Better Messages - Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots
| 开发者 |
wordplus
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| 更新时间 | 2026年10月25日 21:23 |
| PHP版本: | 7.4 及以上 |
| WordPress版本: | 7.2 |
| 版权: | GPLv3 |
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详情介绍:
Better Messages is the most feature-rich realtime private messaging system for WordPress, with native integrations for BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, Ultimate Member, PeepSo and any other WordPress powered websites.
Transform your WordPress site into a powerful communication platform with private messaging, chat rooms, video and audio calls, group video chats, AI chat bots, and native mobile apps.
无论您是在构建私人或公共社区、社交网络、内网、聊天室网站、市场、会员网站、约会平台,还是创作者经济网站 – Better Messages 都能提供企业级的消息功能和易于使用的界面。
Try Better Messages:
- Live Demo — fully functional demo site
- Documentation & Knowledge Base — setup guides, features, FAQ
- All Integrations — every supported plugin and theme
- Pricing — free vs WebSocket version comparison
- Blog & Tutorials — guides, walkthroughs, integration deep-dives
- REST API Reference — every endpoint and parameter
- PHP Hooks — actions, filters, helper functions
- JavaScript Hooks — frontend events and customization API
- Changelog — every release and bug fix
- Roadmap — upcoming features and votes
- Private communities — paid and members-only community platforms, mastermind groups, alumni networks, course cohorts, coaching circles, role-restricted messaging, group chats, AI Chat Bots for onboarding and FAQs, end-to-end encryption for sensitive conversations
- Public communities and social networks — open social platforms, hobby and interest communities, BuddyPress / BuddyBoss / PeepSo / FluentCommunity-powered sites, private messaging, group conversations, chat rooms, mini chat widgets that follow users across the site
- Intranet and corporate websites — internal employee communication, team and department channels, role-restricted access by WordPress role, file sharing, voice and video calls for remote teams, self-hosted plan for sites with data-sovereignty requirements
- Chat rooms websites — sites built around real-time chat rooms as the primary feature, public and private rooms, topic-based discussion, guest access for unregistered visitors, AJAX or WebSocket delivery
- Dating and matchmaking sites — private 1-on-1 chat, photo and video attachments, voice and video calls, profile-to-profile chat buttons on member directories, guest chat for browsing visitors, end-to-end encryption for private conversations
- Creator economy and fan platforms — paid messaging with per-message and per-call billing via GamiPress or MyCRED, private video calls, mass messaging to fans, always-on mini chat widgets
- Premium and monetized DM platforms — charge per direct message or per call with per-role pricing, balance display, role-restricted messaging, AI Content Moderation to filter spam and scam attempts
- Coaching and mentorship platforms — client-to-coach DMs, scheduled video calls, voice messages, file sharing, course chat rooms via LMS integrations
- Online stores (WooCommerce) — pre-sales chat on product pages, post-purchase order support, cart-context-aware messages, embedded inbox in My Account
