Jacob Orbach

GhostChat is a lightweight, privacy-focused live chat widget for WordPress. Reply from Gmail, the mobile PWA, or the dashboard — your choice.
Why GhostChat?
<ul>
<li>~10KB widget – 20-35x smaller than tawk.to, Crisp, Tidio, LiveChat</li>
<li>Zero tracking, zero cookies – No cookie banners needed</li>
<li>15-30ms latency – Edge-powered global delivery</li>
<li>Gmail threading – Reply from your inbox, conversations stay in sync</li>
<li>WooCommerce auto-integration – Page context on all plans, cart context on Pro & Business</li>
<li>Real-time messaging – Instant customer replies</li>
<li>CRM Lite – Built-in contacts, conversation history, and notes</li>
<li>Team support – Invite agents, assign conversations (Business plan)</li>
<li>Webhooks & Bot Agent API – Integrate with your stack (Pro & Business)</li>
<li>Auto-translate – 133+ languages, real-time visitor message translation (Pro & Business)</li>
<li>Canned responses – Save time with pre-written replies</li>
<li>Mobile PWA dashboard – Reply from your phone like WhatsApp</li>
<li>GDPR-friendly – No cookies, no tracking, no consent banner needed</li>
<li>Easy setup – Takes 30 seconds to configure</li>
</ul>
How it works:
<ol>
<li>Sign up free at <a href="https://app.ghostchat.dev/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">GhostChat</a></li>
<li>Create a site and get your Site ID</li>
<li>Enter your Site ID in the plugin settings</li>
<li>The chat widget appears on your site automatically</li>
</ol>
Pricing:
<ul>
<li>Free (forever): 1 site, 30-day history, unlimited canned responses, no credit card required</li>
<li>Pro ($5/mo): 3 sites, 1-year history, business hours, visitor context & page journey, WooCommerce cart context, CSV export, webhooks, Bot Agent API, auto-translate (133+ languages)</li>
<li>Business ($25/mo): Everything in Pro plus 10 sites, unlimited history, team (up to 5 agents), remove GhostChat branding, priority support</li>
</ul>
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>Small businesses</li>
<li>Freelancers</li>
<li>E-commerce stores</li>
<li>Support teams</li>
<li>Anyone who values privacy and performance</li>
</ul>
WooCommerce Integration:
Running a WooCommerce store? The plugin auto-detects WooCommerce and sends your agents real-time context — zero configuration required. Your agents see:
<ul>
<li>Page type, product name, cart items, total, and item count — Pro & Business</li>
<li>Custom data via <code>GhostChat.setContext()</code> — Pro & Business</li>
<li>Updates in real-time on AJAX cart changes</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
GhostChat does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data from your WordPress site. The plugin only:
<ul>
<li>Stores your Site ID in your WordPress database (wp_options table)</li>
<li>Loads the chat widget script from api.ghostchat.dev</li>
<li>When WooCommerce is active, sends page context and cart data (page type, product name, items, total, count) on Pro and Business plans, and custom setContext() data on Pro and Business plans</li>
<li>Does not set any cookies</li>
<li>Does not track visitors</li>
<li>Does not send any data to third parties besides the GhostChat service</li>
</ul>
Chat conversations are handled by GhostChat service. Please review GhostChat’s privacy policy at https://ghostchat.dev/privacy for details on how chat data is handled.
<h3>Support</h3>
Need help? We’re here for you:
<ul>
<li>Email: jacob@ghostchat.dev</li>
<li>WordPress Setup Guide: https://ghostchat.dev/chat-widget-for-wordpress</li>
<li>Dashboard: https://app.ghostchat.dev</li>
<li>Website: https://ghostchat.dev</li>
</ul>
<h3>About GhostChat</h3>
GhostChat is a privacy-first live chat platform that prioritizes page speed and visitor privacy. We believe live chat shouldn’t slow down your site or compromise your visitors’ privacy.
Learn more at <a href="https://ghostchat.dev" rel="nofollow ugc">ghostchat.dev</a>

GhostChat

Lightweight live chat (~10KB) for WordPress. Reply from Gmail. Zero tracking, zero cookies, GDPR-friendly.

