How to Add Click to Call Button for WordPress?

52% of Web traffic is generated through a mobile device. As more people visit your website using their smartphones, adding a click to call button makes it easy for you to get engaged with your audience. Phone calls are one of the best options for customer service. When someone visits your sites and if visitors have some questions or queries then they can call you right away. And they can get a quick response from you.  Don’t miss out the sales opportunity by not having instant communication option with your potential customers.

Click to call is a powerful development tool that makes easy for Website visitors to reach you. Adding Click to Call button increases the numbers of interactions, actions, and conversions from your website visitor. This improves customer experience allowing your web visitors to have a fast and an easier way of contacting you.  With this feature, your visitors can easily contact to learn more about the details of the product or service in which they are interested.

Today we will provide you with the easiest method to add click to call button in your WordPress website using a plugin.

Adding a Click to Call Now Button Using Plugin

Developing call button manually is time-consuming. Plugins make it easier, so easy that even those who are not well acquainted with technology are able to use and understand. While there are several plugins that you can choose from, today we will be using Call Now Button plugin. Cutting off a hassle to type or copy numbers, this Call Now Button helps your visitors or leads to directly communicate with you over any mobile devices. With this plugin, you can also change the position and appearance of the button. This plugin is very responsive and optimized for display on mobile devices. The Call Now Button plugin is totally free from the WordPress.org Plugin Directory.

Now without further ado, let’s take a look at this step to step guide to add call button in WordPress with Plugin.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Call Now Button plugin on your site.

Once you activate the Plugin, you need to visit settings from the Dashboard Menu. There you can see Call Now Button.

Now make sure to check the box next to button status to enable it. Underneath, enter the phone number which you want your customer to contact you through. Add your number using international dialing format so that international caller can call too.  Also, add button text and check if it fits on your phone. But this step is optional, if you don’t add any text then the plugin will show a call button with only the phone icon.

There is also ‘Advanced Settings’ which allows control over color so that you can match your theme’s color scheme. If you have added button text then your call now button icon will be placed on the right side by default. Otherwise, you can change the position of your button, whether you want your button to display in right, left or center of the device.

Hereafter, you can enable click tracking so that you will be able to track where the calls are coming from. In fact, it gives you the opportunity to increase lead conversions. Google analytics traffics shows the engagement of your users with the call button in your Google Analytics Report. You can also include or eliminate call button from specific WordPress posts and pages with Limit appearance feature.

Lastly, you can change the size of the button according to your preference. Let the “Order feature” slider remain in its default position because the front option displays button on top of everything else. It makes your displayed page more appealing as well as efficient. With new update in this plugin, you can choose between old button design and new button design. It’s all up to you to choose the button design. At the end, click save changes and visit your website on your mobile device to see the Call Now Button.

Video Tutorial

If you want a detailed video tutorial on how to add click to call button on your WordPress site, click on the video below.

To Conclude

As you can see, you can have a click to call button in a hassle-free way. All you need to do is install a Plugin for your site. This method will only have the button appear for users visiting your site from a mobile device. Since lots of people browse sites and everything else on phone, click to call is still a simple yet powerful trick to improve your conversion rate.

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