Plugin: Multi Channel Group Chat (Wise Chat)

Advantages:

• In chat can delete message
• block user
• add bad word list, ...
• add AI

May Missing features:

• scroll on new message received and sent, focus on the latest message like on WhatsApp.
• on new message visually show new message and give notification in browser title, …
• On big webinars 300-10000 attendees, it can bring the server down.
  That is why we build our own meeting 300+ user and streaming solution 10.000+ viewer with an build in chat that not used the server hardware. It uses websocket.

If your chat is not working: Switch to the default engine in chat's Advanced settings. Most probably this is why the chat is not working.

Alternative Use Simple Ajax Chat (Only one chat per site)
BUT it is not working (not adding any message) when your plugin folder is protected.

New video when plugin is updated.

Get

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wise-chat/

(Or load directly inside WP via "Add new Plugin")

Key features

• Multiple chat channels (one or multiple chats per webinar)
• Default styles available (No need to style the chat)
• Free and open source version (recommended) as well as paid version available (to much features to disable, to have a simple chat)
• The name of the registered attendee used as the chat users name

Below you can copy & paste the modified shortcode to show the chat.

Default shortcode is [wise-chat channel="any-name"]

Q&A

How to add a new chat channel (for multiple chats)?

Add shortcode with a new channel="any-name" to any page (also the webinar room), submit a massage and a new channel is created.
In free version only 3 chats.

2025.04.25 updated Shortcode, improved as we use it too.

Documentation especially about the shortcode:

https://kaine.pl/projects/wp-plugins/wise-chat/documentation/shortcode/

Ideas when and where to show the Chat(s):

Time based:

• inside the CTA (Call-to-Actions)

1. in video overlay
2. or in sidebar tab

• Permanent in sidebar tab via modern webinar tabs