- Multi-vendor marketplaces and classifieds — buyer-to-seller chat on every listing, per-listing threads, guest chat for unregistered visitors
- Online courses (LMS) — course chat rooms, instructor-to-student DMs, group conversations for cohort-based courses
- Forums and Q&A communities — Private Message link on every reply, follow-up chat for thread participants
- Real estate and listings sites — agent inquiry messaging, property-context chat threads, guest chat for browsing visitors
- Live events and webinars — event lobby chat rooms, guest access for non-registered attendees, group voice and video calls for AMAs, pinned messages with event agendas
- Booking and appointment platforms — guest-to-host messaging on listings and bookings, file sharing for documents, voice and video calls before check-in
- Crypto and Web3 communities — token-gated chat rooms via membership plugin and WordPress roles, AMA group calls, AI knowledge bots for whitepaper questions, mobile apps for on-the-go engagement
- AJAX 或 WebSocket 驱动的实时对话
- 私密一对一对话
- 无限参与者的群组对话
- 支持访客访问的聊天室
- BuddyPress 群组、PeepSo 群组、Ultimate Member 群组、FluentCommunity 群组的消息
- 对话主题
- 搜索所有消息
- 将消息标记为收藏
- 将重要消息置顶
- 将喜爱的对话置顶
- 筛选对话列表以仅显示未读对话
- 回复特定消息
- 编辑已发送的消息（带编辑指示器）
- 删除消息
- 将消息转发到其他对话
- 静音对话通知
- 带恢复功能的消息草稿自动保存
- 由 OpenAI、Anthropic (Claude) 和 Google Gemini 驱动的 AI 聊天机器人
- 群组对话中基于@提及响应的 AI 聊天机器人
- AI 会话摘要和定时摘要
- 带成本估算的令牌使用量跟踪
- 语音消息转文字由 Better Messages Cloud AI 或 OpenAI 提供支持
- AI 机器人的网络搜索功能
- AI 机器人的文件搜索工具
- AI 图像生成
- AI 对话的 PDF 文件支持
- 支持断点续传的文件共享和保护文件免受直接访问的功能（图片、视频、文档）
- 客户端图像和视频优化，实现跨浏览器兼容性和节省存储空间（格式转换、质量控制、元数据剥离）
- Photo cropping and editing before sending
- Location messages with a map picker and nearby place suggestions
- Voice messages and video messages (available as addon)
- 带缩略图和描述的嵌入链接
- 支持 YouTube、Vimeo、Spotify、SoundCloud、Flickr 等 20 多项服务的 oEmbed
- 表情符号选择器
- 内置贴纸包，支持基于角色的访问控制和多语言支持
- GIF 集成，支持 GIPHY 和 Klipy 提供商
- 输入时内联贴纸建议
- Markdown 文本格式支持
- 未读消息的邮件通知（可自定义模板）
- 邮件中的退订链接支持
- 新消息声音通知
- 网站任何位置的站内弹窗通知
- 支持两个提供商的 AI 内容审核：
- Better Messages Moderation AI — included with WebSocket license at no additional cost, no third-party API keys required. Powered by Better Messages Cloud with extended categories, custom rules, and conversation context awareness
- OpenAI Moderation API — free to use, requires an OpenAI API key
- 自定义审核规则——用纯文本定义您自己的规则
- 对话上下文感知——检测分散在多条消息中的模式
- 在审核操作"仅标记"（推荐）或"保留待审"之间进行选择
- 预审核消息 - 在发送前审核消息
- 消息举报功能
- 可自定义黑名单的不良词汇过滤器
- 用户屏蔽功能
- 基于角色的访问控制
- 用于审核的用户白名单/黑名单
- 消息回应
- 提及 (@用户名)
- 通过 WP 管理后台进行群发消息，支持定时发送、文件附件和后台处理
- 为新用户推荐对话
- 无需使用短代码即可在您网站的任何位置嵌入对话入口
- 五种小部件：好友、群组、用户、AI 机器人、聊天室
- 两种显示样式：经典栏或悬浮气泡（带聊天头像）
- 三种放置位置：底部栏、侧边面板、移动标签栏
- 每个小部件均有图标选择器、搜索框、角色限制以及"为空时隐藏标签"开关
- 用户小部件支持三种显示模式（全部/按角色/精选）以及按最近活动或注册日期排序
- 可自定义迷你小部件、侧边面板和移动视图中的标签顺序
- 现代化、完全可自定义的设计
- Appearance tab — repaint every part of the messenger, reshape its corners and spacing and tune dark mode, with a live preview
- 自定义通知声音
- RTL 布局支持
- 白标解决方案
- 完全可翻译
- 自动删除旧消息选项
- Dedicated Privacy & GDPR settings page
- 所有消息数据均存储在您自己的服务器上
- AI 审核 (启用时) 会发送消息内容进行分析 — Better Messages Cloud 不会存储任何数据,如使用 OpenAI 提供商,请查阅 OpenAI 的数据政策
- 支持 WordPress 个人数据导出和删除（工具 → 导出/删除个人数据）
- 根据启用的功能自动调整的建议隐私政策文本
