WP Weixin
WordPress WeChat integration
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 6
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 10 Mar 2025
- Added
- Apr 2018
- Requires WP
- 4.9.5
- Tested up to
- WP 6.7.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Downloads
- 19,889
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Weixin is a WordPress plugin that integrates WordPress with WeChat, allowing for user registration and authentication through the WeChat browser. Users can create accounts or authenticate by scanning a QR code, share posts on WeChat, and bind their WeChat accounts to their WordPress accounts. The plugin is designed for both end-users and developers, providing out-of-the-box functionalities as well as extensibility for custom development.
It requires a China Mainland WeChat Official Account and is suitable for websites that need to engage with WeChat users. Developers can leverage its features through the provided JavaScript SDK and other integration options.
Best for: This plugin is best for websites targeting users in WeChat, particularly those needing user authentication and sharing functionalities.
What it does well
- ✓Integrates WordPress with WeChat for user authentication
- ✓Supports QR code scanning for account creation
- ✓Allows sharing of posts on WeChat Moments
- ✓Provides functionalities for developers to extend the plugin
- ✓Compatible with WooCommerce and Ultimate Member
Where it falls short
- •Requires a China Mainland WeChat Official Account
- •Limited information on specific use cases or user experiences
Verdict
WP Weixin offers valuable integration for WordPress sites looking to connect with WeChat users, though it has specific requirements that may limit its use.
From the developer
Alexandre Froger's own description of WP Weixin, lightly tidied.
WP Weixin provides integration between WordPress and WeChat. Register or authenticate users automatically in WeChat browser, use WeChat to create an account or authenticate on computers by scanning a QR code with WeChat, share posts in WeChat Moments and conversations or extend the plugin for more features!
Important notes
- Requires a China Mainland WeChat Official Account (Subscription or Service – Service is required if used with companion plugins dealing with payments).
- A domain used by WordPress must be registered in an Official Account’s backend.
- The plugin itself does not require programming knowledge, and provides really useful functionalities out of the box. Where it really shines though is when used by developers to extend its functionalities (mainly through the pre-initialised JS SDK, the WeChat Responder, and various provided functions, actions and filters).
- Make sure to read the “TROUBLESHOOT, FEATURE REQUESTS AND 3RD PARTY INTEGRATION” section below and the full documentation before contacting the author.
Overview
This plugin adds the following major features to WordPress:
- WP Weixin settings page: configure the plugin with an Official Account (or as many as you want in multisite) in English or Chinese out of the box, with instructions for each option.
- WeChat Authentication: automatically create and authenticate users in WordPress in the WeChat browser, or allow users to scan a QR code with WeChat when using classic browsers (social login).
- WeChat Account Binding: let users bind/unbind their existing WordPress account with their WeChat account. Integrated with WooCommerce and Ultimate Member account pages, and may be integrated with any membership/account/profile plugin easily.
- WeChat Share: Share posts and pages on Moments or Send to chat, in a pretty way. Triggers JavaScript events for developers on success and failure.
- Force WeChat mobile: to prevent users from browsing the website outside of the WeChat browser. If accessed with a classic browser, the page displays a QR code.
- Force following the Official Account: to harvest WeChat followers, forcing users to follow the Official Account before accessing the content.
- WordPress Users screen override: to display WeChat names and WeChat avatars if they exist, instead of the default values in the user screen.
- WP Weixin QR code generator: to create custom codes.
- Menu integration: allows to set the Official Account menus in WordPress when the WeChat Responder is enabled.
- Welcome message: sends a welcome message in WeChat when a user follows the Official Account ; allows to do so with WordPress when the WeChat Responder is enabled.
- Developers – WeChat Responder: for developers to receive and respond to calls made by WeChat’s API.
- Developers – WeChat JS_SDK: the
wxJavaScript global variable is pre-configured with a signed package to leverage the JavaScript SDK of WeChat in WordPress themes more easily.
Compatible with WooCommerce, WooCommerce Multilingual, WPML, Ultimate Member, WordPress Multisite, and many caching plugins.
Companion Plugins
- Woo WeChatPay: a payment gateway for WooCommerce.
- WP Weixin Pay: an extension to enable money transfers to an Official Account.
- WP Weixin Broadcast: broadcast WordPress posts to WeChat followers, directly from WordPress
Developers are encouraged to build plugins and themes integrated with WeChat with WP Weixin as a core, leveraging its publicly available functions, actions and filters, or directly make use of the provided SDK.
If you wish to see your plugin added to this list, please contact the author.
Advanced – Multisite
WP Weixin supports multisite installs of WordPress, wether using domain/subdomains or subdirectories. It can even support multiple Official Accounts, provided the proper filters are implemented. For more information, see a more extensive description of the multisite settings, and the Multisite section of the documentation.
Unlike some plugins (commercial, obfuscated, and with dubious security standards), WP Weixin does not and will not rely on a crossdomain script dumped at the root of WordPress, but prefers to leverage the standard WordPress functions, actions and filters.
Troubleshoot, feature requests and 3rd party integration
Unlike most WeChat integration plugins, WP Weixin and its companion plugins published by the same author are provided for free.