2. Installation
Here we will explain to you the different methods to install and activate WhatsApp Chat in your WordPress site.
1: Download the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file from your account.
2: Open your website’s WordPress admin panel at mysite.com/wp-admin/.
3: In the WP dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
4: Click on the Upload Plugin button, at the top of the screen.
5: Then, click Choose File. Use the pop-up window to look for the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file and select it.
6: Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and click Activate, under the WhatsApp Chat name in the plugins list.
2.1. Install Social Chat Free
The WhatsApp Chat PRO extends the WhatsApp Chat free version that you can find in the WordPress repository and is required to work correctly.
1: After the WhatsApp Chat PRO installation, you may see a red alert in your admin dashboard.
2: Press Install WhatsApp Chat.
3: After the installation, you’ll see a new button to activate the plugin. Click Activate and you’ll be ready to go.
2.1. Network
1: Download the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file from your account.
2: Open your website’s WordPress admin panel at mysite.com/network/wp-admin/.
3: In the WP dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
4: Click Upload Plugin, at the top of the screen.
5: Then, click Choose File. Use the popup window to look for the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file and select it.
6: In your site’s dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and click the Activate button, under the WhatsApp Chat name in the plugins list.
2.2. FTP
1: To install via FTP, you need an FTP client like FileZilla installed on your PC and the access data to connect to your server.
2: Download the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file from your account. This file contains the complete WhatsApp Chat Plugin package.
3: Unzip the whatsapp-chat-pro.zip file included in the package. This file contains a folder.
4: Upload the folder through the FTP client in the folder wp-content/plugins/.
5: Open your WP dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and click Activate, under the WhatsApp Chat name in the plugins list.