Arb Assistant
An AI support-chat widget with live human handoff — a free premium assistant.
What is Arb Assistant?
Arb Assistant adds a premium AI support-chat widget to any WordPress site. It learns your whole site so it can answer visitor questions accurately 24/7, captures leads, and hands conversations off to a human agent with a full live-chat desk and analytics. Choose your AI provider — OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini or OpenRouter — with your own key.
Key features
- ✓AI chat widget that knows your whole site
- ✓Live human handoff + agent desk
- ✓Lead capture & conversation history
- ✓Choose OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or OpenRouter
- ✓Analytics dashboard
Why choose Arb Assistant over paid AI chat & live-chat plugins?
Premium WordPress plugins like paid AI chat & live-chat plugins lock their best features behind expensive yearly subscriptions. Arb Assistant gives you those same professional capabilities for free, with no feature gating and no per-site renewal fees. It is a genuine free alternative — install it, activate it and start using every feature today.
| Capability | Arb Assistant | paid AI chat & live-chat p... |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever | Paid / subscription |
| Core features unlocked | All included | Premium-gated |
| Per-site renewal fee | None | Yearly |
| Licence | GPL (open) | Proprietary |
Requirements & compatibility
Arb Assistant is licensed under the WordPress GPL and built to the official WordPress.org plugin guidelines. Minimum PHP version: 7.4 (see the official PHP supported-versions list). These are the versions declared in the plugin's own header and tested at release — always keep WordPress and PHP updated for security.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes, the plugin is free. You connect your own AI provider key, so you control usage and cost.
Can a human take over the chat?
Yes. Conversations can be escalated to a human agent through the built-in live-chat desk at any time.
Does the AI know about my products/pages?
Yes. It builds knowledge from your site content so answers are specific and accurate, not generic.
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