Arena.IM

Arena Group Chat is the ultimate tool for driving user engagement in real-time.
Whether hosting live events or maintaining ongoing community interactions, Group Chat helps transform your audience from passive viewers into active participants. It seamlessly integrates with your website, offering advanced customization and analytics to enhance engagement and business growth.
Key Features of Arena Group Chat: 
– Real-time group messaging for events and communities 
– Polls, Q&As, and interactive features for enhanced user participation 
– Customizable layouts to match your brand’s identity 
– Responsive design optimized for both desktop and mobile 
– Easy to integrate with a free Arena account 
– GDPR compliance with a focus on privacy and first-party data collection 
– Powerful analytics to track engagement and impact 
– Integration with Arena’s other products like Live Blog and Arena Community 
– Scalable to support major events with millions of users
Group Chat helps to keep your audience engaged by offering dynamic, interactive experiences that encourage participation and increase time spent on your site.
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
This plugin utilizes the Arena.im API (https://api.arena.im/v3) to provide chat functionality. The plugin communicates with Arena.im servers for the following purposes:
<ul>
<li>Authentication (/oauth/tokens)</li>
<li>Retrieving organization information (/organizations)</li>
<li>Fetching site details (/organizations/{organization_id}/sites)</li>
<li>Managing chat instances (/sites/{site_id}/chats)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Data Transmission</h3>
When you use this plugin, it sends requests to the Arena.im API. This may include: 
– Authentication tokens 
– Organization and site IDs 
– Chat-related data
No personal user data is sent to Arena.im servers unless explicitly input by users in chat messages.
<h3>More Information</h3>
For more information about Arena.im and their services, please visit their website: https://arena.im
By using this plugin, you agree to Arena.im’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: 
– Terms of Service: https://arena.im/terms-of-service/ 
– Privacy Policy: https://arena.im/privacy-policy/
It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of this plugin and the Arena.im service complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including data protection laws in your jurisdiction.
<h3>Arena Group Chat – Support</h3>
For additional setup and usage guidance, visit Arena’s Help Center.
<h3>Website</h3>
Find more details at Arena.im.
<h3>Contact Us</h3>
Need help? Chat with us at app.arena.im, and our team will respond within hours.

Arena – Group Chat for Real-Time Engagement

Arena Group Chat enhances user engagement with real-time messaging for live events and communities, boosting interaction across web and mobile.

jotcast

JotCast Live Chats connects your WordPress site to <a href="https://www.jotcast.com" rel="nofollow ugc">JotCast</a> live chat, enabling zero-click single sign-on for your users. When a logged-in WordPress user visits a page with a JotCast chat embed, they are automatically signed in using their WordPress display name. No extra accounts, no login buttons, no redirects.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Zero-click SSO — WordPress users are automatically authenticated in JotCast chats with no additional steps.</li>
<li>Chat visibility control — Restrict who can see chats on your site based on WordPress role: everyone, logged-in users only, subscribers and above, or administrators only.</li>
<li>Membership gating — Use the <code>jotcast_user_is_member</code> filter hook to define your own membership criteria. Works with any membership plugin including Groups, MemberPress, Paid Memberships Pro, WooCommerce Memberships, and custom solutions.</li>
<li>Secure token exchange — SSO keys are exchanged server-to-server using short-lived, single-use authorization codes. Your encryption key never touches the browser.</li>
<li>AES-256-CBC encryption — User data is encrypted before being passed to JotCast, ensuring secure transmission.</li>
</ul>
How it works:
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Go to Settings → JotCast Live Chats and click “Connect to JotCast.”</li>
<li>Authorize the connection with your JotCast account.</li>
<li>That’s it. Your existing JotCast chat embeds will automatically log in your WordPress users.</li>
</ol>
Membership gating with custom filters:
If you want to restrict certain JotCast chats to paying members, you can define your own membership logic using the <code>jotcast_user_is_member</code> filter. Add this to your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> or a custom plugin:
<pre><code>add_filter('jotcast_user_is_member', function($is_member, $user) {
 // Your custom membership check here
 // Return true if the user is a paying member, false otherwise
 return $is_member;
}, 10, 2);
</code></pre>
The result is included in the SSO token, and you can mark individual chats as “Members Only” in JotCast’s chat creation form.
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>A JotCast account (<a href="https://www.jotcast.com" rel="nofollow ugc">sign up at jotcast.com</a>)</li>
<li>One or more JotCast chat embeds on your WordPress site</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher with the OpenSSL extension</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to the JotCast service (https://www.jotcast.com) to provide live chat functionality with automatic single sign-on for your WordPress users.
When the plugin is first connected: 
A one-time server-to-server request is made to JotCast to exchange a short-lived authorization code for an SSO encryption key. Your site URL and site name are sent during this process.
On every page load that contains a JotCast chat embed: 
The plugin encrypts the logged-in user’s display name, email address, profile picture URL, and membership status using AES-256-CBC, and appends the encrypted token to the JotCast embed script URL. This data is sent to JotCast so the user can be automatically signed into the chat. No data is sent for users who are not logged in.
<ul>
<li>Service: <a href="https://www.jotcast.com" rel="nofollow ugc">JotCast</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://www.jotcast.com/terms.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.jotcast.com/terms.html</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://www.jotcast.com/privacy.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.jotcast.com/privacy.html</a></li>
</ul>

JotCast Live Chats

Automatically log your WordPress users into JotCast live chats. Zero-click single sign-on with membership gating and role-based access control.

Arena – Group Chat for Real-Time Engagement vs JotCast Live Chats