Title: Chat Bro Live Group Chat
Author: ChatBro
Published: <strong>April 26, 2016</strong>
Last modified: May 22, 2024

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Chat Bro Live Group Chat

 By [ChatBro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yozeg/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/chatbro.4.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/)

## Description

[ChatBro](https://www.chatbro.com) – live group chat for your website.

### Why ChatBro?

 * Support [Telegram](https://telegram.org/), [VK](https://vk.com) chats and channels
 * Audio, photo and video previews
 * Web chat constructor
 * Mobile ready
 * Very fast
 * Indexed by search robots

### Easy Installation

After installing the plugin just name your chat. Chat can be easily configured with
visual chat constructor tool. You can change color scheme, size, initial state, 
etc.

### Link with Telegram

Add [@chatbrobot](https://telegram.me/chatbrobot?startgroup=chat) to your Telegram
chat or channel. Send /sync command in case of channel. You’ll receive sync url 
from bot.

#### Group chat is better than privates with operators

Most people just read chat and see admin’s reactions to realize that the website
is functional and adequate. You can chat with visitor in private if needed.

### Open Source

ChatBro plugin is an open source project. You can get the [source code](https://github.com/NikolayLiber/chatbro-plugin)
from GitHub.
 Pull requests are welcome.

## Screenshots

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## FAQ

### How to add new administrators to the chat?

There could be only one administrator of the chat.

### How to link Telegram group/supergroup with the web chat?

Add @ChatbroBot to the group. Bot will send a link via a personal message, by which
you can link the web chat and the Telegram group/supergroup.

### How to link the Telegram channel with the web chat?

Add @ChatbroBot to the selected channel as an administrator and type “/sync” in 
the channel. The bot will send a link for synchronization.

### I can not add the bot to the channel

Use the desktop version of Telegram. Add the bot as an administrator (you can not
add the bot as a common user).

### Is your service suitable for broadcasting the Telegram channel to the website?

Our service is great for this. To send messages to one side (channel -> web chat),
configure the web chat so that it does not allow sending messages. Additionally,
you can configure the bot so that it can not write to the channel.

### How to remove the synchronization of the web chat with a group/conversation?

There are a couple of ways to do this:
 * Delete the bot from the conversation/group/
supergroup/channel. Synchronization will be automatically deleted, an alert will
be sent to the private messages. * In the chat editor in the “Synchronization with
messengers” block, you can see all active links and delete it.

### Can I add my bot to synchronize messages?

You can add your bot. It will work just like the standard one and you will can to
control over it. There are 2 types of bots: telegram and VK. VK bot is any empty
or unused page in the social network. To add a bot, follow these steps:
 1. Authorize.
2. Go to your profile using the site navigation. 3. Click the “Add your bot” button,
select the bot type and enter the authorization data. Then click the “Add” button.
If the data is correct, the bot will be added and automatically turned on.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/585cb4ecf0c5d5731a1bc8885fa74c43672e5d2892b29e87786f2ac8a618030a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[A gorgeous online chat plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-gorgeous-online-chat-plugin/)󠁿

 [Lom-666](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lom666/) October 3, 2023

Just the best of the best! I have been using it for a long time and have never regretted
it!Просто лучший из лучших! Давно пользуюсь и ни разу не пожалел!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4193e7893d9c9ab13408451df505c6109570f8ec3417fc0924c96809fcae37f2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[For those visitors don’t want to register a Telegram account](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stopped-working-368/)󠁿

 [djkano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djkano/) June 18, 2020 1 reply

UPDATE: They updated the plugin and is working again

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a61a3fe46da238ccd95abfc954213ec2486724e33b3a31caa2c3f6adf6aa27fb?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excellent For Telegram](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-for-telegram/)󠁿

 [Eli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realact/) May 6, 2020

This is an excellent, very well designed plugin with a lot of features. You can 
basically configure a full-featured chat system on your website based on Telegram.
If you want even more advanced features you can get the premium version. My only
concern now is that it hasn’t been updated for quite some time, I really hope it’s
not abandoned. Developer, thank you so much for your contribution, keep it alive!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5980f7ca1a3204aa509fa8de040e5d47cbc3446e4880309485e819ff0ef702d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The site is slow due to ChatBro](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-site-is-slow-due-to-chatbro/)󠁿

 [alkerprivate](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alkerprivate/) August 1, 2019

Everything was fine, but now ChatBro began to open different links. This happens
every time you go to the pages of the site. Now the site has become noticeably slow.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0b5de0fd764445e264219f4b6cd6e852c720cb35a91d606ed5212c149c4edfb3?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Could be Great, But It’s Not!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-be-great-but-its-not-2/)󠁿

 [Ronzo19](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ronzo19/) April 20, 2019

This could be a great chat plugin, but it does not appear to be supported any longer.
Does not play on all devices.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7fc8b7c64b6ca153abb3c3f9a450cf42e8c5a4cba443ea7bf79a01d8f5e741a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thank You!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-1696/)󠁿

 [monokli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/monokli/) August 14, 2018

Very nice, easy to use, many thanks from Hungary 🙂

 [ Read all 20 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Chat Bro Live Group Chat” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ChatBro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yozeg/)
 *   [ chatbro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chatbro/)

“Chat Bro Live Group Chat” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/chatbro/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Chat Bro Live Group Chat” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/chatbro)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbro/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/chatbro/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chatbro/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chatbro/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 4.1.0

 * Plugin refactoring, code updated for the latest wp version.
 * Added ‘Plugin enabled’ option.
 * Various minor improvements and fixes.
 * Fixed a situation where it was impossible to delete a plugin that was never activated.
 * Updated old logos and banner.

