wise-chat's Introduction

Wise Chat plugin for WordPress

Wise Chat is an advanced chat plugin that helps to build social networks. It can significantly increase user engagement on your website by adding chat rooms that allow to exchange real time messages. The plugin is very easy to setup and configure. It also has a growing list of features and responsive support.

Main features:

No external server required
Unlimited chat channels
Single sign-on
Flood control
Access restriction
Posting links and images
File attachments
Notifications
Localization
Appearance adjustments
Chat moderation features
Messages filtering
Bans and kicks
Emoticons
See the full list of features

Tech

Installation

Requirements:

WordPress instance
Admin access to the WordPress instance

Steps:

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/marcin-lawrowski/wise-chat.git

Upload the entire wise-chat folder to the plugins directory (usually /wp-content/plugins/) of WordPress instance.
Log in as an administrator to WordPress and activate Wise Chat plugin through the "Plugins" menu.
Place [wise-chat] shortcode in your post (or page) and visit the post (or page).
Alternatively install it in your template using <?php if (function_exists('wise_chat')) { wise_chat(); } ?> code.
Alternatively install it using a widget in "Appearance → Widgets", it's called Wise Chat Window.

Post Installation Notices:

Go to "Settings → Wise Chat Settings" page and adjust all the settings according to your needs.
Go to "Settings → Wise Chat Settings" page, select Localization tab and translate all the messages into your own language.
Posting pictures from camera / local storage is limited to the specific range of Web browsers: IE 10+, Firefox 31+, Chrome 31+, Safari 7+, Opera 27+, iOS Safari 7.1+, Android Browser 4.1+, Chrome For Android 41+.