- 自托管表情图片选项 — 无外部 CDN 请求
- 隐私友好的视频嵌入 — YouTube、Vimeo 仅在用户点击后加载
- 不设置 Cookie，无分析或跟踪脚本
- Privacy & GDPR documentation
- BuddyPress
- BuddyBoss Platform — including BuddyBoss Theme and ReadyLaunch
- PeepSo
- Ultimate Member
- FluentCommunity — including Spaces and Courses
- SureDash
- ProfileGrid
- UsersWP
- WP User Manager
- LearnDash — including Instructor Role add-on
- LearnPress
- Tutor LMS
- MasterStudy LMS
- FluentCommunity 课程
- WooCommerce — Contact buttons on product, cart, checkout, and order pages. Cart contents are auto-posted into the conversation as a rich message so your support agent immediately sees what the customer is looking at, order pages post a structured order context card. Plain product URLs pasted into any chat are expanded into rich product cards. Embedded inbox lives inside WooCommerce My Account. HPOS-compatible, block-theme-compatible, works with guest checkout. Available on both the free and WebSocket versions — the WebSocket version opens chats as a popup mini-widget overlay instead of navigating away.
- HivePress
- Directorist
- GeoDirectory
- Classified Listing
- Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing
- WP Job Manager
- wpForo
- bbPress
- Uncanny Automator — triggers and actions for chat events
- AutomatorWP — triggers and actions for chat events
- Crocoblock JetEngine Profile Builder — profile and chat shortcodes for JetEngine listings
- FluentNotify — web push through your own Firebase project
- OneSignal — web push notifications
- Progressify PWA — install-to-home-screen prompts on the messenger
- Significantly reduces the load on your server
- Instant message delivery in realtime, up to 200x faster than AJAX
- 适用于包括共享主机在内的任何主机
- 并发连接数或月活跃用户数无限制
- 高清视频通话（一对一）
- 高清语音通话（一对一）
- 群组视频聊天（最多 32 位参与者）
- 群组语音聊天（最多 50 位参与者）
- 通话和群聊中的屏幕共享
- iOS Mobile App (build your own branded app)
- Android Mobile App (build your own branded app)
- 通话和消息的推送通知
- 来电 VoIP 通知
- 消息送达状态（已发送、已送达、已读）
- 正在输入、语音录制和文件上传活动指示器
- 在线/离线状态指示器
- 用户状态（在线、离开、请勿打扰）
- 迷你聊天 - 在您网站的任何位置显示聊天窗口
- 迷你对话小部件 - 从任意页面列出并继续最近的会话
- 用户迷你小部件的仅在线筛选和在线优先排序
- 一对一对话中的自动消息翻译 — 53 种语言,自动检测
- AI 内容审核 — 23 个类别、自定义规则、对话上下文感知
- 语音消息转文字 — 支持 99+ 种语言并自动检测
- 无需第三方 API 密钥 — 随 WebSocket 许可证免费提供
- 可选的端到端加密 (E2EE) — 可在网站级别和每个对话级别启用,消息和文件在用户的浏览器中使用 AES-256-GCM 加密,服务器永远看不到明文
- 用于离线消息存储的本地浏览器加密 (AES256)
- Web 推送通知（即使浏览器关闭也能使用）
- 所有数据在传输中加密，因此我们无法在服务器上读取
- 优先邮件支持
- 定期更新和新功能
安装:
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/bp-better-messagesdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - 通过 WordPress 中的“插件”界面激活插件
- Use the Settings -> Better Messages to configure the plugin
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常见问题:
Better Messages 是免费的吗？
Yes — install the free version from WordPress.org. It supports private and group conversations, chat rooms, file sharing, oEmbed previews, smart-batched email notifications, role-based access, guest chat, and the standard messenger feature set. The WebSocket version is paid and unlocks instant delivery, one-on-one and group voice / video calls, Better Messages Cloud AI (content moderation, message translation and voice message transcription with no API key of your own), web push, and end-to-end encryption.
