📄️ What is Better Messages?
Better Messages is an independent real-time private messaging and chat room plugin for WordPress, built since 2017 with 34+ native integrations, AI features, voice and video calls, and a mobile app.
📄️ Installation
How to install and activate Better Messages on your WordPress site. Standard WP install flow with no special requirements beyond WordPress 5.9 and PHP 7.4.
📄️ Messages location
Set the WordPress page that hosts the Better Messages inbox. Works as a standalone page, a profile tab (BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Ultimate Member, PeepSo), or inside the WooCommerce account.
📄️ Conversation types
Better Messages supports four conversation types — private DMs, group conversations, chat rooms, and synced group chats — each for a different community pattern.