--- title: "Tawk WordPress Chat for Real Estate Agent Websites" description: "Connect the intended Tawk widget to WordPress, configure offline messages, and test who receives and answers buyer or seller questions. 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Choose that person before displaying an invitation to chat on your real estate website. The configuration guidance below cites Tawk documentation. Staffing and acceptance requirements are proposed website work. They describe what to arrange and demonstrate, without claiming a tested installation. ## What should a real estate website's chat handoff accomplish? **It should preserve the visitor's question and connect it to a responsible person.** Write down who handles seller questions, buyer questions, and inquiries received outside staffed hours. Agree what the visitor sees while waiting. A chat icon supplies no evidence that anyone has accepted responsibility for the conversation. ## Can Tawk connect to a WordPress website? **Tawk documents a WordPress plugin and a manual widget-code installation.** Its plugin instructions connect an existing account to the selected property and widget. [Tawk WordPress guide, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/wordpress). Ask the maintainer to identify the installed method before changing it. Preserve the present configuration in the handoff record. ## Which property and widget should the maintainer select? **Select the property and widget approved for this website.** Tawk's plugin setup includes choosing both before applying the widget. [Tawk selection instructions, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/wordpress). Compare the public website address with the account record. Have the owner confirm the association rather than selecting an account because its name looks familiar. ## Should the website use the plugin and manual code together? **Ask the maintainer to establish the intended installation method and inspect for unintended duplication.** Record where the code or plugin is maintained. If the website already displays chat, inspect that working route before adding anything. Keep a recoverable copy of the existing setup with the proposed change. ## Which pages should display the widget? **Display it where your staffing and service explanation support the invitation.** The WordPress integration documents inclusion and exclusion controls for page visibility. [Tawk visibility controls, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/wordpress). Propose a page list for owner review. Check that the widget does not cover the seller form, property navigation, or accessibility assistance link. ## Does an online schedule establish that someone can answer? **Check staffing separately from the schedule.** Tawk says the scheduler controls availability, but visitors cannot start a chat without an available responder. [Tawk scheduler guidance, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-widget-scheduler). Name the person covering each published period. Include absence cover and the action to take when the planned responder becomes unavailable. ## How should the scheduler be configured? **Match its operating time zone and online periods to approved coverage.** Tawk documents these controls under the Chat Widget scheduler and allows a custom schedule. [Tawk scheduler configuration, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-widget-scheduler). Review the resulting public availability with the person answering messages. Keep the approved time zone in the configuration record. ## What happens outside scheduled online hours? **The scheduler places the widget offline outside its configured hours, even when a responder is logged in.** [Tawk scheduled offline behavior, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-widget-scheduler). Require an outside-hours demonstration. Confirm that the displayed wording matches the actual follow-up process and provides another contact route when appropriate. ## Where is the offline form configured? **Open the intended property's Chat Widget content editor, select Offline, and edit its Form card.** Tawk documents that sequence for its offline form. [Tawk offline form instructions, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-offline-form). Record the selected property and edited state. Review the public result before accepting the configuration. ## What should the offline message say? **Explain that live chat is unavailable and describe the supported next step.** Draft the wording with the receiving person. Avoid promising an immediate reply or displaying a deadline that nobody owns. Have the approver check that the text applies during evenings, planned absences, and other periods represented by the schedule. ## Which details should the offline form request? **Keep additional fields limited to what the receiving person needs.** Tawk says Name and Email are mandatory in its offline form. [Tawk required fields, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-offline-form). Ask the owner to approve any extra question. Keep financial documents and private contract material in an approved private process. ## Can offline responses connect to contact records? **Tawk documents connecting supported form fields to Custom Attributes on contact records.** [Tawk offline field documentation, checked 2026.10.22](https://help.tawk.to/article/using-the-offline-form). Ask the maintainer to identify which fields your setup stores and who can access them. Leave any untested external-system connection UNRESOLVED until the proposed demonstration establishes its behavior. ## Who should own an offline message? **Assign a named responsibility before accepting the widget.