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WordPress Community Chat Plugin for 2026: Messages and Calls

· 11 min read
Andrij Tkachenko
Creator of Better Messages

Better Messages is a WordPress community chat plugin: one install adds a real-time private messenger, group chats tied to your groups, and voice and video calls to a community on BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, PeepSo, Ultimate Member, FluentCommunity or SureDash. It takes the place of the platform's own messaging where there is one, so members write from the profiles and groups they already use, and it is free on WordPress.org, with the WebSocket version adding instant delivery, calls and web push.

Ultimate Member Private Messaging Plugin

· 6 min read
Andrij Tkachenko
Creator of Better Messages
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Originally published when Better Messages added the first dedicated Ultimate Member integration in v1.9.9.77 (early 2021). This post has been kept up to date as the integration matured — UM Friends, UM Followers, UM Groups, and the embedded profile Messages tab were all added in later releases.

Better Messages adds a modern real-time messenger to Ultimate Member sites, taking over every Ultimate Member surface: the profile Messages tab, the Private Message button on user profiles and the members directory, and the UM Friends / UM Followers / UM Groups extensions. If you are using the Ultimate Member Messages add-on, deactivate it after installing Better Messages to avoid a double-messenger conflict.