Hao Nguyen

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.

Green Website

GW Live Visitors gives you real-time insights about your website traffic directly inside the WordPress admin. 
See how many visitors are currently active, what pages are trending, and where your traffic is coming from — without exposing any counters publicly.
Unlike heavy analytics tools, GW Live Visitors is lightweight, privacy-friendly and focused on what really matters: 
– Real-time visitor count (updated automatically) 
– Top pages and activity trends 
– Admin-only view (no public display) 
– Sessions stored only short-term (24h / 7d) for performance and privacy
Why only 24h / 7d? 
Because the goal is speed and simplicity. Keeping session data forever would bloat your database, slow down queries, and create GDPR/privacy concerns. By limiting storage, the plugin stays fast and keeps your data footprint small — while still giving you meaningful daily and weekly insights.
If you need long-term analytics, you can combine this with a dedicated tool such as Matomo, Plausible or Google Analytics.
<h3>External Services</h3>
GW Live Visitors makes use of the following external libraries and data sources:
<h4>Leaflet.js</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Interactive map display of visitor locations.</li>
<li>License: BSD 2-Clause License</li>
<li>Homepage: https://leafletjs.com/</li>
</ul>
<h4>OpenStreetMap Tiles</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Map tiles for the visitor map.</li>
<li>License: Open Database License (ODbL)</li>
<li>Homepage: https://www.openstreetmap.org/</li>
</ul>
<h4>World Countries GeoJSON</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Country boundaries and metadata for highlighting top countries.</li>
<li>License: MIT License</li>
<li>Source: https://github.com/mledoze/countries</li>
</ul>
<h4>IP Geolocation (optional)</h4>
If geolocation is enabled in the plugin settings, the visitor’s IP address is sent to a third-party service to resolve country and approximate coordinates. Users can choose which provider to use or keep geolocation disabled for full privacy.
<ul>
<li>ipapi.co — Used to look up the visitor’s country and coordinates. Sends the visitor’s IP address on each request. Terms: https://ipapi.co/terms/ — Privacy: https://ipapi.co/privacy/</li>
<li>ipinfo.io — Used to look up the visitor’s country and coordinates. Sends the visitor’s IP address on each request. Terms: https://ipinfo.io/legal — Privacy: https://ipinfo.io/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Notice</h3>
By default, GW Live Visitors does not collect, transmit or store any personally identifiable information (PII). 
Only anonymous session IDs and page hits are stored locally in your WordPress database.
If you enable the “Collect IP, User-Agent, country & coordinates” setting, the following applies:
<ul>
<li>Visitor IP addresses, User-Agent strings, and derived geolocation data may be stored locally in your database. </li>
<li>When using an external geolocation provider (ipapi.co or ipinfo.io), the visitor’s IP address is transmitted to that service in order to resolve country and approximate coordinates. </li>
<li>No cookies are set by this plugin. </li>
<li>All data remains private to your WordPress installation unless you choose to export it. </li>
</ul>
It is the site owner’s responsibility to update their site’s privacy policy if enabling IP and geolocation collection.

GW Live Visitors

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Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible vs GW Live Visitors