Init HTML

Init Chat Engine is a clean and minimal frontend chatbox plugin, designed for homepage or site-wide communication with comprehensive administrative controls.
This plugin is the core user system behind the <a href="https://en.inithtml.com/init-plugin-suite-minimalist-powerful-and-free-wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Init Plugin Suite</a> – optimized for frontend-first interaction, extensibility, and real-time gamification.
GitHub repository: <a href="https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-chat-engine" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-chat-engine</a>
Key Features:
Frontend Experience: 
– Built with 100% REST API and Vanilla JS 
– No jQuery, no bloat – blazing fast 
– Fully embeddable via <code>[init_chatbox]</code> shortcode 
– Guest messaging support (optional) 
– Smart polling system (adaptive 3.5–10s based on activity) 
– Browser notifications when new messages arrive 
– Scroll-up to load history, scroll-down to auto-scroll 
– Optimistic sending & “new message” jump button 
– Clean UI with customizable themes 
– Template override supported (<code>chatbox.php</code>)
Administrative Control: 
– Complete Settings Panel – Basic, Security, and Advanced configurations 
– Message Management – Search, view, delete messages with pagination 
– User Moderation – Ban/unban users by IP or user ID with expiration 
– Rate Limiting – Prevent spam with configurable message limits 
– Word Filtering – Block messages containing prohibited words 
– Statistics Dashboard – View chat activity, user engagement, and trends 
– Cleanup Tools – Automatic and manual cleanup of old messages 
– Custom CSS Support – Full styling customization options
Security & Moderation: 
– IP-based and user-based banning system 
– Configurable rate limiting (messages per minute) 
– Word filtering with custom blocked word lists 
– Message moderation queue (optional) 
– Automatic cleanup of old messages and expired bans 
– Admin override capabilities
Multilingual Ready: 
– Translation-ready with full <code>.pot</code> file included 
– Vietnamese translation included 
– Easy to translate to any language
Perfect for community-based sites, forums, fanpages, manga readers, SaaS dashboards, customer support, or any interactive chat widget.
<h3>Shortcode Attributes</h3>
Shortcode <code>[init_chatbox]</code> supports the following attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>height</code> – Set chat height (e.g., <code>height="400px"</code>)</li>
<li><code>width</code> – Set chat width (e.g., <code>width="100%"</code>)</li>
<li><code>theme</code> – Apply custom theme (e.g., <code>theme="dark"</code>)</li>
<li><code>show_avatars</code> – Override avatar setting (<code>true</code>/<code>false</code>)</li>
<li><code>show_timestamps</code> – Override timestamp setting (<code>true</code>/<code>false</code>)</li>
<li><code>title</code> – Add custom chat title</li>
<li><code>class</code> – Add custom CSS classes</li>
<li><code>id</code> – Set custom container ID</li>
</ul>
Example: <code>[init_chatbox height="500px" title="Community Chat" theme="modern"]</code>
<h3>Filters for Developers</h3>
This plugin provides filters and actions to allow developers to extend word filtering, message processing, and chat behavior without modifying core files.
<code>init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_filter_strategy</code> 
Modify word filtering strategy (<code>substring</code>, <code>word</code>, <code>regex</code>). 
Applies to: Message validation 
Params: <code>string $strategy</code>, <code>array $settings</code>, <code>string $message</code>
<code>init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_blocked_words</code> 
Modify the blocked-words list before validation. 
Applies to: Message validation 
Params: <code>array $blocked_words</code>, <code>array $settings</code>, <code>string $message</code>
<code>init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_bypass_filter</code> 
Bypass filtering under custom conditions (VIP, internal users, etc.). 
Applies to: Message validation 
Params: <code>bool $bypass</code>, <code>string $message</code>, <code>WP_User|null $user</code>, <code>array $settings</code>
<code>init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_word_block_hit</code> (action) 
Triggered when a word filter rule blocks a message. 
Applies to: Message validation 
Params: <code>string $blocked_word</code>, <code>string $message</code>, <code>string $strategy</code>
<code>init_plugin_suite_chat_engine_enrich_message_row</code> 
Extend chat message data (add flags, metadata, user info, etc.). 
Applies to: Backend DB → JSON output 
Params: <code>array $message_row</code>, <code>WP_User|null $user</code>
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. 
You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.

Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible

A lightweight, real-time community chat system built with REST API and Vanilla JS. No jQuery, no reload. Full admin panel with moderation tools.

GhostChat vs Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible