Install AI chat on Statamic with a single line of JavaScript. The snippet goes into layout template Antlers or Blade footer. SmartWidget reads your existing site, builds the knowledge base, and the widget is live the moment the page saves. Five-minute install. From £19/mo, no contract.
SmartWidget is an AI chat widget for Statamic sites. It installs via a single line of JavaScript pasted into layout template Antlers or Blade footer, reads your existing Statamic site automatically to build its knowledge base, and answers visitor questions in under eight seconds. No plugin to install on Statamic, no theme modification beyond pasting the snippet, no engineer required. The widget is configured per business — your services, your prices, your tone of voice — all learned from your site during setup. From £19 a month.
The full install end-to-end. Five steps, about five minutes from signup to the first answered visitor.
The exact panel and field to paste the snippet on every supported platform. Statamic is highlighted first.
This is what you'll see when you sign up SmartWidget for your Statamic site. The dashboard organises everything the AI knows about your business into editable sections — services, pricing, opening hours, locations, qualifying questions, FAQ overrides. The AI populates these from reading your Statamic site automatically, then you review and refine. Most Statamic businesses spend ten minutes here on day one, then check in weekly to add new Q&A pairs as customer questions evolve.
Visitors to a Statamic site convert better when they get an answer instantly. That's the consistent finding across every chat-widget A/B test on the market. The challenge has historically been cost — live chat needs human operators, and human operators cost £24,000 a year and only work 9 to 5. SmartWidget answers the same questions 24/7 from £19 a month. The install is one line of JavaScript pasted into layout template Antlers or Blade footer.
This is the inbox you'll use to manage every visitor conversation from your Statamic site. The AI handles most conversations end-to-end without human involvement, but the ones that matter — high-value enquiries, complex questions, urgent issues — are flagged for your attention. SMS alerts ping your mobile the moment a qualified lead lands. The inbox shows every conversation with full transcript, visitor metadata, and a single-click handover button.
Live chat support inside the SmartWidget dashboard answers within minutes. The dashboard also contains a step-by-step Statamic-specific install guide with screenshots and the exact menu paths. If the install does not work, support will remote into a screenshare and complete it with you.
The widget includes a configurable consent notice that integrates with the major UK cookie banner solutions including OneTrust, Cookiebot, CookieYes, Iubenda, and the platform-native banners on Statamic where available. Consent state is respected — the widget does not initialise until consent has been granted on visitors in scope of UK GDPR.
The AI knowledge base is built from publicly accessible pages on your Statamic site. Content gated behind login is not included automatically. If your Statamic site has paid-content or member-only sections, the AI's knowledge will reflect only the public pages — which is typically what you want for visitor chat anyway.
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese are supported on the Growth tier and above. The widget detects the visitor's language from their first message and replies in the same language for the rest of the conversation. Particularly valuable for Statamic sites serving overseas customers or operating in tourism-driven markets.
The dashboard exposes filtering rules. You can block visitors by IP range, exclude conversation triggers on specific URLs of your Statamic site, restrict the widget to certain pages only, and configure honeypot-style anti-spam rules. The defaults are sensible for most Statamic businesses; the controls are there if you need them.
Conversation transcripts and visitor contact data are retained for 30 days after cancellation, then deleted permanently. Within that 30-day window you can export the full transcript archive and the contact database as CSV from the dashboard. The widget snippet on your Statamic site stops loading immediately on cancellation.
No. The widget loads asynchronously after the page has rendered. The bundle is under 30KB. There is no impact on Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, or First Input Delay. Lighthouse audit before and after the install on a Statamic site typically shows zero score change.
Yes. The dashboard supports WhatsApp Business API integration for escalations. When the AI flags a high-intent enquiry on your Statamic site, it can send you a WhatsApp message with the visitor's details and the conversation context. The integration runs on top of the standard email and SMS escalation options.
The install on Statamic takes about five minutes end-to-end. You sign up at smartwidget.co.uk, paste your Statamic site URL so the AI can read it, review the auto-generated answers, copy the JavaScript snippet, paste it into layout template Antlers or Blade footer, and save. The widget is live and answering visitors the moment the page saves.
No. The Statamic install is one line of JavaScript pasted into layout template Antlers or Blade footer. If you can navigate your Statamic admin dashboard, you can complete the install. The walkthrough on the SmartWidget dashboard shows the exact menu path for Statamic with screenshots.
No. SmartWidget loads asynchronously and isolates its CSS inside a Shadow DOM, so it cannot affect your Statamic theme's styling, animations, or layout. It also does not block page rendering. Lighthouse and PageSpeed scores are unaffected.
Yes for any Statamic plan that lets you paste a script tag or custom JavaScript into layout template Antlers or Blade footer. On a small number of Statamic entry-level tiers the custom code feature is restricted; in that case upgrading to the next plan unlocks it. Most Statamic Business or Pro tiers and above support SmartWidget directly.
No. There is no plugin for Statamic. SmartWidget installs via a single line of JavaScript pasted directly into layout template Antlers or Blade footer. Avoiding the plugin route means fewer dependencies, zero conflicts with your other Statamic extensions, and no plugin marketplace approval process.
A single script tag with your unique widget key. Around 200 characters total. You copy it from the SmartWidget dashboard after signup, paste it into layout template Antlers or Blade footer, and save. The script tag loads our widget client asynchronously when a visitor lands on your page.
4.9 out of 5 from 199 reviews. A selection of install-experience reviews from real UK businesses.
My Shopify theme is custom and locked down. SmartWidget installs via theme.liquid before the body close — exactly where every other tracking pixel goes. Zero conflicts with my checkout.
I am the worst kind of non-technical user — I built my Squarespace site myself and was scared of the code injection field. The widget walkthrough showed me exactly which menu to open. I am live and capturing bookings.
My ConvertKit landing page was meant to be a temporary holding page that ended up running for two years. SmartWidget installed via the tracking code field and is now my main lead capture.
We run a Sitecore site for our manufacturing business. The IT team flagged compatibility concerns. SmartWidget installed as a layout-level script tag and passed the internal security review without modification.
My Bubble app site needed chat without breaking the app routing. SmartWidget installed as a body script in the Bubble SEO settings and works across every page of the app without intercepting any of the existing routing logic.
I work mainly in Webflow and I have tested every chat widget on the market for client sites. SmartWidget is the only one that does not introduce CLS issues. Clean install, perfect Lighthouse score.
SmartWidget installs cleanly on every major platform in this category. Explore install guides for related platforms.
Sign up, paste the snippet, save. From £19 a month. No card to start.
