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Asad Khalil
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LobbyChat
A live, casual shoutbox for your community. Real-time messages, emoji reactions, link previews, moderator tools, optional AI bot.
LobbyChat ranks #27,724 among WordPress.org plugins with 20+ active installations, is #1,111 of 3,382 in the Communication category, and was last updated Jun 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Tested up to WP 7.0.5 (Current: 7.1.1)
v1.2.2
Current Version v1.2.2
Updated 2 months ago
Last Update on 27 Jun, 2026
Refreshed 8 hours ago
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#1,111 of 3,382 in Communication
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- Version
- 1.2.2
- Last Updated
- Jun 27, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.8+
- Tested Up To
- 7.0.5
- PHP Version
- 7.2 or higher
- Author
- Asad Khalil
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about LobbyChat
No. LobbyChat uses simple HTTP polling at a configurable interval (default 30 seconds). It runs entirely on your own WordPress install with no external dependencies.
Yes — guest posting is on by default. They just enter a display name. You can require login in Settings if you prefer.
Edit the user in Users → All Users, change their role (or add the role) to LobbyChat Moderator. Administrators are automatically moderators.
The bot is off by default. To turn it on, you provide your own Gemini API key (Google offers a free tier — see aistudio.google.com/apikey) and/or OpenAI key. The bot calls those APIs directly from your server using your key. We never see your messages or your key.
Yes if you want. Set Auto-delete old messages in Settings to a number of days (default 30, set to 0 to keep forever). Pinned messages are never auto-deleted.
Not in the current version. Messages are stored in a standard MySQL table (wp_lobbychat) so any standard WP backup or export tool will include them.
Yes — every color is set via CSS custom properties (--lobbychat-accent, --lobbychat-bg, etc.) on the wrapper. Override them in your theme's stylesheet.
Yes, the layout is fully responsive and supports fullscreen mode.
By default usernames link to the WordPress author archive — but only if that user has published a post (otherwise the link is omitted to avoid 404s). To send clicks to a different URL (e.g. a BuddyPress profile, a custom /profile/{username} page from your community plugin, or anywhere else), use the lobbychat_profile_url filter in your theme's functions.php: add_filter( 'lobbychat_profile_url', function( $url, $user_id ) { $user = get_userdata( $user_id ); return $user ? home_url( '/profile/' . $user->user_login ) : $url; }, 10, 2 );
