The AI Bot function adds an intelligent search assistant to your Voxel site. Users can ask natural language questions like “find me a hotel near the beach” or “show apartments under $1000” and receive relevant results displayed as Voxel preview cards. Version 1.6.1 adds user location awareness, taxonomy search, comprehensive field searching, and an embeddable chat widget.
The AI Bot can now detect and use the user’s location for location-based searches like “restaurants near me” or “hotels within 5 miles.”
AI Bot now fully supports searching by taxonomy terms and categories. Users can ask for specific categories, tags, or any custom taxonomy.
Beyond filter-based searching, AI Bot can now perform comprehensive field-level searches across all indexed fields in your post types.
This allows the AI to search content within specific fields, not just fields that have filters configured.
Customize the message displayed while the AI processes a query.
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Thinking Text | Message shown while AI is processing | “Thinking…” |
Examples: “Searching…”, “Finding results…”, “Let me check…”
Choose how the AI Bot interface appears:
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Sidebar | Traditional side panel that slides in from left or right |
| Chat Window | Messenger-style floating chat window that can be positioned anywhere |
The chat window mode provides a more familiar messaging experience similar to live chat widgets.
Configure the AI to respond in a specific language, regardless of what language the user asks in.
A new Elementor widget allows you to embed the AI Bot chatbot directly on any page, rather than using the slide-in panel.
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show Header | Display header bar with title | Yes |
| Header Title | Custom title (uses AI Bot panel title if empty) | Empty |
| Show Suggested Queries | Display suggestion chips | Yes |
| Container Height | Height of the chat container (responsive) | 500px |
The panel width is now configurable with a slider control, allowing you to set the exact width that works best for your site design.
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Panel Width | Width of the side panel in pixels | 400px |
Suggested queries now have enhanced configuration options:
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Panel Position | Which side of the screen the panel appears | Right |
| Panel Behavior | Push content aside or overlay on top | Push |
| Display Mode | Sidebar panel or chat window (NEW) | Sidebar |
| Panel Title | Header text shown in the panel | “AI Assistant” |
| Panel Width | Width of the panel in pixels (NEW) | 400px |
| Thinking Text | Message while AI processes (NEW) | “Thinking…” |
| Response Language | Language for AI responses (NEW) | English |
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Post Types | Which Voxel post types the AI can search | None (must select) |
| Card Templates | Preview card template for each post type | Default template |
| Max Results | Maximum results to show per search | 6 |
| Enable Location | Use user location for searches (NEW) | Yes |
| Enable Taxonomy Search | Search by categories/taxonomies (NEW) | Yes |
| Enable Comprehensive Search | Field-level searching (NEW) | Yes |
User asks “Find gyms near me with a pool” – AI uses their location to find nearby gyms with pool amenities.
Set response language to match your site’s primary language – users can ask in any language and get responses in your configured language.
Use the embed widget on a dedicated help/search page to provide an always-visible search assistant.
User asks “Show me all Italian restaurants in the downtown category” – AI filters by both cuisine type and location category.
