Convoworks WP

Convoworks WP is more than just a conversation tool. It’s a sophisticated no-code, universal workflow builder seamlessly integrated into your WordPress. Rooted in Convoworks, an open source PHP framework, you can craft intricate workflows without typing a single line of code.

Convoworks employs visual programming, allowing users to design workflows through a drag-and-drop interface, much like a visual flowchart. These workflows can then be executed by various triggers, including REST-based interactions and WordPress hooks.

Initially focused on Amazon Alexa, Convoworks now boasts a broader horizon, supporting platforms such as Viber, FB Messenger, and web chat. With platform adapters, Convoworks ensures seamless communication across platforms.

For users familiar with visual builders like Elementor or Divi, Convoworks is a game-changer. While these visual builders handle design and layout, Convoworks allows you to take dynamic functionality a step further. Now, without writing a line of code, you can:

• Tweak website behaviors using WordPress hooks.
• Set up custom API endpoints to communicate with external services.
• Fetch and display data from external APIs seamlessly.
• Automate processes based on specific website events or user interactions.

Convoworks bridges the gap between design and dynamic functionality, granting even non-coders the power to fully customize and automate their WordPress sites.

Who can use this plugin and how?

• Website Owners: If you’re comfortable with tools like Elementor, you’ll feel right at home with Convoworks. Use it to implement modifications on your website that would typically need coding knowledge. Dive into platforms like Amazon Alexa for voice interfaces or tap into the capabilities of GPT for chat functionalities and semantic searches. Now, you don’t just design your site; you make it smarter and more interactive.

• Agencies: Convoworks offers a twofold advantage. First, with the support for service templates, agencies can rapidly deploy pre-defined solutions, cutting down the development time significantly. These ready-made solutions don’t require the involvement of programmers, making deployment swift and hassle-free. Secondly, the platform is built with customization in mind. If you have unique challenges or specific problems to solve, you can easily design and integrate specialized workflow components into Convoworks. This flexibility ensures that you can simplify and optimize workflows tailored to your or your clients’ needs.

• Plugin Developers: Elevate your plugin with the Convoworks custom package. Craft specialized components that hone in on your specific data or services, and establish a set of pre-defined service templates. These templates can cater to the most common requirements of your plugin users, allowing them to benefit from a robust, pre-configured solution.

Getting Started with Alexa

If you are new to Alexa, we strongly recommend checking out the Alexa skills basics article.

1. Download and activate ‘Convoworks WP’ from the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress installation.
2. Configure API access for Amazon Alexa at ‘Convoworks WP/Settings’. Find more at Amazon Alexa Configuration
3. Create a new Convoworks service (you can use one of the provided templates).
4. Enable testing for your new skill on Alexa Developer Console.
5. Enable your skill in your Alexa app (iOS, Android) or the Alexa web app – under ‘My skills/dev’.

WordPress actions and filters

Leverage WordPress hooks with Convoworks no-code editor. Here’s a quick guide:

1. Start a new service using the “WordPress Hooks Project” template.
2. Navigate to the Configuration view and enable the “WordPress Hooks” platform.
3. Tailor your workflows based on specific WordPress actions or filters.

Enabling web chat component

1. Navigate to the Configuration view in the desired Convoworks service
2. Enable “Convo Chat” platform
3. Use shortcode to display it on the website: [convo_chat service_id=”your-service-id” title=”My Chat”]

API Builder

1. Navigate to the Configuration view in the desired Convoworks service
2. Enable the “API Builder” platform
3. Use the drag-and-drop builder to craft API end-points
4. You can now handle API calls or trigger workflows based on incoming webhooks.

Learn more – Integrations

• The GPT Site Assistant: A New Era of AI Integration with WordPress
• Semantic Search in WordPress: Creating Embeddings with Convoworks, Pinecone, and OpenAI GPT
• Easy Twitter API Integration Without Coding
• Harnessing the Power of GPT Functions in Convoworks
• Experimenting With GPT, WordPress, and Convoworks to Filter Spam
• Harnessing the Power of WordPress Hooks with Convoworks
• Beyond Coding: API Synchronization with WordPress
• Stream music from WP Media library
• Alexa music player skill with Audioigniter or MP3 Music Player by Sonaar
• Quiz And Survey Master or Open Trivia DB
• Create your own Alexa skill with WordPress and Formidable Forms
• Appointment scheduling on your WordPress website – Now with Amazon Alexa skill

Learn more – Basics

• Quick start YouTube tutorial – Convoworks Basics
• Know your users with Alexa Account Linking
• Alexa skills basics
• Learn Convoworks service workflow basics
• How to configure Amazon Alexa
• How to use variables and expression language in your services
• Using the Convoworks log files
• Convoworks Documentation
• Convoworks Blog

Known Issues

• Convoworks administration GUI does not work in Safari browsers