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A WordPress administrator must explicitly create a platform account or connect an existing account. The widget loads only after that secure connection finishes successfully.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Key features<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>AI answers based on your approved business content.<\/li>\n<li>Lead capture and conversation notifications.<\/li>\n<li>Widget appearance, knowledge, and behavior controls in the Small Business Chatbot platform.<\/li>\n<li>Explicit, administrator-only account connection.<\/li>\n<li>A plan-limited website scan queued after connection: 20 pages on Self Serve and up to 3,000 pages on Managed.<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect and failed setup states keep the public widget off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to https:\/\/smallbusinesschatbot.com only when a WordPress administrator explicitly starts account signup, existing-account login, or opens the connected platform.<\/p>\n\n<p>At connection start, the plugin sends the site's public origin, its exact SBC Chatbot admin callback URL, plugin version, a short-lived random state, and a one-way verifier challenge. These values protect and route the requested connection; they do not activate the widget.<\/p>\n\n<p>After platform authentication, the browser returns a short-lived authorization code and the original state. WordPress verifies its stored state, then sends the code, private verifier, site origin, and plugin version directly to https:\/\/smallbusinesschatbot.com\/integrations\/wordpress\/exchange over HTTPS. The service validates and consumes those values once, binds the site to the authenticated account, returns the server-owned chatbot ID, and queues the plan-limited website crawl. 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Network-wide shared connection setup is not supported in this release.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20activating%20the%20plugin%20immediately%20add%20a%20chatbot%3F\"><h3>Does activating the plugin immediately add a chatbot?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Activation only installs local plugin settings. No remote request, account creation, website scan, or visitor-facing script occurs until an administrator completes the explicit account connection.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20connect%20an%20account%20i%20already%20use%3F\"><h3>Can I connect an account I already use?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Choose Connect an existing account. The platform reuses that account's server-owned chatbot ID instead of creating or reconciling a plugin-generated ID.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20if%20signup%20is%20cancelled%20or%20expires%3F\"><h3>What happens if signup is cancelled or expires?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin remains disconnected and does not load a widget. 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