WordPress, BuddyPress Users Chat Plugin

Overview

bpchat is a buddypress, WordPress user based chat plugin. If this plugin installed to any user based wordpress blog, forum, community, directory, ecommerce or buddypress social network site then all the logged in users automatically can chat each other instantly. This plugin is also intended to make a easy way to chat like facebook for dating, matrimony, community social network site based on wordpress and buddypress framework.

Live Demo

Please visit Demo Site or click the above live preview button to check the chat system before purchase. You will need to login to see the demo. Please use Username1: user1 and Password1: user_1 or Username2: user2 and Password2: user_2 or Username3: user3 and Password3: user_3 or sign up to create new account. After login you can see the chat member list button at the bottom right corner. Click to see the full list. You can use 3 different account and logging in from 3 different browser like chrome, firefox, opera, safari from the same computer to check the chat system or can use different computer as well.

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Features

• Multi User Chat at a Time
• New message browser Title bar Notification System
• New message sound alert while on other tab or minimise state of browser
• Auto Chat Invitation Pop up
• Chat Session Control
• 80 Smiley icon with slide control
• Online, Offline Indication
• Friend Search Option
• Wordpress Online friend search – One click to return only friends online.
• Buddypress group search – Return list of member group. By clicking each group will return online member of that group.
• Buddypress friend search – Return only buddypress friend online.
• Auto load users thumbnail image
• Full width chat window in mobile device (optionally enable/disable from option panel)
• Unlimited color skin
• Unlimited background color, image, pattern
• Transparent background with transparent tool tip
• Auto border color generator
• Chat window minimization option
• Chat reload speed control
• Database chat history cleanup by periodic cron job (optionally enable/disable from option panel)
• bpchat Options import/export feature
• Multisite feature supported
• Complete responsive design
• Ajax Technology

Unlimited users chat at a time

Responsive design

New Message Title Bar Notification

This notification will show up when new chat message comes to you but you were visiting other web pages in a new tab.

New Message Sound Alert

If your window is minimised or you are in a new tab then sound alert will occure for new chat message.

80 Smiley icon

Friend Search Option

bpchat option panel

Limitations

• The Plugin works with WordPress powered websites only
• All users must logged in to chat each other
• jQuery 1.7 or newer is required. WordPress 3.4+ already uses jQuery 1.8.3 by default if your theme not deregister it and loads old one.

Update History

** Version 2.0.4 - December 02, 2024 **
- Wordpress - Compatible Up to WordPress 6+
- Update to support php 8+
- New Sharp svg icon added.
- CSS fix when theme change.

** Version 2.0.2 - November 14, 2019 **
- Wordpress - Compatible Up to WordPress 5.3
- Buddypress - Compatible up to BuddyPress 5.0.0

** Version 2.0.0 - September 1st, 2017 **
- New Feature - Offline message will go to buddypress messaging system if eanbled and also default chat system
- New Feature - Option to hide member count number.
- New Feature - WordPress Multisite feature supported.
- Bug fix - Option panel not showing in some installation.
- Bug fix - Image not showing in some installation.
- Bug fix - Close auto pop up chat window due to page refresh.
- Bug fix - Offline showing due to time difference.
- Bug fix - Chat refresh rate not working previously.

** Version 1.1.6 - January 17th, 2016 **
- New Feature - Custom CSS style editor in option panel
- New Feature - Updated Database query to get all online user first then rest user.
- Bug fix - Sound loop.

** Version 1.1.5 - October 11th, 2015 **
- New Feature - Send button in mobile and tablet device.
- Bug fix - added missing translation text.
- Bug fix - warning while using wp-first-letter-avatar plugin.
- Bug fix - CSS distortion while using some theme.

** Version 1.1.4 - October 04th, 2015 **
- Bug fix - Database character set change to Unicode utf8 for older MySQL compatibility.
- Bug fix - Auto open chat window after close.
- Bug fix - Missing translation of icon title.

** Version 1.1.3 - September 30th, 2015 **
- New feature - Translation ready to any language (Read Documentation).
- Bug fix - Hide alert audio control button.

** Version 1.1.2 - September 15th, 2015 **
- Bug fix - Window background transparency during first time installation

** Version 1.1.1 - August 29th, 2015 **
- New feature - Minimize chat window with notification
- New feature - Transparent chat box 
- New feature - chat window background image
- New feature - auto border color by choosing chat box background color
- Bug fix - Sound notification problem on firefox.
- Bug fix - Link or html content transfer via chat.
- Bug fix - shorten long name.

** Version 1.1.0 - August 2nd, 2015 **
- Bug fix - Apple mobile and tablet device css offset issue.

** Version 1.0.9 - June 18th, 2015 **
- fix - Friends count while using buddypress friend chat only.

** Version 1.0.8 - April 29th, 2015 **
- New feature - Enable chat only between buddypress friend. (Optionally enable/disable from option panel)
- New feature - Full height responsive chat window
- Bug fix - Long name issue in the friend list
- Bug fix - backslash issue in chat message.
- Bug fix - css issue on some device

** Version 1.0.7 - April 17th, 2015 **
- New feature - bpchat option panel
- New feature - Full width chat window in mobile device (optionally enable/disable from option panel)
- New feature - Unlimited color skin and background pattern
- New feature - Chat reload speed control
- New feature - Database chat history cleanup by periodic cron job (optionally enable/disable from option panel)
- New feature - bpchat Options import/export feature 
- Bug fix - Small bug fix for border color 
- Upgrade note : First Deactivate and delete old version and then upload and activate new version 

** Version 1.0.4 - March 26th, 2015 **
- Bug fix - Responsive design fix accross mobile and touch device 

** Version 1.0.3 - March 21th, 2015 **
- New feature - Sound alert while visiting other browser tab or minimise state of browser window. 

** Version 1.0.2 - March 20th, 2015 **
- Bug fix - friend window height problem.
- New feature - auto hide buddypress friend and group search option if wordpress site is not based on buddypress. 

** Version 1.0.1 - March 18th, 2015 **
- Some css style change
- New feature - wp Online friend search - One click to return friend only online. 
- New feature - Buddypress group search - Return list of member group. By clicking each group will return online member of that group.
- New feature - Buddypress friend search - Return only buddypress friend online. 

** Version 1.0.0 - March 14th, 2015 **
- Initial Release