BuddyPress Messaging Plugin: Modern Private Chat for BuddyPress
Originally published when Better Messages 1.0 launched on WordPress.org in January 2017. This post has been kept up to date as the plugin matured — the body below describes the BuddyPress integration as it works today. The original idea has not changed: replace BuddyPress's built-in messages with a modern real-time messenger.
BuddyPress is the open-source social community plugin for WordPress, powering communities, networks, and intranets. Better Messages replaces BuddyPress's built-in private messages with a modern messenger — real-time delivery, group conversations, file uploads, voice messages, voice and video calls, AI bots, end-to-end encryption, web push, and a native mobile app. It has become the de-facto messaging plugin for BuddyPress sites over the past several years.