The WhatsApp QR connect add-on is a separate module. Purchase it from Envato, then install and enable it from Admin → Addons using your purchase code.
Before enabling the add-on for plans, run Evolution API on your server (Swiftchats uses it as the WhatsApp Web gateway). See System requirements for hosting and Docker guidance.
Prerequisites
- Upgrade Swiftchats to v3.0 or newer.
- Run Evolution API on your stack (see System requirements).
1. Install and enable the add-on (admin)
- Sign in to the admin account.
- Open Addons.
- Find WhatsApp QR connect.
- Enter your Envato purchase code and click Install. The script downloads the add-on and runs setup in the background.
- When install completes, open Setup and turn the add-on on (enable the toggle).
2. Enable on subscription plans (admin)
- Open Plans (subscription plans).
- For each plan that should use WhatsApp QR connect, enable the WhatsApp QR connect add-on.
- Save changes.
3. Connect WhatsApp (user)
- Sign in to a user account on a plan that has the add-on enabled.
- Go to Settings → WhatsApp (WhatsApp settings).
- Click Setup WhatsApp.
- Open the WhatsApp Web tab (not WABA).
- Enter:
- Instance name — must match your Evolution API instance name.
- Phone number — country code + national number, digits only (no
+).
- Scan the QR code with WhatsApp on your phone and finish pairing.
- When chatting, if multiple lines are available, select the WhatsApp QR connect line in the chat form dropdown before sending.
Quick reference
| Step | Where | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisites | Server + app | Swiftchats v3.0+; Evolution API running |
| Install | Admin → Addons | Purchase code → Install → Setup → enable |
| Plans | Admin → Plans | Enable WhatsApp QR connect per plan |
| Pair | User → Settings → WhatsApp | Setup WhatsApp → WhatsApp Web → instance + phone → QR |