Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots

Communication Social Networks & Online Communities

Better Messages is a WordPress plugin for Social Networks & Online Communities. It ranks #2 of 37 in that group by active installs and was last updated 3 days ago.

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Slug bp-better-messages

10K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band

4.8 Rating out of 5 From 142 ratings

33 Releases Since 3 January 2017

Nov 2026 Last release 3 days ago

Maintenance check

Is Better Messages still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

Updated recently. The last release was 3 days ago.
Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.2; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
Support is answered. 10 of 12 forum threads in the last two months were resolved.
Well rated. 4.8 out of 5 from 142 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 95.5% of the directory

Ahead of 45,570 of the 47,729 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

95.5% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

45,570 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

2,158 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

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Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version: 3.2.1
Requires WordPress: 5.9.0
Tested up to: 7.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
Added to the directory: 3 January 2017
Last updated: 2 November 2026
Contributors: 1
Author: wordplus
Support threads resolved: 10 of 12

Its own tags

buddypress
chat room
group chat
private message
video chat

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