by webdigit 4.3 (6 reviews)

AI Chatbot & Semantic Search: ChatGPT Answers From Your Content

Name: AI Chatbot & Semantic Search: ChatGPT Answers From Your Content
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)
Author: webdigit

Answers your visitors can trust, drawn from YOUR content. Self-hosted AI chatbot + semantic search (RAG), your OpenAI key, not generic ChatGPT.

AI Chatbot & Semantic Search ranks #16,603 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #2,226 of 14,124 in the E-commerce category, a 4.3/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.8.18 Current Version v2.8.18

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 27 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#2,226 of 14,124 in E-commerce Top 25% by installs Downloads -55.6% this week Actively maintained

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Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (6 reviews)

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Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Sep 4, 2024

Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress [smartsearchwp] < 2.4.6

CVE-2024-6845 · Fixed in v2.4.6
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Chatbot with ChatGPT WordPress [smartsearchwp] < 2.4.5

CVE-2024-6846 · Fixed in v2.4.5
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CVE-2024-6847 · Fixed in v2.4.5
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CVE-2024-6843 · Fixed in v2.4.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.8.18
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: webdigit

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

SmartSearchWP is for developers, agencies, and WordPress site owners running eCommerce stores, corporate sites, blogs, or documentation platforms. It turns WordPress content into an AI-powered semantic search and chatbot assistant that gives contextual answers, reducing support workload and improving content discovery.

AI chatbot integration with ChatGPT
Semantic search engine
Contextual content indexing
Modular addon architecture
Advanced usage and access control
Prompt customization
WooCommerce integration
PDF integration

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AI Chatbot & Semantic Search: ChatGPT Answers From Your Content

SmartSearchWP grounds its answers in the pages and posts you choose to activate on your own site, so replies stay tied to what you actually publish rather than to generic web knowledge. You decide which content is indexed and can update or remove it at any time. Answers are generated by OpenAI from those retrieved snippets, using your own API key.

It runs entirely inside your own WordPress install and connects to OpenAI with your own API key, so there is no third-party SaaS service sitting between your visitors and your site to store your content or conversations, and there is no per-seat pricing. Optional usage statistics are off by default and carry no personal data or visitor tracking (see "Does SmartSearchWP send data off-site?" below).

No. Processing is handled through the OpenAI API. The plugin remains lightweight and modular.

Yes. You can customize prompts, restrict usage, define content sources, and manage behavior precisely.

You use your own OpenAI API key and can restrict usage by role, page, or quota limits to control costs.

Yes. With the WooCommerce integration addon, product data can be included in contextual AI responses.

Yes. The plugin can be deactivated at any time without affecting your website content. The chatbot shows "Forbidden" or a raw error page Some hosts (Wordfence, ModSecurity, OVH CDN Basic, etc.) block POST requests to /wp-json/wdgpt/v1/retrieve-prompt. Since version 2.7.4, SmartSearchWP retries automatically, falls back to admin-ajax.php, and shows a friendly message instead of raw error HTML. If issues persist, whitelist that REST route or exclude it from your CDN/WAF rules. WooCommerce: search by SKU or product reference With the WooCommerce Integration addon (1.4.0+) and SmartSearchWP 2.8.0+, the chatbot can match exact product references (SKU, ref_xxx) before semantic search and uses grounded numeric prices in the AI context to reduce wrong amounts (e.g. 83,46€ vs 8346€). Regenerate product embeddings after upgrading so SKU and price are indexed.

The bot will not appear on your website until you have activated it. To activate the bot, you need to generate and activate the embeddings for the pages and posts you want to use, as well as the general settings. General settings: 1. Go to the SmartSearchWP settings page. 2. Enter your ChatGPT API key. 3. Modify the settings to your needs. 4. Save the settings.

Generate and activate pages: 1. Go to the SmartSearchWP 'Summaries' page. 2. Click on the 'Generate Embeddings' button under the page or post you want to use. 3. Once their embeddings have been generated, click on the 'Activate' button under the page or post you want to use. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all the pages and posts you want to use.

Yes, in two cases: OpenAI (required for answers): questions and retrieved content snippets are sent to OpenAI using your own API key. See OpenAI's terms. Optional usage statistics (off by default): only if you enable Usage statistics in SmartSearchWP settings. Then the plugin sends a hashed site identifier, plugin version, license type, and five admin event counters to smartsearchwp.com. No personal data, no visitor tracking. See our privacy policy.