead source page – see which page each lead came from
• Honeypot spam protection – lightweight hidden-field protection with no external service
• Spam rate limiting – configurable cooldown plus duplicate submission protection
• Bulk actions – select and delete multiple leads at once
• Search & sort – find leads by name, email, phone, or message; sort by name or date
• Client-side validation – instant feedback before form submission
• CSV Export – download all leads as a CSV file directly from the admin dashboard
• REST API powered – built on the WordPress REST API with nonce verification
• GDPR-friendly – all data stored locally in your own database; no external services

⚡ Why Upgrade to WP LeadChat Pro?

WP LeadChat Pro turns your simple floating widget into a complete lead generation system for freelancers, agencies, WooCommerce stores, and SaaS landing pages.

Lead Capture

• Unlimited leads – no monthly cap
• Custom Field Builder – Text, Email, Phone, Dropdown, Checkbox, Textarea
• Drag-and-drop field reordering
• Live admin preview while editing settings

Email Automation

• Advanced admin notification templates
• Automatic visitor auto-replies
• Template tag support (name, email, message, etc.)
• Custom sender identity

Spam Protection

• Google reCAPTCHA v3 support

Appearance & Branding

• Full colour picker controls
• Widget position – left or right
• Adjustable widget width
• Custom profile image / logo upload
• Editable welcome text and branding

CRM Dashboard

• 5-stage lead pipeline management
• Inline status updates with AJAX
• Live KPI stats & conversion tracking
• Status filter tabs with lead counts
• Quick notes & full activity log
• Bulk status updates & CSV export
• Date range filters & last activity tracking
• Toast notifications & keyboard navigation

Analytics Dashboard

• Interactive leads & conversion charts
• Pipeline funnel visualisation
• Top source pages tracking
• Live KPI summary dashboard
• AJAX-powered date range filtering
• Real-time analytics from your own database
• No external tracking or third-party services

Plans start at just $3/month · 14-day free trial · 30-day money-back guarantee

🔥 Upgrade to WP LeadChat Pro →

Perfect For

• Freelancers and consultants
• Agencies
• Small businesses and service providers
• Coaches
• WooCommerce stores
• SaaS landing pages
• Lead generation websites

How It Works

1. A visitor clicks the floating chat button on your site
2. A smooth animated pop-up appears
3. The visitor fills in their details and submits
4. The lead is saved instantly in your WordPress database
5. You manage all leads from WP Admin → NP Lead Chatbot

Shortcode

Use [npleadchat] to embed the form inline anywhere – pages, posts, or widget areas.

Privacy & GDPR

This plugin stores lead data only in your own WordPress database. No external API calls are made. No third-party tracking. No SaaS dependency.

Automatic Installation

1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Search for Lead Capture Chat
3. Click Install Now, then Activate

Manual Installation

1. Download the ZIP file from WordPress.org
2. Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
3. Upload the ZIP file and click Activate Plugin

After Activation

• The floating widget appears automatically on all pages
• View captured leads at WP Admin → NP Lead Chatbot
• Use [npleadchat] for an inline embed
• Visit WP Admin → NP Lead Chatbot → Upgrade to PRO to unlock advanced features

1. 

   The floating chat widget - gradient header, avatar, animated popup, modern form fields, and a success message

2. 

   Leads dashboard - view, search, sort, and bulk-delete all captured leads inside WP Admin

3. 

   Settings dashboard - customize widget content, configure email notifications, enable the floating widget, and manage spam protection settings.

4. 

   PRO: Leads dashboard (CRM) - the upgraded leads table with status badges, notes preview pills, Last Activity column, pipeline stats bar, status filter tabs, and date range filter

5. 

   PRO: Status dropdown - clicking a status badge opens the custom dropdown; selecting a new status saves instantly via AJAX and updates the badge colour in place

6. 

   PRO: Lead detail modal - Notes tab - the full notes activity log showing all notes newest-first with absolute timestamps, a delete button per note, and a clear empty state directing users to the inline quick-note

7. 

