Category: WordPress
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Plugin Metrics Are Footprints in the Sand
How Downloads, Activations, and Deactivations Reveal Plugin Performance WordPress plugins follow a lifecycle that begins with download and installation. After configuration and activation, the plugin enters its usage phase. Over time, updates and further adjustments may be required. When the plugin is no longer needed, it is deactivated and eventually deleted. Each plugin installation and…
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What’s New in Kognetiks Chatbot: August 2024 Updates and Enhancements
From Improved Table Formatting to Remote Server Access: A Recap of Kognetiks Chatbot’s August Releases When I last wrote about development progress on the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin, it was in late July. Today, I released Version 2.1.4. With this version, I’ve tackled some outstanding requests from the installation base and fixed some minor…
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Exciting Updates in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Plugin Version 2.0.2
The most recent version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin has been released to the WordPress Plugin Directory. The latest release includes an extensive overhaul of the Support tab, a revision to the CSV export function for the Conversation Data, Interaction Data and Token Use Data reporting, and a reversion from a PHP 8…
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Unlocking the Latest Enhancements in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Plugin 2.0.1
The latest improvements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin continue to expand the chatbot’s capabilities. You may have already learned about the latest models from OpenAI. Both the gpt-4o and the gpt-4o-2024-05-13 can be selected as the default chat model. Additional configuration options have been added to the global settings. And some tuning parameters…
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Unlocking New Horizons: Version 1.9.9 Enhancements to Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress
Development on the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin continued this past week with enhancements that expand the chatbot’s capabilities. These included work in the areas of improved enhanced response, thread retention periods, upgraded conversation history, downloading conversation transcripts, and several other minor updates. These improvements, along with recent updates and those planned in the immediate…
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How to Integrate an OpenAI Assistant into Your Website with the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
Introduction Integrating an OpenAI assistant into your WordPress website can enhance user interaction by providing automated, intelligent responses to inquiries, and more. This short guide outlines how to create an OpenAI assistant and incorporate it into your site using the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin. Step 1: Create Your OpenAI Assistant Start by Creating an…
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Enhancing WordPress with Kognetiks Chatbot: Version 1.9.7 and Beyond
Finally, I have released the next version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress – Versions 1.9.6 and 1.9.7 (a quick fix to version 1.9.6). This release was not without challenges. It started with a complete overhaul of the Knowledge Navigator process and how it integrates with prompts submitted to OpenAI. Let me explain. The Knowledge…
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Enhancing the Kognetiks Chatbot: New Frontiers in Image and Speech Generation
Over the past several weeks I have been working on extending support for image and speech generation for the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress in Version 1.9.5. While enhancing the chatbot’s capabilities within these two areas, other minor improvements have been made along the way. Chatbot, Image Generate, Speech Generation I started by asking the chatbot…
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Unlocking Enhanced Interactivity with Kognetiks Chatbot’s Latest Update for WordPress
Yesterday I released the latest version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. The release included several significant features, from expanding the list of model choices, to add an option to use the names of Assistants and personalized greetings for logged in users. Additional OpenAI Models The list of available models supported by the chatbot has…
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Evolving Conversations: The Future of Chatbots in Customer Service
These last several weeks have been focused on fixes, touchups, and minor enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. I started a list of feature requests a while back that originated in the chatbot Support Forum on WordPress.org, as well as direct messages from a wide range of users, web developers, site owners and their…