Better Messages 可以与哪些 WordPress 插件集成？
35+ native integrations across community platforms (BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, FluentCommunity, SureDash, ProfileGrid, UsersWP, WP User Manager), LMS (LearnDash, LearnPress, Tutor LMS, MasterStudy LMS), e-commerce (WooCommerce — pre-sales and order support chat with contact buttons on product, cart, checkout, and order pages), multi-vendor marketplaces (Dokan, WCFM, WC Vendors, MultiVendorX), listings and directories (HivePress, Directorist, GeoDirectory, Classified Listing, Motors, WP Job Manager), real estate themes (Houzez, RealHomes), forums (wpForo, bbPress), gamification (GamiPress, MyCRED), automation (Uncanny Automator, AutomatorWP), page builders (Crocoblock JetEngine), and push / PWA (OneSignal, Progressify). If your plugin isn't listed, the built-in visual Shortcode Builder lets you add a Live Chat Button to any custom post type without writing PHP. See the full list of integrations.
是否支持群组对话？
是 — 一流的群组聊天，具备共享历史、提及、表情反应、文件上传、回复、编辑 / 删除 / 转发以及群组语音 / 视频通话（WebSocket 版本）。群组聊天可与 BuddyPress / BuddyBoss / PeepSo / Ultimate Member / FluentCommunity 群组自动配对，成员将与源社区群组保持同步地加入和退出聊天。
未注册访客（访客）也可以聊天吗？
是 — Guest Chat 允许未注册访客加入聊天室、在市场中向商家发起消息、在目录列表上提问，或与站点支持沟通。访客输入显示名称（并可选填写邮箱）后即可作为访客用户参与对话。若日后注册账号，其会话历史会被保留。
是否支持在 WordPress 上的语音和视频通话？
是的 (WebSocket 版本) — 一对一和群组语音 / 视频通话在消息会话内进行,而不是作为单独的 Zoom / Whereby 集成。托管的媒体中继包含在 WebSocket 许可证中,无需单独的 Twilio 账户、Daily / Whereby 订阅或 Zoom 开发者计划。通话在移动设备上为全屏,在桌面上为画中画。
Better Messages 是否符合 GDPR？
是。所有消息数据仅保存在您的 WordPress 数据库中。WebSocket 云端中继对消息内容是不可见的 — 它仅转发加密事件，不读取、不保存、也不检查经过的数据。Better Messages 也与 WordPress 自带的个人数据导出和擦除工具集成。对于数据主权要求更严格的站点（GDPR 第 9 条、与 HIPAA 接近的场景、受监管数据工作负载），还提供自托管方案 — 请联系支持。
是否具备 AI 功能？
Yes. AI Chat Bots (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini) work in the free version with your own provider API key. They act as full participants in any thread, with custom system prompts and per-bot points charging via GamiPress / MyCRED. Better Messages Cloud AI (WebSocket version) provides AI Content Moderation (23+ categories including spam, scam, doxxing, contact sharing), AI Message Translation (53 languages with auto-detection), and Voice Message Transcription (99+ languages) — all included with the WebSocket license, no third-party API key required.
是否有 iOS 和 Android 原生应用？
是 — Better Messages 提供基于 Capacitor 构建的 iOS 和 Android 原生移动应用，支持推送通知、实时投递、语音 / 视频通话，并与 Web 版本保持完整的功能对等。对于希望在自己的开发者账户下、于 App Store / Play Store 上线自有品牌应用的站点，还提供白标重建服务。
我可以把 messenger 界面翻译成我的语言吗？
Yes — Better Messages is fully translatable through standard WordPress translation tools (Loco Translate, WPML, Polylang) using the bp-better-messages text domain. Ships with 30+ community translations. Contribute or improve a translation at translate.wordpress.org.
