Chatwee

There are multiple WordPress live chat plugins available, so how\’s our different? Well our focus is primarily on online communities and their growth.
Why? Because your website audience matters!
People coming in to your site have a direct impact on whether your endeavor is a success or a failure. It’s our goal to help you succeed by providing an advanced group chat solution that:
<ul>
<li>enhances the overall user experience</li>
<li>boost user engagement</li>
<li>creates a platform for real time interaction, including text, a rich set of emoji, and photos</li>
</ul>
Chatwee can become your site’s social hub, a place where community members come together to interact, or serve as an add-on supporting comments section or a forum.
Sign up with no commitments whatsoever and add a new, dynamic element to spark up your site. As proven by numerous sites using Chatwee, we’re among the leaders in providing solutions supporting online community growth.
<a href="https://chatwee.com" rel="nofollow ugc">See Chatwee live</a>
<h4>Key benefits of the Chatwee WordPress plugin:</h4>
<ul>
<li>extensive customization options</li>
<li>user-friendly installation, including enabling Single Sign-on utilizing your WordPress user database</li>
<li>real time, rich interaction across multiple chat rooms</li>
</ul>
<h4>Resources</h4>
<ul>
<li>To use the plugin, please <a href="https://client.chatwee.com/v2/dashboard" rel="nofollow ugc">sign up</a> with us first. It’s free and you’ll need access to the installation code, in order to get this plugin to work.</li>
<li><a href="https://chatwee.com/wordpress-chat-plugin-installation" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress chat plugin installation instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chatwee.com/full-features" rel="nofollow ugc">Chatwee features</a></li>
<li>Follow us on <a href="https://facebook.com/chatwee" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Chatwee" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://pl.pinterest.com/chatwee/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pinterest</a> for the latest updates</li>
<li>Visit our <a href="http://blog.chatwee.com" rel="nofollow ugc">blog</a> for inspirational posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://chatwee.com/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact us</a> with any questions you may still have.</li>
</ul>

Chat by Chatwee

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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.

Chat by Chatwee vs JotCast Live Chats