- Category rank
- #75 in Chat
- Listing audit
- 46/100
BuddyPress Group Chatroom is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Venutius. With a rating of 3.7★ from 3 reviews, it currently ranks #75 in the Chat category.
BuddyPress Group Chatroom is the #75 ranked Chat app on WordPress, with a 3.7 average rating from 3 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
BuddyPress Group Chatroom ranks #75 of 533 in Chat on WordPress. It holds a 3.7★ average from 3 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- No standout positives in the measured data.
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.7★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Only 3 reviews — the average can still move with a few new ratings
How BuddyPress Group Chatroom works
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This plugin provides neat chatrooms into BuddyPress groups. Each Group admin can enable a group Chat room, available for all group members to view and post.
The Chat area provides an ajax chat room which displays the most recent messages along with timestamps and usernames. It also has a “who’s online” area which shows other group members viewing the Chat page.
Features
Who’s Online list of members in the chatroom.
Text Chat: Supports text and links added via the text input box.
Video and other embeds – Videos such as You-tube can be added as an embedded video using the Video button. The same link can be used for other WordPress embedable urls.
Emojis supported: over 1,000 emojis easily inserted into the chat stream with options to load them all or just a subset.
Images: Users with upload_files capability can add images from the media directory/upload into the chat stream.
Images Lightbox: Supports WP Featherlight lightbox, if you install this plugin then images loaded into chat will open in a lightbox.
Activity threading: chat conversations can be collected and posted to the activity stream.
Moderation: Group admin and moderators can delete chat messages.
Theming: Chat message box colours can be set by Group Admin
Auto-hide of chat messages after up to 30 days.
Auto-deletion of chat messages after up to 30 days.
