diff --git a/docs/.i18n/glossary.zh-CN.json b/docs/.i18n/glossary.zh-CN.json
index 736d59a6c76..abcb56f2c57 100644
--- a/docs/.i18n/glossary.zh-CN.json
+++ b/docs/.i18n/glossary.zh-CN.json
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
     "source": "Feishu",
     "target": "Feishu"
   },
+  {
+    "source": "WeChat",
+    "target": "微信"
+  },
+  {
+    "source": "Weixin",
+    "target": "微信"
+  },
   {
     "source": "Mattermost",
     "target": "Mattermost"
diff --git a/docs/channels/index.md b/docs/channels/index.md
index afa0c69fdfb..7dda6dabf33 100644
--- a/docs/channels/index.md
+++ b/docs/channels/index.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Text is supported everywhere; media and reactions vary by channel.
 - [Twitch](/channels/twitch) — Twitch chat via IRC connection (bundled plugin).
 - [Voice Call](/plugins/voice-call) — Telephony via Plivo or Twilio (plugin, installed separately).
 - [WebChat](/web/webchat) — Gateway WebChat UI over WebSocket.
-- [WeChat](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin) — Tencent iLink Bot plugin via QR login; private chats only.
+- [WeChat](/channels/wechat) — Tencent iLink Bot plugin via QR login; private chats only (external plugin).
 - [WhatsApp](/channels/whatsapp) — Most popular; uses Baileys and requires QR pairing.
 - [Zalo](/channels/zalo) — Zalo Bot API; Vietnam's popular messenger (bundled plugin).
 - [Zalo Personal](/channels/zalouser) — Zalo personal account via QR login (bundled plugin).
diff --git a/docs/channels/wechat.md b/docs/channels/wechat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22b1664f431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/channels/wechat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+---
+summary: "WeChat channel setup through the external openclaw-weixin plugin"
+read_when:
+  - You want to connect OpenClaw to WeChat or Weixin
+  - You are installing or troubleshooting the openclaw-weixin channel plugin
+  - You need to understand how external channel plugins run beside the Gateway
+title: "WeChat"
+---
+
+# WeChat
+
+OpenClaw connects to WeChat through Tencent's external
+`@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin` channel plugin.
+
+Status: external plugin. Direct chats and media are supported. Group chats are not
+advertised by the current plugin capability metadata.
+
+## Naming
+
+- **WeChat** is the user-facing name in these docs.
+- **Weixin** is the name used by Tencent's package and by the plugin id.
+- `openclaw-weixin` is the OpenClaw channel id.
+- `@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin` is the npm package.
+
+Use `openclaw-weixin` in CLI commands and config paths.
+
+## How it works
+
+The WeChat code does not live in the OpenClaw core repo. OpenClaw provides the
+generic channel plugin contract, and the external plugin provides the
+WeChat-specific runtime:
+
+1. `openclaw plugins install` installs `@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin`.
+2. The Gateway discovers the plugin manifest and loads the plugin entrypoint.
+3. The plugin registers channel id `openclaw-weixin`.
+4. `openclaw channels login --channel openclaw-weixin` starts QR login.
+5. The plugin stores account credentials under the OpenClaw state directory.
+6. When the Gateway starts, the plugin starts its Weixin monitor for each
+   configured account.
+7. Inbound WeChat messages are normalized through the channel contract, routed to
+   the selected OpenClaw agent, and sent back through the plugin outbound path.
+
+That separation matters: OpenClaw core should stay channel-agnostic. WeChat login,
+Tencent iLink API calls, media upload/download, context tokens, and account
+monitoring are owned by the external plugin.
+
+## Install
+
+Quick install:
+
+```bash
+npx -y @tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin-cli install
+```
+
+Manual install:
+
+```bash
+openclaw plugins install "@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin"
+openclaw config set plugins.entries.openclaw-weixin.enabled true
+```
+
+Restart the Gateway after install:
+
+```bash
+openclaw gateway restart
+```
+
+## Login
+
+Run QR login on the same machine that runs the Gateway:
+
+```bash
+openclaw channels login --channel openclaw-weixin
+```
+
+Scan the QR code with WeChat on your phone and confirm the login. The plugin saves
+the account token locally after a successful scan.
+
+To add another WeChat account, run the same login command again. For multiple
+accounts, isolate direct-message sessions by account, channel, and sender:
+
+```bash
+openclaw config set session.dmScope per-account-channel-peer
+```
+
+## Access control
+
+Direct messages use the normal OpenClaw pairing and allowlist model for channel
+plugins.
+
+Approve new senders:
+
+```bash
+openclaw pairing list openclaw-weixin
+openclaw pairing approve openclaw-weixin <CODE>
+```
+
+For the full access-control model, see [Pairing](/channels/pairing).
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The plugin checks the host OpenClaw version at startup.
+
+| Plugin line | OpenClaw version        | npm tag  |
+| ----------- | ----------------------- | -------- |
+| `2.x`       | `>=2026.3.22`           | `latest` |
+| `1.x`       | `>=2026.1.0 <2026.3.22` | `legacy` |
+
+If the plugin reports that your OpenClaw version is too old, either update
+OpenClaw or install the legacy plugin line:
+
+```bash
+openclaw plugins install @tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin@legacy
+```
+
+## Sidecar process
+
+The WeChat plugin can run helper work beside the Gateway while it monitors the
+Tencent iLink API. In issue #68451, that helper path exposed a bug in OpenClaw's
+generic stale-Gateway cleanup: a child process could try to clean up the parent
+Gateway process, causing restart loops under process managers such as systemd.
+
+Current OpenClaw startup cleanup excludes the current process and its ancestors,
+so a channel helper must not kill the Gateway that launched it. This fix is
+generic; it is not a WeChat-specific path in core.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+Check install and status:
+
+```bash
+openclaw plugins list
+openclaw channels status --probe
+openclaw --version
+```
+
+If the channel shows as installed but does not connect, confirm that the plugin is
+enabled and restart:
+
+```bash
+openclaw config set plugins.entries.openclaw-weixin.enabled true
+openclaw gateway restart
+```
+
+If the Gateway restarts repeatedly after enabling WeChat, update both OpenClaw and
+the plugin:
+
+```bash
+npm view @tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin version
+openclaw plugins install "@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin" --force
+openclaw gateway restart
+```
+
+Temporary disable:
+
+```bash
+openclaw config set plugins.entries.openclaw-weixin.enabled false
+openclaw gateway restart
+```
+
+## Related docs
+
+- Channel overview: [Chat Channels](/channels)
+- Pairing: [Pairing](/channels/pairing)
+- Channel routing: [Channel Routing](/channels/channel-routing)
+- Plugin architecture: [Plugin Architecture](/plugins/architecture)
+- Channel plugin SDK: [Channel Plugin SDK](/plugins/sdk-channel-plugins)
+- External package: [@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tencent-weixin/openclaw-weixin)
diff --git a/docs/docs.json b/docs/docs.json
index 326520299a8..f19cc718e64 100644
--- a/docs/docs.json
+++ b/docs/docs.json
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@
       "source": "/channels/grammy",
       "destination": "/channels/telegram"
     },
+    {
+      "source": "/channels/openclaw-weixin",
+      "destination": "/channels/wechat"
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "/channels/weixin",
+      "destination": "/channels/wechat"
+    },
     {
       "source": "/group-messages",
       "destination": "/channels/group-messages"
@@ -1028,6 +1036,7 @@
                   "channels/telegram",
                   "channels/tlon",
                   "channels/twitch",
+                  "channels/wechat",
                   "channels/whatsapp",
                   "channels/zalo",
                   "channels/zalouser"