是否支持端到端加密？
是的 (WebSocket 版本)。端到端加密按会话启用 — 消息和文件附件在发送方的浏览器中使用 AES-256-GCM 进行加密后再传输,在数据库中保持加密状态,仅在接收方的浏览器中解密。服务器仅存储密文,任何管理员、主机工程师或具有数据库访问权限的攻击者都无法读取 E2E 会话的消息内容。
哪里可以找到详细文档？
The complete documentation, integration guides, REST API reference, hooks reference, video tutorials, and 80+ blog posts are at www.better-messages.com.
Which external services does Better Messages connect to?
The plugin connects to WordPlus Cloud, the plugin author's service that sells and licenses the WebSocket version, only when an administrator uses one of these features:
- Plans, prices and reviews. When an administrator opens Better Messages → Upgrade, the site asks WordPlus Cloud (api.wordplus.cloud) for the current plans, prices and customer reviews, and keeps the answer for an hour. No personal data is sent, only the request itself, which WordPress makes with the site's address. The administrator's browser then loads the reviews' photos from WordPlus Cloud.
- Contact form. When an administrator sends a message from Better Messages → Support, the plugin sends what they wrote, their name and email address, any files they attach, any access details they choose to share, and the site's address and technical details (the WordPress, PHP, database and web server versions, the theme and the active plugins), which the form shows before sending.
- Better Messages Assistant, only after you press Start. The AI assistant on Better Messages → Support sends nothing until an administrator presses Start under the list of what it sends. Start registers the site with WordPlus Cloud (its address, the plugin version and whether it is the free or the WebSocket version). Then each question goes to WordPlus Cloud's assistant service (rest.wordplus.cloud) with the site's address, the plugin's settings (without keys or passwords), the plugin, WordPress, PHP and theme versions, the active plugins and the administrator's language, and the answer comes back to the page. Questions and answers are stored and read by the plugin's team to improve the assistant. Visitors' data is never sent. "Turn off the assistant" under the chat stops it, and the
wordplus_sdk_assistant_enabledfilter hides it. - Buying. Buying happens on the WordPlus Cloud website (www.wordplus.cloud), never inside WordPress. The Upgrade buttons open it with the site's address. After paying, the plugin sends WordPlus Cloud the one-time code it came back with, the site's address, the plugin version and a random identifier of the site, and gets the licence key.
- Installing the WebSocket version, only when asked for. If the buyer asks for it on the WordPlus Cloud checkout page, WordPlus Cloud contacts the site, and the site downloads the WebSocket version from WordPlus Cloud and installs it. Nothing is installed unless the buyer asks on that page.
- Licence check. Once a licence key is saved, the site sends the key, its address and the plugin version to WordPlus Cloud once a day to confirm the licence.
- Emoji and sticker downloads, only when an administrator asks. "Download emoji images to your server", the emoji names in other languages and the sticker packs come from WordPlus Cloud's CDN (cdn.wordplus.cloud), or from WordPlus Cloud (api.wordplus.cloud) when the CDN fails, and the sticker settings ask it for the list of packs when they open. The administrator's browser loads the packs' cover pictures from the same addresses. These requests send the plugin's name and version, and WordPress adds the site's address to every request it makes.
- Usage data, only if you opt in. After the plugin is first activated, it asks once whether to share usage data, and nothing is sent unless an administrator chooses Allow & Continue. Then the site sends the administrator's name and email address (to tell them about security and feature updates), the site's address, title, language and time zone, the WordPress, PHP and plugin versions and whether the plugin is active, and, unless switched off, which of the plugin's features and settings are in use (on/off values, numbers and short setting values, never your content, addresses or keys, and the size of the site's messaging only as a range) and the names and versions of its plugins and themes. With them goes how far the setup in Get started has come (which of its cards are done or dismissed), and when the free trial notice was shown and which of its buttons was clicked. It sends them once a day when something changed, and when the plugin is activated, deactivated or deleted. The newsletter is a separate choice, off unless switched on. Each choice can be changed, or the sharing stopped, from the Opt out link under the plugin on the Plugins screen. Opting out has WordPlus Cloud erase what was shared. A site that opted in through Freemius in an earlier version stays opted in, and its administrators are told once that its data goes to WordPlus Cloud now. Only the WebSocket version adds the features and settings in use to what such a site shares, unless switched off. The free version shares them only once an administrator switches them on. A site that skipped Freemius's opt-in is not asked again.
