WhatsApp Chat Button changelog
All notable changes to WhatsApp Chat Button (kv_whatsapp_chat_button) are documented here.
The format follows Keep a Changelog and the project uses Semantic Versioning.
[Unreleased]
Section titled “[Unreleased]”[1.0.0] - 2026-10-22
Section titled “[1.0.0] - 2026-10-22”- Floating chat button for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, phone, SMS, e-mail and (with Help Desk & Support Tickets) a support ticket link; one contact opens directly, several open a chat panel.
- Agents and departments in Marketing > WhatsApp chat: name, role, photo, channel, contact, own pre-filled message, weekly working hours in the agent’s time zone; “Back at …” or hidden outside working hours; list or rotate mode.
- “Ask about this product” button on product pages with product name, SKU, selected options and link in the message.
- Help link on the cart and checkout pages with the cart lines and the total in the message.
- Position, offsets, automatic move above sticky bars, icon or pill style, icon, size, colours, label, greeting bubble, panel texts, devices and page types.
- Click statistics per day, channel, agent, place and (Multi-Vendor) vendor; counts only.
- GA4 / Google Tag Manager events (kv_chat_open, kv_chat_click), via Ecommerce Tracking Pro when active; optional wait for cookie consent (Cookie Consent by Kavio Labs).
- Multi-Vendor: vendors’ own WhatsApp number, message and hours in the vendor panel, shown on their products and store page, with their own click statistics.
- CS-Cart Ultimate: settings per storefront, agents shared or per storefront.
- Full page cache support (4.21): same HTML for every visitor, online states computed in the browser.