   PRO: Analytics dashboard - the full analytics page showing the KPI summary strip, Leads Over Time bar chart, Conversion Rate Trend line chart, Pipeline Funnel, and Top Source Pages table

8. 

   PRO: Settings + live preview - the full settings panel showing colour pickers, avatar upload, field toggles, and the live preview sidebar updating in real time as you type

9. 

   PRO: Custom Field Builder + Spam Protection + Email notifications - Drag-and-drop custom fields with Text, Dropdown, Checkbox & more, reorderable rows, spam protection and email notification

2.4.0 – Security & GDPR Enhancement

• Added: Comprehensive phone number format validation (digits, spaces, hyphens, +, parentheses, periods)
• Added: Full GDPR/Privacy compliance support with WordPress privacy export/erase hooks
• Improved: REST API nonce header handling for better compatibility (supports both x-wp-nonce and X-WP-Nonce)
• Improved: Email content sanitization – all user data properly escaped before email delivery
• Improved: CSV export with enhanced security headers
• Enhanced: REST API error handling with proper WP_Error responses and HTTP status codes
• Added: Rate limit management function for admin testing and debugging

2.3.4

• Added basic admin email notifications with recipient setting
• Added configurable spam cooldown and duplicate submission protection
• Improved frontend form accessibility by removing duplicate field IDs across shortcode and floating widget instances

2.3.3

• Added basic settings for floating widget visibility and messages
• Added lead source page tracking in the leads dashboard and CSV export
• Added lightweight honeypot spam protection

2.3.2

• Updated plugin tags and improved short description for better discoverability
• Fixed the floating widget close button styling issue
• Tested compatibility with WordPress 7.0

2.3.1

• Add new screenshots of PRO Plugin
• Make some content changes in the admin Upgrade to PRO page
• Minor bug fixes and styling improvements

2.3.0

• Added: In-admin Upgrade to PRO page (WP Admin → NP Lead Chatbot → Upgrade to PRO) with feature list, Free vs PRO comparison table, and live preview link
• Added: Dismissible admin notice promoting PRO features – permanently dismissible per user with a single click
• Improved: Upsell code is fully i18n-ready, uses proper escaping throughout, and follows WordPress coding standards
• Improved: PRO upsell is automatically disabled when the PRO version is active (no duplicate notices)
• Updated: Version bumped to 2.3.0

2.2.3

• Added PRO landing page links
• Improved upgrade CTAs
• Added comparison table
• Enhanced PRO promotion inside the readme

2.2.2

• Added demo video link for PRO plugin
• Minor readme content changes

2.2.1

• Removed accidentally committed readme backup file
• Minor readme changes

2.2.0

• Added: Pro upsell section in plugin description
• Added: New FAQ entries explaining Pro features and how to upgrade
• Fixed: FAQ entry for colour customisation now correctly points to Pro

2.1.1

• Description update only – no functionality changes

2.1.0

• Plugin renamed from NP Lead Chatbot to Lead Capture Chat for clarity and better searchability
• Updated banner and plugin icon assets
• No database or functionality changes – safe to upgrade

2.0.0

• Complete UI redesign – gradient header, DM Sans font (bundled locally), animated popup, modern inputs
• Added floating button toggle animation (chat icon ↔ close icon)
• Added slide-up open / scale-down close popup animation
• Added loading spinner on submit button during form submission
• Added styled success and error response messages with icons
• Added Escape key and outside-click to close the popup
• Added ARIA labels and roles for full accessibility
• Replaced Google Fonts external request with locally bundled woff2 font files
• Refactored frontend PHP – shared form field helper, proper label elements, autocomplete attributes
• Improved inline validation – error state clears as user types
• Added [npleadchat] inline embed with its own gradient header

1.2.0

• Added Export Leads (CSV) feature in the admin panel
• Improved admin UI
• Minor performance improvements

1.1.0

• Added bulk actions support in admin lead listing
• Added search functionality
• Added column sorting
• Improved UI and performance

1.0.0

• Initial release with lead capture form and admin dashboard