Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorwordplus
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release3 days ago 31 Aug 2026
Support14 / 14 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record107
Rating4.8 /5 · 141
Added to directory03 Jan 2017
Requires WP5.9.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by wordplus throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordplus | 100 | 25 Nov 2022 | 07 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
1,932 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 89% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 4,348/day02 Sep 2026
3 ratings left in the last 32 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5. Too few to compare against the lifetime average.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,157 | 4,348 | 472 | 377 | 416 | 383 | 3,774 | 714 | 366 | 3,927 | 450 | 279 | 4,015 |
| Ratings total | 139 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 140 | 140 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 141 |
| Version | 2.15.27 | 2.15.28 | 2.15.28 | 2.15.28 | 2.15.28 | 2.15.28 | 2.15.29 | 2.15.29 | 2.15.29 | 2.15.30 | 2.15.30 | 2.15.30 | 2.15.31 | 2.15.31 |
| Support threads | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| Threads resolved | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (10,000+)
32 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9.5 years ago 03 Jan 2017
Requires WP5.9.0
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 31 Aug 2026, 3 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 14 of 14 support threads answered in the last two months.
- wordplus publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 31 Aug 20263 days agoVersion 2.15.31 released
- 28 Aug 20266 days agoVersion 2.15.30 released
- 25 Aug 20269 days agoVersion 2.15.29 released
- 20 Aug 202614 days agoVersion 2.15.28 released
- 15 Aug 202619 days agoVersion 2.15.27 released
- 13 Aug 202621 days agoVersion 2.15.26 released
- 11 Aug 202623 days agoVersion 2.15.25 released
- 07 Aug 202627 days agoVersion 2.15.24 released
- 04 Aug 202630 days agoVersion 2.15.23 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 29 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 2.15.22 released
- 28 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 2.15.21 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 26 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 2.15.20 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 19 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 17 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.18 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 09 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 03 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 28 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 26 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 2.15.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 10 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 2.15.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 31 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.15.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 31 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.15.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 26 May 20263 months agoVersion 2.15.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wordplus.
- 25 Nov 20223.5 years ago85 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Nov 2022 and 21 May 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 03 Jan 20179.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by wordplus for all 32 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 3 days ago (31 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 141 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 14 of 14 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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