Broadcast Buddy

Connect your website and WooCommerce store with Broadcast Buddy to send instant, automated WhatsApp notifications for every order lifecycle event, reduce cart abandonment, and convert store visitors with an interactive floating chat widget.

Key Features

• Order Status Alerts: Automatically notify customers on WhatsApp when their order is Processing, Completed, or Cancelled.
• Admin Notifications: Receive immediate WhatsApp alerts for new incoming orders with order totals and item summaries.
• Floating WhatsApp Widget: Plug-and-play greeting widget for pages and products with bot trigger keywords.
• 8-Digit Phone Pairing: Link your WhatsApp hotline directly with an 8-digit phone code without QR scanning.
• Live Test Sandbox: Dispatch test messages directly from your WordPress admin dashboard.

Source Code & Development

The Broadcast Buddy WordPress plugin is distributed with full source transparency and human-readable code.

• Official Public Repository: https://github.com/Broadcast-Buddy/wordpress-plugin
• Plugin Source Files: https://github.com/Broadcast-Buddy/wordpress-plugin

Build & Contribution Instructions

All JavaScript and CSS files included in this plugin are standard, unminified, human-readable vanilla JavaScript (ES5/ES6 compatible) and CSS3 stylesheets.
No compilers (such as Webpack, Babel, Vite, Rollup, or TypeScript) and no minifiers or obfuscators are used to generate the distributed production files for this WordPress plugin.

To inspect, develop, or fork:
1. Clone the public repository: git clone https://github.com/Broadcast-Buddy/wordpress-plugin.git
2. Inspect or edit broadcastbuddy.php, broadcastbuddy-widget.js, or broadcastbuddy-widget.css directly.
3. Test on a WordPress environment with WP_DEBUG enabled.

External services

This plugin relies on external services provided by Broadcast Buddy to connect with WhatsApp and dispatch order notifications and manage live hotline sessions.

Broadcast Buddy API (https://broadcastbuddy.app/api/v1)

• What it is used for:
  1. Hotline Connection & Status Checking: Verifies whether your WhatsApp hotline is connected and online.
  2. 8-Digit Hotline Phone Pairing: Generates an 8-digit verification code to link your WhatsApp phone without scanning QR codes.
  3. Order Notifications & Test Sandbox: Delivers automated WooCommerce customer alerts, admin order notifications, and test messages through your connected WhatsApp hotline.
• Data transmitted and when:
  • When checking status: Transmits the administrator’s configured API Key to verify session status.
  • When requesting pairing code: Transmits the administrator’s WhatsApp phone number and API Key.
  • When dispatching order notifications: Transmits the recipient’s phone number and the rendered message text (which may include the customer’s name, order ID, order total, and purchased item list as configured in your notification templates) to the Broadcast Buddy API endpoint.
• Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:
  • Broadcast Buddy Terms of Service: https://broadcastbuddy.app/terms
  • Broadcast Buddy Privacy Policy: https://broadcastbuddy.app/privacy