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Better Chat Support for Messenger · Version history

Better Chat Support for Messenger changelog and version history

Latest version
2.6.3
Nov 7, 2026 (2 days ago)
Releases
32
since 2024
In the last year
20
about one every 19 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20245 releases
  • 20259 releases
  • 202618 releases

202618 releases

  1. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.6.3Latest

  2. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.6.1

    • New: Message variables for the Message From Agent field. An “Insert variable” picker adds dynamic values with a searchable list that explains each one.
    • Improved: Updated frontend asset versioning for stylesheets and scripts to ensure proper cache invalidation.

  3. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.6.0

    • Improved: The plugin now passes the WordPress.org Plugin Check with no errors or code warnings. Output is escaped throughout, request values are sanitized, and database queries are prepared.
    • Improved: The Help page shows plugin icons provided by the WordPress.org API instead of loading hard-coded remote images.
    • Improved: The review notice now links to the WordPress.org reviews page without pre-selecting a rating.
    • Improved: Translations are loaded by WordPress itself, as they are for every plugin hosted on WordPress.org.
    • Fixed: Analytics date ranges no longer shift if another plugin changes PHP’s default time zone.
    • Fixed: The Messenger Button block now declares block API version 3, as WordPress 7.0’s iframed editor expects.
    • Fixed: The default shortcode labels were registered under the wrong text domain, so they could not be translated.
    • Update: Minimum WordPress version is now 5.7, which the plugin already needed.

  4. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.5.0

    • Update: Admin redesigned to match the ThemeAtelier plugin family (Chat Help, Domain For Sale, Darkify) — neutral colour palette, pill-style top navigation with version shown under the logo, and Settings moved to a gear icon.
    • Update: Floating Chat and Settings pages now use a full-width layout with a sticky section sidebar (with a Get Help link) and a sticky toolbar holding Live Preview, Save and a menu for Reset.
    • Update: Settings are grouped into titled cards, with each field’s help text shown directly under its title instead of in a hover tooltip.
    • Update: Modern controls throughout — toggle switches, segmented option buttons, visual bubble-position picker, card-style layout presets, checkboxes and inputs.
    • Update: Pro features are now marked with a clear “PRO” badge and shown as read-only previews.
    • Update: Redesigned Dashboard stat cards and Shortcodes page.
    • Improved: A confirmation message now appears after settings are saved.
    • Improved: Dashboard charts and tables reflow properly on tablet and mobile screens.
    • Fixed: Button Size, Notification Number and Open/Close Transition Effect options now appear in the correct order.
    • Fixed: Preview images for a few field help hints (agent photo, close icon, button border) were not loading.
    • Fixed: Availability time picker and the Quick Setup wizard are now readable in dark mode.
    • Removed: WordPress admin footer text and the Live Demo / Open Docs links from field descriptions on the plugin’s admin screens.

  5. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.4.0

    • Added: Default agent avatar now shows the agent’s initials instead of the plugin’s built-in placeholder photo when the Agent Photo Type is set to “Default”. “Custom” and “None” work as before.
    • Added: Show Close Icon option for the chat box header — adds a small × button so visitors can close the popup without clicking the floating bubble again.
    • Fixed: When Better Chat Support for Messenger and ChatHelp were both active with their bubbles set to the same side, the two floating bubbles sat on top of each other and both chat boxes could be open at once. The bubbles now stack automatically, and opening one chat box closes and hides the other…
    • Fixed: PHP 8.1+ deprecation notice (“Automatic conversion of false to array”) raised by the database upgrade routine on sites where the settings option had never been saved.

  6. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.3.2

    • New: Admin live preview on the Floating Chat page — see your unsaved settings rendered by the real frontend code, with Desktop and Mobile viewports, a full-screen view and one-click refresh.
    • Update: Complete admin UI/UX refresh — the settings pages now use a sectioned card layout with a collapsible section rail, a sticky top bar, and consistent spacing throughout.
    • Update: Rebuilt colour fields — every colour control now opens a full picker (saturation area, hue and opacity sliders, preset swatches, eyedropper) and accepts HEX, RGB(A) and HSL(A) values.
    • Improved: Dropdowns no longer lock the page while open, open above or below depending on available space, and stay scrollable with long option lists.
    • Fixed: Dark mode is now applied across every admin screen, including the dashboard charts, availability schedule and all form fields.
    • Fixed: The admin no longer flashes light for a moment before dark mode is applied on page load.

  7. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.3.1

    • New: Finishing the setup wizard now auto-selects the “Single Agent” chat experience so your floating chat is ready to show right away.
    • Improved: The onboarding newsletter opt-in now prefills your admin email, making it easier to subscribe.