#### 4.0.5

 * Fixed shortcode option static=false, for cases when the chat is defined as static.

#### 4.0.4

 * Fixed display of profile and tariff tabs.

#### 4.0.3

 * Updated translations.
 * Updated load own translations.

#### 4.0.2

 * Removed open chat button.

#### 4.0.1

 * API fixed.
 * Fixed interface.
 * Fixed saving settings.

#### 4.0.0

 * Improved UI and usability.
 * Ability to add new chats and delete existing ones.
 * Customizing each individual chat.
 * A system of child chats has been implemented to generate chats on the fly.
 * Added a tab with a list of all chats and useful information on them.
 * Added profile tab. On it you can get information on the status of your bots, 
   history of payments and debits, referrals, as well as replenish the balance directly
   from the plugin. Also on it, you can link your profile with other social networks
   for convenient moderation in the chat.
 * Added a tab with tariffs.
 * Updated plugin settings tab. The options ‘Display chat to guests’, ‘Show popup
   chat’ and ‘Pages’ have been moved to the chat list tab. Now each chat will have
   separate settings for these parameters.
 * Updated help tab. Added useful links to our resources, as well as communication
   contacts. Added a new chat widget with news, which is synchronized with our telegram
   channel.
 * Added useful tips and notifications.
 * Bug fixes.

#### 3.0.3

 * Bug fixes

#### 3.0.2

 * Minor bug fixes

#### 3.0.1

 * Minor bug fix

#### 3.0.0

 * New plugin core

#### 2.3.0

 * Updated chat embed code

#### 2.2.10

 * Encoding chat parameters containing urls to prevent chat parameters substitution
   by some plugins doing page post processing and replacing urls.

#### 2.2.9

 * Minor bug fix

#### 2.2.8

 * More debug info added

#### 2.2.7

 * Some debug info added

#### 2.2.6

 * Italian translation added

#### 2.2.5

 * Removed some debug info

#### 2.2.4

 * Fixed an issue where chat was always displaying to guests despite of “Display
   to guests” setting value.

#### 2.2.3

 * Compatibility with most plugins that replaces Gravatar avatars with locally

#### 2.2.2

 * Integration with WP User Avatar plugin.

#### 2.2.1

 * Made separate support chats for English and Russian speaking users.

#### 2.2.0

 * Added wordpress widget for chat

#### 2.1.1

 * WordPress language pack integration

#### 2.1.0

 * Help tab added with FAQ that will be updating and live chat with developers

#### 2.0.3

 * Fixed an issue where login via facebook and other social networks fails with 
   error “Incorrect CSRF token”.

#### 2.0.2

 * Fixed issue when chat wasn’t shown to unregistered user
 * Many minor bug fixes

#### 2.0.1

 * More informative error message on plugin activation fault.

#### 2.0.0

 * Redesigned UI.
 * Shortcode [chatbro] added.
 * Per role permissions configuration added.

#### 1.1.11

 * Fixed issue when chat wasn’t being created after plugin installation until user
   has gone to the chat constructor.

#### 1.1.10

 * Fixed issue when the plugin wasn’t been uninstalled correctly.

#### 1.1.9

 * Fixed issue when spoofing protection signature was calculated incorrectly.

#### 1.1.8

 * Issue when chat admin capabilities weren’t added to Administrator after plugin
   upgrade was finaly fixed.

#### 1.1.7

 * Fixed issue when plugin deactivation and reactivation were required after upgrade
   to add message delete and user ban capabilities to Administrator role.

#### 1.1.6

 * Admin user proper appears in chat created from plugin (without registration at
   [chatbro](http://chatbro.com)).
 * Added capability to delete chat messages and ban users for WP Administrator role.

#### 1.1.5

 * Fixed issue where fatal error was occured after plugin installation on systems
   that don’t have cURL module installed. We didn’t depend on cURL module anymore.

#### 1.1.4

 * WordPress 4.7 compatibility tested.

#### 1.1.3

 * Fixed issue where chat weren’t appeared on the page after plugin activation.

#### 1.1.2

 * Gravatar issue fixed (avatars weren’t displayed correctly).

#### 1.1.1

 * Minor bug fixes. PHP 5.2 compatibility issues fix.

#### 1.1.0

 * Integration with chat constructor

#### 1.0.9

 * Integration of a user profile with WP-Recal

#### 1.0.8

 * New option: “Show the message to guests with a request to be register”. [screenshot](http://dl2.joxi.net/drive/2016/07/05/0016/1447/1070503/03/a446d7a7d5.png)

#### 1.0.7

 * Bug fixes

#### 1.0.6

 * Protection against CSRF attacks
 * Find your secretKey in “My chats” on [chatbro.com >>](http://www.chatbro.com/account/)(
   you must be logged)

#### 1.0.5

 * Exclusion of broken links on user profiles

#### 1.0.4

 * Added the option of indexing chat. See screenshot #5

#### 1.0.3

 * Appearance parameters are added:
 * Message block background color
 * Message block text color
 * Input block background color
 * Input block text color

#### 1.0.2

 * Integration of a user profile with BuddyPress, bbPress

#### 1.0.1

 * Fix: Broken avatars

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **4.1.0**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  Tested up to **6.5.8**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/) and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/chatbro)
 * Tags
 * [chat](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chat/)[chat plugin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chat-plugin/)
   [chat widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chat-widget/)[live chat](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-chat/)
   [Telegram chat](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/telegram-chat/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chatbro/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  16 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ ChatBro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yozeg/)
 *   [ chatbro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chatbro/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chatbro/)