wa-chat-widget

WhatsApp Chat Widget

A lightweight, customizable WhatsApp chat widget that adds a floating WhatsApp button to your website. When clicked, it opens a WhatsApp chat with a pre-defined message.

Features

• 🎨 Fully customizable appearance
• 📱 Mobile-friendly and responsive
• 🎯 Multiple position options
• 💬 Custom pre-defined messages
• 🔧 Easy to install and configure
• 🌐 Works with any website
• 💪 No dependencies
• ♿ Accessibility friendly
• 🌙 Dark mode support
• 🖨️ Print-friendly (hides widget)

Installation

Using npm

npm install wa-chat-widget

Using CDN

<script src="https://unpkg.com/wa-chat-widget@1.0.0/dist/wa-chat-widget.js"></script>

Usage

ES6 Module

import WaChatWidget from 'wa-chat-widget';

const widget = new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890',
    message: "Hello! I'm interested in your services"
});

Script Tag

<script src="https://unpkg.com/wa-chat-widget@1.0.0/dist/wa-chat-widget.js"></script>
<script>
    const widget = new WaChatWidget({
        phoneNumber: '1234567890',
        message: "Hello! I'm interested in your services"
    });
</script>

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
phoneNumber	string	''	WhatsApp number in international format without + symbol in front (required)
message	string	"I'm interested to know more about your offerings."	Default message
position	string	'bottom-right'	Widget position ('top-left', 'top-right', 'bottom-left', 'bottom-right')
backgroundColor	string	'#25D366'	Background color of the widget
textColor	string	'#fff'	Color of the WhatsApp icon
size	string	'60px'	Size of the widget
showTooltip	boolean	true	Show/hide tooltip on hover
tooltipText	string	'Chat with us'	Text to show in tooltip

Examples

Basic Usage

new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890'
});

Custom Styling

new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890',
    backgroundColor: '#075e54',
    textColor: '#ffffff',
    size: '70px',
    position: 'top-right'
});

Multi-Language Support

const userLanguage = navigator.language.substring(0, 2);
const messages = {
    en: "Hi, I'd like to know more",
    es: "Hola, me gustaría saber más",
    fr: "Bonjour, j'aimerais en savoir plus"
};

new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890',
    message: messages[userLanguage] || messages.en,
    tooltipText: 'Chat with us'
});

Dynamic Control

const widget = new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890'
});

// Hide widget
widget.hide();

// Show widget
widget.show();

// Update options
widget.updateOptions({
    backgroundColor: '#128C7E',
    size: '65px'
});

// Destroy widget
widget.destroy();

Business Hours

function isBusinessHours() {
    const now = new Date();
    const hours = now.getHours();
    const day = now.getDay();
    return day >= 1 && day <= 5 && hours >= 9 && hours < 17;
}

new WaChatWidget({
    phoneNumber: '1234567890',
    message: isBusinessHours() 
        ? "Hi, I'd like to speak with your team"
        : "Hi, I'd like to leave a message",
    tooltipText: isBusinessHours()
        ? "Chat with us now!"
        : "Leave us a message",
    backgroundColor: isBusinessHours() ? '#25D366' : '#128C7E'
});

API Methods

Method	Description
show()	Shows the widget
hide()	Hides the widget
destroy()	Removes the widget from DOM
updateOptions(options)	Updates widget configuration

Browser Support

• Chrome (Latest)
• Firefox (Latest)
• Safari (Latest)
• Edge (Latest)
• Opera (Latest)

License

Commercial license

If you want to use this plugin to develop commercial sites, themes, projects, and applications, the Commercial license is the appropriate license. With this option, your source code is kept proprietary. Read more about the commercial license.

Open source license

If you are creating an open source application under a license compatible with the GNU GPL license v3, you may use this project under the terms of the GPLv3.

Author

Raghu Chinnannan

• Website: https://raghu.ch
• GitHub: @raghuchinnannan
• Twitter: @raghucginnannan

Support

For support, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.