- Deactivation feedback, only when you send it. When the plugin is deactivated, it may ask why. The answer is sent to WordPlus Cloud only if the administrator submits it, without their email or the site's address unless they opted in to usage data and left "Anonymous feedback" unticked.
Which other services can Better Messages use?
Besides WordPlus Cloud, the plugin uses these services, each as described:
- Emoji images (jsDelivr). Emoji show as Apple's images by default, and until the site downloads them, browsers load the image sheet from jsDelivr (cdn.jsdelivr.net), which receives the visitor's IP address. "Download emoji images to your server" in the emoji settings, or the native emoji set, stops it. jsDelivr: terms of service, privacy policy.
- Video and media links (YouTube, Vimeo and other oEmbed providers). With oEmbeds on, which is the default, a link to a provider WordPress's oEmbed support knows makes the site ask that provider for its player, and the player loads from the provider in the conversation. With "Privacy-friendly oEmbeds" on, a video loads only after a click. YouTube: terms of service, Google privacy policy. Vimeo: terms of service, privacy policy.
- GIFs (GIPHY, KLIPY), only with your own API key. Searches typed in the GIF picker go from the site to the chosen provider, with a random identifier for each member and never their name, and GIFs load in browsers from the provider's servers. GIPHY: terms of service, privacy policy. KLIPY: API terms, privacy policy.
- Stipop stickers, only with your own API key. The sticker store and sticker searches go to Stipop (messenger.stipop.io) with the member's numeric ID on the site and the chosen language, and the stickers load in browsers from img.stipop.io. Stipop: terms of service, privacy policy.
- AI chat bots and AI features, only with your own API key. With an OpenAI, Anthropic or Google Gemini key, the messages of conversations with an AI bot, with the bot's instructions, and the content an AI feature works on (messages it checks, voice messages it transcribes) go to that provider. OpenAI: terms of use, privacy policy. Anthropic: commercial terms, privacy policy. Google Gemini: API terms, privacy policy.
- Location sharing, only when switched on. Browsers showing a shared place load the map from tile.openstreetmap.org, and the place search and nearby places send the search text or the map's position to nominatim.openstreetmap.org and overpass-api.de. These addresses can be changed in the location settings. OpenStreetMap: tile usage policy, Nominatim usage policy, privacy policy. Overpass API: terms.
- OneSignal, only with the OneSignal plugin. When the OneSignal integration is used, the site links each member's push subscription to their numeric ID on the site at OneSignal (api.onesignal.com), so message notifications reach them. OneSignal: terms of service, privacy policy.
- Cloud storage, only when connected. With a storage provider connected (Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2 or another S3-compatible service), files sent in messages are kept with that provider in the administrator's own account, and browsers upload and download them there. The provider's own terms and privacy policy apply.
- Mobile App, only when an administrator sets one up. On Better Messages → Mobile App, the Android signing key and its passwords are sent to the plugin author's app builder (builder.better-messages.com) to check or create them, and the Apple and Google keys the administrator enters are checked with Apple (api.appstoreconnect.apple.com) and Google. Apple: privacy policy. Google Firebase: terms, privacy policy.
- FFmpeg, only when downloaded. "FFmpeg WASM (~30 MB)" in the media settings downloads the video converter once from better-messages.com to the site, which then serves it to the browsers that convert videos before sending them.
更新日志:
Important — please read before updating to 3.0
3.0 is a full redesign. Your conversations, settings and integrations carry across untouched — including the colors and sizes you set in the Customizer.
Noticed something wrong after updating to 3.0? Please tell us. A redesign this large can behave differently on a theme or plugin combination we have not seen. If anything looks broken, missing or out of place, email us at support@better-messages.com — or open a topic on the support forum if you are can not contact email for some reason — and we will get it fixed. Please do not leave it unreported, every report speeds up a fix for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who sent feedback and bug reports on the 3.0 release.
