Lobby Tools — Missed-Call Calculator, Receptionist Quiz & Hold Music
Free missed-call calculator, AI receptionist quiz, call-answering demo & hold music — see the numbers before you buy missed-call text-back. EN/ES.
Use with caution
Lobby Tools works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Lobby Tools stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| ai receptionist | #17 |
| bilingual | #69 |
| call answering | #24 |
| hold music | #3 |
| missed call calculator | #2 |
About Lobby Tools
From the official readme · v1.2.0Description
Add Lobby’s free missed-call calculator, AI receptionist quiz, call-answering demo, and hold music to any post or page — no signup, just a shortcode or block:
- Missed-Call Calculator — visitors slide their call volume, missed-call rate, and job value, and see what unanswered calls cost them per year, with the recovery math shown. Built for anyone weighing an answering service, AI receptionist, or missed-call text-back tool against the cost of missed calls.
- Should I Hire a Receptionist? quiz — six questions, a straight verdict (hire, automate, or do nothing) with break-even math.
- Instant demo — visitors hear Robin, Lobby’s AI receptionist, handle live call answering right in the page.
- Hold Music library — eight royalty-free hold-music tracks, playable and downloadable right on the page. No account needed.
All four tools are fully interactive, auto-size to their content, work in English or Mexican Spanish, and come in dark or light themes. Great for agencies, consultants, and bloggers writing for local service businesses — plumbers, HVAC, salons, clinics, contractors, anyone who lives or dies by the phone.
Shortcodes
[lobby_missed_call_calculator][lobby_receptionist_quiz][lobby_demo][lobby_hold_music]
Block
Search “Lobby Hold Music” in the block inserter for a Gutenberg block version of [lobby_hold_music], with a live preview right in the editor.
Attributes
lang—en(default) orestheme—dark(default) orlightcredit—nohides the credit link,yesshows a small credit link under the widget. Defaults tonounless the site owner opts in site-wide via a one-time wp-admin notice (WordPress.org guideline 10 — off unless you ask for it). An explicitcredit="yes"orcredit="no"on the shortcode always overrides that site-wide default.
Example: [lobby_missed_call_calculator lang="es" theme="light"]
Example: [lobby_missed_call_calculator credit="yes"] — if you’d like to credit the free tool
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External services
This plugin embeds interactive tools served from lobbyvoices.com (Lobby) inside an iframe, and listens for resize messages from that iframe so the widget can match its content height.
- What the service is: business-phone tools (calculator, quiz, hold music, and demo) hosted by Lobby.
- What data is sent: the embedded page loads from lobbyvoices.com when a visitor views a page containing the shortcode or block — equivalent to visiting that site (IP address and user agent, as with any embedded content). No WordPress user data, account data, or site data is sent. The tools require no signup and set no marketing cookies in the embed.
- When: only on pages where you place the shortcode or block.
- Service provider: Lobby — terms: https://lobbyvoices.com/terms — privacy: https://lobbyvoices.com/privacy
Installation
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Add
[lobby_missed_call_calculator],[lobby_receptionist_quiz],[lobby_hold_music], or[lobby_demo]to any post or page (in the block editor, use a Shortcode block) — or search “Lobby Hold Music” in the block inserter. - Optional: set
lang="es",theme="light", orcredit="yes"(if you’d like to credit the free tool).
Frequently asked questions
Does it require an account?
No. The embedded tools do not require payment, signup, or an email address from the site owner or visitor.
Does it slow my site down?
No. The iframe is lazy-loaded, and the only script is a small resize listener that loads solely on pages using a shortcode or block.
Can I use it in Spanish?
Yes — lang="es" renders the full tool in Mexican Spanish, including results.
Can visitors hear the demo without calling anything?
Yes — [lobby_demo] embeds Robin, Lobby’s AI receptionist, answering a live sample call right in the page. No phone number or signup needed.
Can I use the hold music on my own phone system?
Yes — the tracks are free to download and use as hold music or on-hold messaging for your own business phone line. See the license notes on the hold-music tool page for the details.
What’s the “Support Lobby Tools” notice in wp-admin?
A one-time, dismissible prompt asking if you’d like to turn on the small “powered by Lobby” credit link under the widgets. It’s off by default (WordPress.org guideline 10); turning it on is optional and only changes what’s shown under the tools, not how they work.
Changelog
1.2.0
- Add a one-time, dismissible wp-admin notice inviting site owners to turn on the “powered by Lobby” credit link (still off by default — opt-in per WordPress.org guideline 10).
- Reposition the listing around how site owners actually search: missed-call calculator, AI receptionist, call answering, hold music.
1.1.0
- Add the Hold Music library:
[lobby_hold_music]shortcode and a “Lobby Hold Music” Gutenberg block, with a live editor preview. - Add a small, dismissible “leave a review” notice that appears after the plugin has been active for a week.
- Document the [lobby_demo] instant-demo shortcode.
- Credit link is now opt-in (defaults to off) per WordPress.org plugin guideline 10.
- Add Spanish (es_ES) translation.
1.0.0
- Initial release: Missed-Call Calculator and Should I Hire a Receptionist? quiz shortcodes, EN/ES, dark/light themes, auto-resize.
Screenshots
![The Hold Music library embedded on a page ([lobby_hold_music] or the "Lobby Hold Music" block) — all eight free tracks, playable and downloadable.](https://ps.w.org/lobby-voices-tools/assets/screenshot-3.png?rev=3593688)
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FAQ
Lobby Tools: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Lobby Tools free?
Yes. Lobby Tools is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Lobby Tools safe to use in 2026?
Lobby Tools works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 3 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Lobby Tools?
Lobby Tools is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 261 times since it launched in June 2026. It was downloaded 49 times in the last 30 days.
Does Lobby Tools work with WordPress 7.1?
Lobby Tools is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Lobby Tools need?
Lobby Tools requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Lobby Tools last updated?
The latest version, 1.2.0, was released on July 3, 2026 (3 months ago).
Who makes Lobby Tools?
Lobby Tools is developed and maintained by lobbyvoices.
What are the best alternatives to Lobby Tools?
The most popular alternatives to Lobby Tools are StudioMeta (<10 installs), AI Receptionist Widget (<10 installs) and BotDesk AI Chat (<10 installs).
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