Description
MarketGrow gives professional service firms an AI colleague that answers questions on their own website, qualifies visitors and books appointments. This plugin places that AI colleague on your WordPress site.
You need a MarketGrow account. The plugin does nothing on its own: it adds a script tag that loads the chat widget from app.marketgrow.ai. Everything else, from the tone of voice to the knowledge base, is configured in your MarketGrow dashboard.
How it works
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Go to Settings and then MarketGrow.
- Enter the connection code from your MarketGrow dashboard.
- Choose whether the chat floats in the bottom right corner or appears in the middle of a page.
That is all. No code to paste, no theme files to edit.
Placing the chat somewhere specific
Put the shortcode [marketgrow] where you want the conversation to appear. This works in the block editor, in an HTML block, in a column or container of any page builder, and in a sidebar through a Shortcode block under Appearance and Widgets.
Wherever the shortcode appears, the chat opens there instead of floating. How wide or narrow it looks is a setting in your MarketGrow dashboard.
The widget loads exactly once per page, whatever you do. If the shortcode is present it takes precedence over the floating option, and a second shortcode on the same page is ignored.
Publishing blog posts
If you also use MarketGrow to write blog posts, the plugin can arrange permission for publishing them on this site. Go to Settings, then MarketGrow, and click “Blogs publiceren aanzetten”.
The plugin then creates a WordPress application password named MarketGrow for your account and sends it to MarketGrow, together with your connection code and the address of this site. You confirm in your MarketGrow dashboard that this is indeed your site; nothing is published until you do.
You can withdraw this permission at any time under Users, Profile, Application Passwords, by deleting the entry named MarketGrow.
This is the only thing the plugin ever sends from PHP, and it only happens when you press that button.
What this plugin does not do
It does not load libraries, set cookies or store visitor data. It prints one script tag in the footer. Everything after that happens in the visitor’s browser.
External services
This plugin loads a script from app.marketgrow.ai, operated by MarketGrow (Juligo Ventures B.V., the Netherlands). The script renders the chat widget and communicates with MarketGrow’s servers to answer visitor questions.
Data sent: the conversation a visitor types, and the connection code that identifies your account. When a visitor chooses to leave their details, the name, email address and phone number they enter are sent as well.
No data is sent until a visitor opens the chat. Site owners and administrators are not tracked.
Separately, and only when an administrator clicks “Blogs publiceren aanzetten” under Settings and then MarketGrow, the plugin sends one request from PHP to app.marketgrow.ai. Data sent: your connection code, the address of this site, your WordPress username, and a newly created WordPress application password. MarketGrow uses that password to publish the blog posts you approve. Nothing is sent unless you press that button, and the permission can be withdrawn under Users, Profile, Application Passwords.
Terms of service: https://www.marketgrow.ai/voorwaarden.html
Privacy: https://www.marketgrow.ai/privacy.html
FAQ
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Do I need a MarketGrow account?
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Yes. The plugin places the widget; the account provides the AI colleague behind it.
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Where do I find my connection code?
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In your MarketGrow dashboard under Settings, in the section about your website. It looks like
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I installed the plugin but nothing appears
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Check three things. Is the connection code filled in? Is the display set to floating, or did you choose in-page without placing the shortcode? And is your AI colleague already live? A new account is reviewed by MarketGrow before it goes live; until then the widget stays silent on purpose.
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Can I use the plugin and a manual script tag at the same time?
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No. Use one method. Two installations means two chat windows on the same page. Within the plugin itself this cannot happen: it prints exactly one script tag per page.
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Yes. Add a Shortcode block under Appearance and Widgets, and put
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The site registers itself, but you still have to confirm it. Open your MarketGrow dashboard, go to Content and then Koppelingen, and confirm that the address shown is your site. This extra step exists because your connection code is visible in the page source of your own site, so a registration on its own is not proof of ownership.
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Does this slow down my site?
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The script loads deferred, after your page content, and is only fetched once per visit.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Publishing blog posts no longer requires looking up an application password by hand. One button under Settings, MarketGrow arranges it.
1.0.0
- First release. Connection code, floating or in-page display, and a shortcode.