3.1.6
- Added
data-thread-idanddata-thread-typeto the open conversation (.bm-thread-col), anddata-open-thread-idanddata-open-thread-typeto the card around it and to mini chat windows, so custom CSS can style one conversation, or every chat room, its background and info panel included - Added Settings → Integrations → FluentCommunity → Messages Icon for the Messages button in the portal header and bottom menu, Position in the Header to put it at the start of the header icons or next to the profile picture, and Messages Button on Phones to show it on phones in the header, the bottom menu or both
- Improved video in calls on the cloud call servers from Windows and Linux computers: the camera is tested as it turns on, with a spinner on its button, and goes out at up to 1080p in the codec the computer handles best: its hardware H.264 on Windows where it keeps up, else VP9
- Improved calls on the cloud call servers when a camera struggles during the call: it steps down from 1080p to 720p, or switches to a lighter codec while everyone sees "Optimizing video quality..." on its tile, in the browser and in the mobile app
- Improved screen sharing in calls on the cloud call servers from Windows and Linux computers, which now share in VP9 as smoothly as a Mac shares in H.264, where the hardware H.264 encoder of some Windows computers held a shared screen to a few frames a second
- Improved the CPU use of calls on the cloud call servers with many cameras, as the statistics of each connection are read once instead of once for every video
- Fixed voice and video messages recorded in Chrome failing to upload on sites whose PHP memory limit is unlimited, where they stayed at "Waiting to send"
- Fixed a message the site keeps failing to take holding back every message sent after it, also each time it was sent again by itself
- Fixed text messages waiting for a file, voice or video message that is still uploading, or for a message stuck in another conversation
- Fixed Send now on a waiting message trying an older failing message first instead of sending the message it was pressed on
- Fixed uploads that failed halfway staying in the Media Library instead of being removed with the other unused uploads
- Fixed each new page or tab fetching the encryption keys again when another open tab of the site had already fetched them
- Fixed the unread count sitting low in its circle in the collapsed conversations list on FluentCommunity and on themes with a tall line height
- Fixed the counts in search results sitting low in their circles, and the date and New messages labels of a conversation growing taller, on FluentCommunity and on themes with a tall line height
- Fixed deleting a message taking seconds on sites with many files, as it looked through every file sent in the messenger instead of the files of that message
- Fixed a message sent again after a lost connection waiting until the first send had finished all its work, instead of being answered as soon as the message was saved
- Fixed a camera paused by its device during a call on the cloud call servers, such as Safari on an iPad sent to the background, showing the others its last picture frozen instead of the avatar until it came back
- Fixed the messenger never finishing its load, even after a reload, when the browser database opened but stopped answering, as in Safari after a Mac woke from sleep: it moves to a fresh database, and every reload after that loads at once
- Fixed browser database timeouts the messenger works around reaching error tracking tools by the thousand as uncaught errors
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements
- Added custom tabs on the mini widgets bar, the side panel and the mobile tab bar, from Settings → Appearance: a link, a page shown inside the messenger, or content with shortcodes rendered for each member, hidden per role and bar
- Added renaming of the built-in tabs, one name for all three bars
- Added the
better_messages_navigation_tabsJavaScript filter and thebetter_messages_custom_tabsPHP filter, to add, remove, reorder and rename the tabs of every bar from code — see Custom navigation tabs - Fixed the Courses widget icon picked in Appearance showing in the preview but not on the site, and its Show Search Box switch doing nothing
- Fixed the collapsed side panel showing the stock icons instead of the widget icons picked in Appearance
- Fixed the side panel showing the wrong number of tabs for a moment while the messenger loads
- Fixed the Restricted Roles of voice and video messages not applying in New Conversation, where restricted members and guests still had the mic and the camera: the site now also refuses their recordings
- Fixed Unique Guest Names letting a guest sign up or rename with the username or display name of a member, an administrator too
- Fixed Restrict Message Viewing letting restricted members read some messages: new messages, edits and AI replies as they arrived, ephemeral chat rooms, conversations they were added to, AI translations and transcripts, search results, and messages stored before the restriction
