{"id":3962,"date":"2025-06-09T15:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/control-access-to-your-wordpress-chatbot-discover-the-usage-control-addon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:19:31","slug":"control-access-to-your-wordpress-chatbot-discover-the-usage-control-addon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/control-access-to-your-wordpress-chatbot-discover-the-usage-control-addon\/","title":{"rendered":"Control access to your WordPress chatbot: discover the Usage Control addon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3962\" class=\"elementor elementor-3962 elementor-3951\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb244e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb244e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad1ebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fad1ebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The problem: \u201cMy chatbot is active... but not for the right people, nor at the right time\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b6326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b6326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"538\">You&#8217;ve integrated the SmartSearchWP chatbot into your website, and everything&#8217;s going according to plan. But very quickly, a question (or several questions) pops up: <\/p><p data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"772\">\ud83d\udcac <em data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"578\">\u201cCan it be deactivated at night?\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"581\">\ud83d\udcac <em data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"642\">\u201cCan it be reserved for subscribers only?\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"645\">\ud83d\udcac <em data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"715\">\u201cI don&#8217;t want it to appear on the site&#8217;s sensitive pages.\u201d<\/em><br data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"718\">\ud83d\udcac <em data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"772\">\u201cI want it to appear only on mobile.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"883\">In short, you need <strong data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"812\">control<\/strong>: over <strong data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"826\">who<\/strong> can see the chatbot, <strong data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"855\">where<\/strong> it&#8217;s displayed, and <strong data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"882\">when<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b28107c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b28107c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The solution: the Usage Control add-on for SmartSearchWP<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f184c16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f184c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1152\">L&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/usage-control-addon\/\"><strong data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"979\">Usage Control addon<\/strong><\/a> add-on has been designed to <strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1057\">give you back control over your chatbot&#8217;s visibility<\/strong>. It lets you limit its display according to several <strong data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1151\">fully customizable<\/strong> criteria. <\/p><p data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1209\">You decide <strong data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1174\">who<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1185\">when<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1193\">where<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1208\">how<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f66e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0f66e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What you can control :<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8c7e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca8c7e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1386\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1278\">By user role<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1283\">Display the chatbot only for administrators, editors, subscribers or visitors who are not logged in.<\/p><p data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1487\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1390\" data-end=\"1413\">By device type<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1418\">Reserve the chatbot for users on desktop or mobile.<\/p><p data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1628\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1506\">By content type <\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1511\">Define display according to custom post type.<\/p><p data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1768\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1632\" data-end=\"1650\">By engagement<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1655\">Display the chatbot after a certain amount of time spent on the page or after a specific action (scroll, click, etc.).<\/p><p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1923\">\u2705 <strong data-start=\"1772\" data-end=\"1792\">Per page<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1833\" data-end=\"1836\">Choose on which page(s) the chatbot will be displayed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9775c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9775c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A concrete example?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ebe58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ebe58\" 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