** Record the person who checks incoming messages, the person covering absences, and the escalation contact for an unanswered inquiry. Agree the check routine with those people. Keep ownership visible in the operating instructions supplied with the website change. ## How should seller and buyer questions be distinguished? **Use an approved question or a documented review step to identify the requested service.** Do not invent routing capabilities or assume the property reference will accompany a conversation. In the demonstration, check what the receiver can see and how they determine the correct reply owner. Record any manual sorting that remains necessary. ## How should a live conversation move to later follow-up? **Agree what the responder records before leaving the conversation.** Capture the question, supported reply route, unresolved issue, and person responsible for the next action. Have the receiving person demonstrate that handoff using synthetic details. Keep a promised appointment or property answer out of the script unless someone has confirmed it. ## Does this setup require an AI agent? **This brief requires a human reply path; it makes no AI agent requirement.** If a separate AI agent is proposed, scope its permitted answers, disclosure, source material, and escalation separately. Do not infer automated advice or continuous coverage from a working chat widget. Keep the approved human assistance route usable throughout the demonstration. ## What privacy questions belong in the change brief? **Ask what is collected, retained, shared, and accessible to each role.** Obtain approved wording for the collection point. Keep privacy and legal review with the responsible professional. Use synthetic visitor details in contractor screenshots. Record the location of approved instructions without placing passwords or private conversations in the website brief. ## How should the offline route be tested? **Submit an agreed synthetic question while the widget is offline and trace it to the responsible person.** Require them to find the matching message and demonstrate the reply route. Save the originating page, observed state, submission time, destination, and result. An on-screen acknowledgment alone leaves receipt and follow-up unverified. ## What should phone and keyboard checks cover? **Check whether a visitor can open, read, complete, and close the widget without losing the website task.** Include the seller contact page and a property page where chat is displayed. Record obstruction, focus, labeling, and error problems for repair. Treat this as task testing rather than a claim of accessibility conformance. ## What if the offline message cannot be found? **Leave the handoff failed and collect evidence before diagnosing the cause.** Record the page, widget identity, observed state, test time, and available message history. Ask the maintainer to trace the missing step. Preserve a usable alternative contact path while the fault remains unresolved. Repeat the same approved test after correction. ## What maintenance record should the owner receive? **Keep the website address, property identity, installation method, page visibility, schedule, recipients, and test results together.** Add instructions for planned absences and responder changes. Identify who reviews the widget when the website navigation or contact process changes. This record should let the owner explain the setup without relying on the original installer. ## Bring this work into your website scope Bring the approved brief, source records, and unresolved checks to the [real estate hub](/for/real-estate). Describe the pages and acceptance checks in your [written work request](/work). - [Add Acuity Scheduling to a real estate consultation page](/articles/acuity-agent-consultation-website-integration) - [Calendly reminders for real estate consultations: configure and verify](/articles/calendly-agent-consultation-reminders) - [Set Calendly buffers around real estate consultations](/articles/calendly-buffer-time-agent-consultations) ## Related: Real estate - [Add Acuity Scheduling to a real estate consultation page](/articles/acuity-agent-consultation-website-integration) - [Calendly reminders for real estate consultations: configure and verify](/articles/calendly-agent-consultation-reminders) - [Set Calendly buffers around real estate consultations](/articles/calendly-buffer-time-agent-consultations) ---- ```text .|########||. .|########||. .|########||. |##||. .||##|. |##||. .||##|. |##||. .||##|. |#|. .|#|. |#|. .|#|. |#|. .|#|. |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#. .#| .#. .#| .#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| .# ||#########| #| .# ||#########| #| .# ||#########| #| .#. |######||######|. .#. .#. |######||######|. .#. .#. |######||######|. .#. #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# # .||####|###########################|. # # .||####|###########################|. # # .||####|###########################|. # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || #. .######|#|#########| .# #. .######|#|#########| .# #. .######|#|#########| .# .#. |#####||||#####| .#. .#. |#####||||#####| .#. .#. |#####||||#####| .#. |# ||########|| #. |# ||########|| #. |# ||########|| #. |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#. |#. .#. |#. .#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. |##||. .||##| |##||. .||##| |##||. .||##| .||########||. .||########||. .||########||. 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