- Improved the sound of calls on the cloud call servers over unstable connections, as each audio packet now carries a copy of the one before it
- Improved video in calls on computers whose hardware video encoder drops camera frames: this is now detected, and the camera is encoded in software from its next start
- Tested up to WordPress 7.2
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements
- Added Better Messages → Settings → Get started, the page a new site opens on: one click each sets up the Messages page, chat with visitors, a chat room on its own page and the plugins on the site
- Added Get started cards for the look, file sharing, email notifications, reports and blocking, and restrictions, each one dismissible, with the Messages page required until it exists
- Added a new Better Messages → Upgrade page: what the WebSocket version adds beside its price, monthly or yearly with the yearly saving shown, reviews from buyers, every feature side by side with the free version, and answers to the questions asked before buying
- Added the offer of the free WebSocket trial back, as before 3.1: a notice on the Dashboard and the Plugins screen once members are messaging, and, from then on, Better Messages → Start trial while the site can still take it, with a subscription at once still one click away
- Fixed files sent from a private window in Safari staying at 0% and never being sent, in plain and end-to-end encrypted conversations
- Fixed typed messages showing as sent, and live for the others, but never being saved when the browser could not keep them in its local database
- Fixed video in calls running at 15 or 20 frames per second from webcams that give Full HD only at a lower frame rate, as many do: such a camera now opens at a smaller size at 30 frames per second
- Fixed an AI chat bot reply that could stay a pulsing dot for many minutes when the response ended without finishing, as on OpenAI with image generation off and web search on: it now says the response was interrupted
- Fixed an AI chat bot answer that is only a generated image still showing as typing in the conversations list after it arrived
- Fixed AI chat bot image costs counting less than OpenAI bills: an image made with OpenAI is now priced from the tokens OpenAI reports, the prompt and the pictures being edited included, so the usage figures and points pricing follow the real cost
- Fixed a message the site kept failing holding back every message sent after it, which looked sent but never arrived: it now shows Message not sent with Retry, and the others go out
- Fixed messages showing as sent when the site answered with something other than Better Messages, such as a firewall check page: they now show Message not sent with Retry
- Fixed messages sent just before closing the tab staying unsent until the site was opened again in the same browser: they now go out as the tab closes
- Fixed a message being lost, though the others may have seen it arrive, when the tab was closed or the phone locked right after pressing Send: it now goes out as the tab closes, or from the next page opened on the site
- Fixed messages waiting to be sent being lost when the browser lost them from its local database or was slow to save them, as on a device that is nearly full
- Fixed messages waiting to be sent being deleted when Browser Database Encryption was switched on or off
- Fixed attachments being left out when sending from New Conversation into a conversation that already exists
- Improved AI chat bots on OpenAI: the limits of images, web searches and file searches per response are enforced by OpenAI as one total when each tool in use has a limit, not only asked for in the instructions
- Improved calls on the cloud call servers: a video the server pauses for a weak connection shows "Paused: weak connection" instead of freezing without a word, and a group call says when every video is paused
- Improved lip sync in group calls: each voice keeps to its own camera, measured from what the browser plays in Chrome, Edge and other Chromium browsers, Bluetooth headphones included, and the sound of a shared screen, such as a video playing in a tab, keeps to the screen
- Security improvement: an error message carried in a link is shown as plain text, so a crafted link can no longer run script on the site, and every notice keeps only safe markup
- Improved the notice for a missing Messages page: one click on any admin screen creates the page, in place of an error that sent you to the settings
- Improved the deactivation survey: an admin who just installed the plugin is asked what they were trying to do, in a question above the answer box
- Improved the settings on phones and short screens: the header no longer covers the page title, and the side menu has a thin scrollbar
- Improved the usage data, for sites that share it: it also says how far the site got in Get started, which cards are done, dismissed or not set up, and when the trial notice was shown and which of its buttons was clicked
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements See the full changelog for every earlier version.