Most WordPress AI chatbots are text boxes. AI Avatar gives your visitors a real 3D digital human they can talk to with voice — the avatar lip-syncs in real time and replies with natural-sounding speech.

Two ways to use

Demo mode (this plugin’s default) — Quick evaluation with our hosted demo LLM. Paste the API Key, the chat bubble shows up. No coding required. Ideal for evaluating the 3D avatar quality and the conversation UX.
Production mode — Plug in your own LLM (OpenAI, Claude, internal API) via our JavaScript SDK in external mode. You keep full control over the conversation logic and data flow; the plugin / SDK only handles the 3D avatar rendering, lip-sync, and voice I/O.

Most production deployments use Production mode so visitor messages never touch our LLM and stay within your existing chat / support stack. The plugin’s bundled chat exists for fast first-impression demos.

Why a 3D avatar?

More engaging than text — visitors talk longer, ask more questions, convert better
Voice in / voice out — natural conversation, not typing
Real-time lip-sync — the avatar’s mouth matches the speech, not a cheap GIF
Drop-in — one API Key in settings, the bubble shows up in 3 minutes

Features

One-click embed via WordPress admin — no code editing
Configurable position (4 corners), theme (light/dark/auto), primary color, size
[yuji_ai_avatar] shortcode for per-page placement
Site-wide auto-inject with per-page exclusion list
Auto-detects WordPress site language — UI follows your site’s locale
Bundled English + Simplified Chinese translations
Async script loading — does not slow down your site
No tracking, no admin nags, no “Upgrade to Pro” popups

How it works

Install and activate the plugin
Sign up at avataraisdk.com and create an avatar
Paste your API Key into Settings AI Avatar
Done — the chat bubble appears in the corner of your site

Pricing

The plugin is free and open source (GPLv2). The AI Avatar service has a free tier; paid plans scale with conversation volume. See pricing.

External services

This plugin connects to AI Avatar (third-party SaaS) to render the 3D digital human and process conversations. When the chat widget is shown on your site:

Service: AI Avatar SDK (CDN)

Endpoint: https://embed.avataraisdk.com/widget.iife.js
Purpose: loads the JavaScript bundle that renders the 3D avatar
What is sent: standard HTTP request only — no personal data
When: on every frontend page where the avatar is configured to display

Service: AI Avatar API

Endpoint: https://avataraisdk.com/api/v1/* and https://avatar.avataraisdk.com
Purpose: validates your API Key, processes visitor messages, returns AI text + TTS audio + lip-sync blendshapes
What is sent: visitor chat messages (text and optional voice input), your API Key, originating IP, the page URL the widget is loaded on
When: each time a visitor interacts with the chat widget

By using this plugin, your visitors’ chat interactions are processed by AI Avatar’s servers.

Service Terms of Service: https://avataraisdk.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://avataraisdk.com/privacy

Privacy

This plugin does not store any visitor data in your WordPress database. Plugin settings (API Key, appearance preferences) are stored in the wp_options table only.

For GDPR / CCPA compliance, inform your visitors in your site’s privacy policy that messages typed or spoken into the chat widget are processed by AI Avatar’s third-party servers (see External services above).

Yuji AI Avatar — 3D Digital Human Chat Widget