  8. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.3.0

    • New: First-run setup wizard on the Floating Chat page — an animated, chat-style onboarding that collects your Facebook ID, agent name, and agent message to get the Messenger chat live in under a minute.

  9. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.2.1

    • Fixed: PHP warning “preg_match_all(): Unknown modifier ‘b'” triggered by the Help page reviews on some servers.

  10. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.2.0

    • Update: Complete admin panel redesign — migrated from Codestar Framework to React-based architecture
    • Update: Improved overall user experience and performance of admin dashboard
    • Update: Removed full-page reload issue — admin navigation now works with React Router (no reload on menu click)
    • Update: Enhanced UI responsiveness and smoother navigation between Dashboard, Settings, Floating Chat, Shortcode, and Help pages
    • Improved: All previously unstable or partially working options are now fully functional
    • Improved: Better state management across admin settings
    • Improved: Faster and more stable admin interactions
    • Improved: Overall plugin UX consistency across all settings pages
    • Fixed: Admin menu navigation reload issue (now fully SPA-based using React Router)
    • Fixed: Several settings/options not working properly in previous Codestar version
    • Fixed: UI inconsistency and broken behavior in older admin components
    • Fixed: Improved handling of configuration changes without page reload
    • Fixed: Stability issues in multiple admin settings fields

  11. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.1.1

    • Fixed: Conversion tracking for Gutenberg block, shortcode, and Elementor widget button clicks.

  12. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.1.0

    • Added: React-powered admin Dashboard as the new main plugin page.
    • Added: Analytics system to track visitors, widget views, and conversions with date range filtering.
    • Added: Analytics trend line chart showing visitors, views, and conversions over time.
    • Added: Country and browser detection for analytics tracking.
    • Added: Frontend tracking script injected automatically to capture widget interactions.
    • Updated: Plugin main menu page now renders via React for a modern SPA experience.
    • Updated: Plugin admin menu renamed to “Messenger”.
    • Updated: Floating Chat settings moved to a dedicated submenu page.

  13. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.0.1

    • Added: Theme Style option to choose different chat bubble designs (e.g., Flat and Custom styles).
    • Added: Display Notification Icon option to show or hide the notification icon in the interface.

  14. Better Chat Support for Messenger 2.0.0

    • Added: New “Simple Button” floating layout.
    • Updated: Completely redesigned admin panel for improved usability.
    • Updated: Refined option titles and descriptions for better clarity.
    • Updated: Enhanced Gutenberg block settings and controls.
    • Updated: Improved Elementor widget options and customization.

  15. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.3.2

    • Added: Floating Chat Layout field.
    • Improved: Option dependency logic.
    • Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.

  16. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.3.1

    • Added: Custom CSS and JavaScrip option under setting to the Advance tag.
    • Added: More bubble position.
    • Added: Visibility option for bubble.
    • Fixed: Agent availability issue.
    • Fixed: Device visibility issue.
    • Update: Moved Clean-up Data on Deletion setting to the Advance tab.

  17. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.22

    • Removed: Appsero integration.
    • Update: Some codebase.

  18. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.21

    • Added: Data clean-up option on deletion.
    • Added: Enable/disable option for the floating chat feature.
    • Added: New shortcode attributes: background, visibility, size, and rounded corners.
    • Fixed: Codebase refactored for improved stability and maintainability.
    • Updated: Verified compatibility with the latest WordPress release.
    • Updated: Verified compatibility with the latest PHP version.

20259 releases

  1. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.20

    • Tested: WordPress 6.9 compatibility.

  2. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.19

    • Updated: Ensured all data is properly sanitized, validated, and escaped.

  3. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.18

    • Tested: WordPress 6.8.3 compatibility.
    • Update: Improved some codebase

  4. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.17

    • Added: Conditional check for photo display — if no photo is set, it won’t show a blank image.
    • Fixed: Button CSS issues when using various animation styles.
    • Updated: Plugin markup across different scenarios to ensure better compatibility with all types of themes.

  5. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.16

    • Update: Plugin menu name to ‘Messenger’ for better useablity.
    • Update: Recommanded plugins.
    • Update: Upgrade to pro plugin menu.

  6. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.15

    • Fixed: Timezone issues.
    • Added: Position control option.

  7. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.14

    • Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.
    • Fix: The translation-related warning with WP 6.8.

  8. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.13

    • Updted: Some codebase.

  9. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.12

20245 releases

  1. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.11

  2. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.10

  3. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.9

  4. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.8

  5. Better Chat Support for Messenger 1.2.7

Questions about Better Chat Support for Messenger’s releases

What is the latest version of Better Chat Support for Messenger?

2.6.3, released on Nov 7, 2026 (2 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.

How often is Better Chat Support for Messenger updated?

20 releases in the last year, about one every 19 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2024.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Better Chat Support for Messenger’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.