Meet your new
website assistant.

Step 1

Install the plugin

In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin. Choose the downloaded ZIP, select Install Now, then Activate Plugin.

You will find Embodied Assistant in the admin menu. Free features work without connecting a Freemius account; you can skip that optional connection. If you purchased Pro, follow its license activation prompts.

Step 2

Connect your AI provider

First, open Settings → Connectors and add the API key for your chosen provider. Keys stay on your WordPress server.

Then open Embodied Assistant → AI provider. Choose the same provider you configured in Connectors.

Using OpenAI

Select OpenAI and enter the compatible realtime model name available to your API account in Realtime model / deployment. Select Save settings and check the credential status on this page.

Using Azure instead?

Select Azure AI Foundry. Enter your Azure endpoint, select the supported Azure API version, and enter your realtime deployment name in Realtime model / deployment. Use the name you assigned to the deployment in Azure.

If you want spoken-user history restored when visitors navigate between pages, also enter an existing Azure transcription deployment. Save settings and check the credential status.

Step 3

Choose an avatar and voice

Open Embodied Assistant → Assistant. Give your assistant a name, choose its language, and select a voice. Use the audio preview to hear a sample.

Choose an avatar from the library and wait for its download to finish. Avatar selections save automatically after download; select Save settings for the name, language, and voice.

Step 4

Give it a role and useful tools

Open Embodied Assistant → Capabilities. Instructions are optional: the assistant already has built-in guidance. Add a few sentences about its role, tone, or what matters to your business.

You are our friendly website guide. Keep answers short and clear. Help visitors find relevant pages, and ask a question when their request is unclear.

Enable the tools you want it to use. For a simple website guide, start with Search posts, Get post, List pages, and Open a page. Keep navigation confirmation enabled if you want visitors to approve page changes. Select Save settings.

Tools are disabled until you select them. Store tools require WooCommerce; cart and coupon actions also require Pro with an active license.

See the instructions and tools settings

Step 5

Decide where it appears

Open Embodied Assistant → Widget. For a straightforward start, choose Toggler – floating widget on every page. Visitors open the assistant using its floating button. Save settings.

You can also adjust the widget dimensions, interface language, and colors here.

Step 6

Set limits and enable it

Open Embodied Assistant → General. Choose Everyone or Logged-in visitors under Who can use the assistant.

Review AI consent, conversation minutes per session, and the daily conversation budget. The daily allowance is shared across all visitors and resets each UTC day. These are time limits; provider charges are billed separately.

With consent enabled, visitors must agree before starting. Select your published policy under Settings → Privacy to include its link in the consent dialog.

Check Serve the assistant to visitors and select Save settings.

Step 7

Try it as a visitor

1. Open a public page on your site. If you chose logged-in visitors, stay signed in.
2. Open the floating assistant, or visit the page where you placed its block.
3. Start a conversation, accept consent when prompted, and allow microphone access to speak. Use the typing control if you prefer text.
4. Ask it to find a page on your site. Check that the enabled tools and any confirmation prompts behave as you expect.

Your avatar should load, and a configured AI provider should reply. After changing settings, end the conversation and start a new one to test the changes.