Front End PM vs Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible

Front End PM is a Private Messaging system to your WordPress site.This is full functioning messaging system from front end. The messaging is done entirely through the front-end of your site rather than the Dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area. Some Front End PM PRO Features Multiple Recipients Only admin Group message Email Piping Read Receipt Email template Announcement Email queue Role to Role Block View Details Some Useful Link Basic Admin Settings Basic Walkthrough Remove minlength Remove menu button If you want paid support you can contact with me through Front End PM paid support Features Works through a Page rather than the dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area! Users can privately message one another Threaded messages/Individual message Ability to embed things into messages like YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, WordPress TV, more. Notification sound. Desktop notification. Admins can send a public announcement for all users to see or to perticular role(s). Admins can set the max amount of messages a user can keep in his/her box per role basis. This is helpful for keeping Database sizes down. Admins can set how many messages to show per page in the message box. Admins can set how many user to show per page in front end directory. Admins can set will email be sent to all users when a new announcement is published or not. Admins can set “to” field of announcement email. Admins can set Directory will be shown to all or not. Admins can block any user to send private message. Admins can set time delay between two messages send by a user. Admins can see all other’s private message. Admins can block all users to send new message but they can send reply of their messages. Admins can hide autosuggestion for users. There are three types of sidebar widget. Users can select whether or not they want to receive messages Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when they receive a new message. Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when a new announcement is published. Users can block other users. Translation please use wordpress translation. Github https://github.com/shamim2883/front-end-pm/

Init Chat Engine is a clean and minimal frontend chatbox plugin, designed for homepage or site-wide communication with comprehensive administrative controls. This plugin is the core user system behind the Init Plugin Suite – optimized for frontend-first interaction, extensibility, and real-time gamification. GitHub repository: https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-chat-engine Key Features: Frontend Experience: – Built with 100% REST API and Vanilla JS – No jQuery, no bloat – blazing fast – Fully embeddable via [init_chatbox] shortcode – Guest messaging support (optional) – Smart polling system (adaptive 3.5–10s based on activity, up to 20s when the chatbox is scrolled out of view) – Browser notifications when new messages arrive – Scroll-up to load history, scroll-down to auto-scroll – Optimistic sending & “new message” jump button – Clean UI with customizable themes – Template override supported (chatbox.php) Administrative Control: – Complete Settings Panel – Basic, Security, and Advanced configurations – Message Management – Search, view, delete messages with pagination – User Moderation – Ban/unban users by IP or user ID with expiration – Rate Limiting – Prevent spam with configurable message limits – Word Filtering – Block messages containing prohibited words – Statistics Dashboard – View chat activity, user engagement, and trends – Cleanup Tools – Automatic and manual cleanup of old messages – Custom CSS Support – Full styling customization options Security & Moderation: – IP-based and user-based banning system – Configurable rate limiting (messages per minute) – Word filtering with custom blocked word lists – Message moderation queue (optional) – Automatic cleanup of old messages and expired bans – Admin override capabilities Multilingual Ready: – Translation-ready with full .pot file included – Vietnamese translation included – Easy to translate to any language Perfect for community-based sites, forums, fanpages, manga readers, SaaS dashboards, customer support, or any interactive chat widget. Shortcode Attributes Shortcode [init_chatbox] supports the following attributes: height – Set chat height (e.g., height="400px") width – Set chat width (e.g., width="100%") theme – Apply custom theme (e.g., theme="dark") show_avatars – Override avatar setting (true/false) show_timestamps – Override timestamp setting (true/false) title – Add custom chat title class – Add custom CSS classes id – Set custom container ID Example: [init_chatbox height="500px" title="Community Chat" theme="modern"] Filters for Developers This plugin provides filters and actions to allow developers to extend word filtering, message processing, and chat behavior without modifying core files. init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_filter_strategy Modify word filtering strategy (substring, word, regex). Applies to: Message validation Params: string $strategy, array $settings, string $message init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_blocked_words Modify the blocked-words list before validation. Applies to: Message validation Params: array $blocked_words, array $settings, string $message init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_bypass_filter Bypass filtering under custom conditions (VIP, internal users, etc.). Applies to: Message validation Params: bool $bypass, string $message, WP_User|null $user, array $settings init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_block_hit (action) Triggered when a word filter rule blocks a message. Applies to: Message validation Params: string $blocked_word, string $message, string $strategy init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_enrich_message_row Extend chat message data (add flags, metadata, user info, etc.). Applies to: Backend DB → JSON output Params: array $message_row, WP_User|null $user License This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.