Add live chat to your WordPress site

Why Hooky on WordPress

WordPress chat plugins often add their own settings, tables and updates to your site. Hooky stays outside: one tag that loads the bubble, and everything else (conversations, notifications, stats) lives at Hooky. Handy too if you have other sites built with Lovable or Framer: they all land in the same inbox.

Method 1: with the WPCode plugin (simplest)

1. Create your Hooky account (free for one site), add your site with its address, and copy the <script> tag from Sites.

2. Install the WPCode plugin (“WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets”): Plugins › Add New, search for “WPCode”, install and activate.

3. Open Code Snippets › Header & Footer in the admin menu.

4. Paste the tag into the Footer section (it’s inserted before </body> across the site), then save (Save Changes).

The tag to paste (yours contains your site’s real key):

<script src="https://heyhooky.com/widget.js" data-site-key="SITE_PUBLIC_KEY" async></script>

Already using another header and footer plugin? It works too: paste the tag into its “footer” or “before </body>” field.

Method 2: in your child theme

Rather not add a plugin? Add these lines to your child theme’s functions.php (not the parent theme’s, which an update would overwrite):

add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
  echo '<script src="https://heyhooky.com/widget.js" data-site-key="SITE_PUBLIC_KEY" async></script>';
} );

Themes call the wp_footer hook right before </body>, classic and block themes alike.

Check that the bubble shows up

Open your site in a private window and reload: the bubble is at the bottom of the screen. Send a test message: it lands in Messages.

No bubble? A caching plugin may be serving the old version of your pages: clear the cache (and your host’s or CDN’s). Also check that the site’s address is in the allowed addresses in Hooky, if you declared any. A plugin that “optimizes” or delays JavaScript can also block the tag: exclude heyhooky.com/widget.js in its settings.

WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress?

On a WordPress you host yourself (WordPress.org), both methods work. On WordPress.com, installing a plugin requires a paid plan: on the free plan, you won’t be able to add WPCode or edit the theme.

Reply to your visitors

A notification on your phone, and you reply from the Hooky app (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android) or the web dashboard. Your visitor doesn’t create an account, can attach a photo or a PDF, and if they leave after giving their email, your reply reaches them by email.

Frequently asked questions