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Conversations & Privacy

Every chatbot conversation, on your terms

Read full transcripts in WordPress, see which answers visitors liked, export for your records, and decide who sees the chat and how long anything is kept.

  • Stored in your WordPress
  • Spreadsheet export
  • Your retention period

Your records

Everything visitors asked, ready when you need it

Search and filter

Find a conversation by what was said, by open or closed status, or between two dates.

Full transcripts

Open any conversation to see each question, each answer and the sources the chatbot used.

Spreadsheet export

Download the conversations you have filtered as a CSV file, for reporting or to answer a records request.

Visitor ratings

Know which answers helped, and why the others didn’t

Visitors can mark any answer good or bad. A bad rating asks what went wrong and lets them add details, and you see the rating beside the answer in the transcript.

  • Specific reasonsIncorrect information, didn’t answer the question, too vague, inappropriate, or other.
  • Fix at the sourceMost bad answers point to a page that needs clearer wording.

Access and privacy

Privacy controls you set once

All in Settings → Access and privacy in your WordPress admin.

Who sees the chat

Everyone, or only signed-in users with the roles you tick.

Everyone

Keep conversations for

Older conversations are deleted once a day. 0 keeps them.

90 days

Visitor addresses

Keep or skip each visitor’s IP address and approximate location.

When the plugin is deleted

Choose whether every conversation and setting goes with it.

Numbers that look like payment card or Social Security numbers are replaced before a message is saved. Read how the GoChatterBot service handles data in our Privacy Policy.
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Respecting your visitors

Trust starts with what you keep, and for how long

Visitors are more at ease when they know they’re talking to an automated assistant and that their conversation won’t be kept forever. Set a retention period, decide about IP addresses, and say so in your privacy policy.

Frequently asked questions

Where are conversations stored?

In your own WordPress database, on the chatbot’s Conversations screen. You can search them, filter by status and date, open a full transcript with the sources used, export them, or delete them.

How long are conversations kept?

You decide. Keep conversations for deletes conversations older than the number of days you set, once a day. Leave it at 0 to keep them until you delete them.

Do you store visitors’ IP addresses?

Only if you want to. Visitor addresses controls whether each visitor’s IP address and approximate location are kept with the conversation. Numbers that look like payment card or Social Security numbers are replaced before a message is saved.

Can I limit the chatbot to logged-in users?

Yes. Under Who sees the chat, choose Only signed-in users with these roles and tick the roles, for example for a members’ area or an intranet.

What happens to the records if I remove the plugin?

They stay in your database unless you tick Also delete every conversation and setting before deleting the plugin, so you can reinstall without losing history.

Where can I read how GoChatterBot handles data?

Our Privacy Policy explains what the service receives, what it keeps and which providers help run it.

Your conversations, your rules

Keep what you need, delete what you don’t, and see what visitors really think.

Free plan: 1 website and 100 chatbot replies a month.