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WooCommerce WhatsApp: notifications that can hold a conversation

Your store runs on WordPress and WooCommerce, and your customers message you on WhatsApp. AssistantLabs connects the two. Customers get a message when they order and when it ships, a reminder when they leave a cart, and a real answer when they ask something, from an AI assistant that reads your products, stock and orders straight from the store.

  • No plugin slowing your site
  • Official WhatsApp Business API
  • Set up with an expert in one session
  • Answers in any language

Why a WhatsApp plugin on its own is not enough

Search for a WooCommerce WhatsApp plugin and you mostly find two kinds: a floating button that opens a chat, or a plugin that sends a message when an order status changes. Both work until the customer replies "can I swap this for a larger size?". From that moment, the message waits for someone on your team.

AssistantLabs connects to your store through the WooCommerce API, so the assistant sees what you see in the admin: products, variations, stock, orders and customers. It sends the order and shipping notifications, carries on the conversation when a customer replies, and brings people who left halfway back to checkout.

It all runs in our cloud, not on your web server, so there is no extra plugin slowing page loads or breaking on the next WordPress update. Anything the assistant does not know goes to a person with the full conversation history.

What a WooCommerce store gets

A WhatsApp notification for every order

Order received, processing, shipped: every status change in the store can go to the customer on WhatsApp, in your business’s name and in wording you approve.

An assistant that answers from the store

Questions about size, colour, price or delivery time are answered from your WooCommerce catalogue, with a photo and a product link. It never offers anything that is out of stock.

Abandoned carts come back

Anyone who started an order and left a phone number gets a reminder with the items they picked. If they are hesitating, the assistant answers what stopped them and sends a link to finish.

Order status without phone calls

A customer writes "what’s happening with my order?" and the assistant finds it by phone or order number and replies with the status and tracking number.

Store customers in the CRM

WooCommerce customers sync into the CRM, and every conversation, order and ticket joins the customer record. When someone comes back six months later, the assistant knows who they are.

Your site stays light

No code in your theme and no plugin running on every page. The connection goes through the API, and your site stays as fast as it was.

How to connect WooCommerce to WhatsApp

Three steps, done with one of our experts. You do not need a WordPress developer.

  1. 1

    Approve access to your store

    Enter your store address and approve access on WooCommerce’s own authorisation screen. Products, orders and customers load on their own.

  2. 2

    Connect your WhatsApp Business number

    The connection goes through Meta’s official WhatsApp Business API, on your existing number. You can keep the assistant muted at first and see what it would have answered.

  3. 3

    Choose which messages go out

    Order confirmation, shipped, abandoned-cart reminder, thank-you after purchase. Approve the wording, and the assistant sends them and answers everyone who replies.

What it does in a WordPress store

New order notification

Right after payment the customer gets the order details on WhatsApp. Want to change the delivery address? They reply, and the assistant handles it or passes it to your team.

Shipped update

When an order moves to completed or shipped, the customer gets a message with the tracking number, instead of hunting for an email that landed in promotions.

Abandoned cart recovery for WooCommerce

A first reminder about an hour after the customer leaves, a second one the next day, and then the sequence stops. Every reply goes to the assistant, which answers inside the same chat.

Questions before buying

Delivery areas, lead times, which items go together: the assistant answers from your store data and your policies, at any hour.

Returns and exchanges

The assistant explains your returns policy, checks the order and opens a ticket for your team when a refund needs approving.

A WordPress WhatsApp plugin vs AssistantLabs

A good plugin sends a message. A connected assistant sends it, answers the reply and brings the customer back to buy.

WhatsApp pluginAssistantLabs
Where it runsOn your web serverIn the cloud, through the store API
When the customer repliesThe message waits for your teamThe assistant carries on the chat
Product or stock questionSomeone checks and answersAnswered from the live catalogue
Abandoned cartUsually a separate pluginReminder sequence plus answers
Customer historyInside WordPress onlyIn the CRM, with every channel

FAQ

WooCommerce WhatsApp FAQ

Your store runs on WordPress and WooCommerce, and your customers message you on WhatsApp. AssistantLabs connects the two. Customers get a message when they order and when it ships, a reminder when they leave a cart, and a real answer when they ask something, from an AI assistant that reads your products, stock and orders straight from the store.

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How do I integrate WooCommerce with WhatsApp?
Enter your store address, approve access on the WooCommerce authorisation screen, and connect your WhatsApp Business number through the official API. One of our experts does it with you in a single session.
How do I send a WooCommerce WhatsApp order notification?
Choose which status changes send a message (new order, processing, shipped) and approve the wording. From then on every order triggers a WhatsApp message as an approved template, with nobody clicking anything.
Do I need to install a WooCommerce WhatsApp plugin?
No. The connection runs through the WooCommerce API, so there is no code in your theme and no plugin running on your server. If you also want chat on the site, you add a widget with one line.
How does abandoned cart recovery for WooCommerce work?
A customer who started an order, left a phone number and agreed to receive messages gets a WhatsApp reminder with the items they chose and a link to finish. If they reply, the assistant carries on and answers whatever held them back.
Does it work with our existing number?
Yes. You connect through Meta’s official WhatsApp Business API on the number your customers already know, with no unofficial gateways and no ban risk.
How much does it cost?
You can start free, and full plans are on the pricing page. Separately, Meta charges its own rate on some business-initiated messages, depending on the message type.
Does the assistant also answer on Instagram and Messenger?
Yes. The same assistant answers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and your website chat, and every conversation lands in one inbox next to the customer record.

Your WooCommerce store, answering on WhatsApp

Approve access to your store, connect WhatsApp and choose what goes out automatically. Free to start, no credit card.

Connect WooCommerce to WhatsApp