- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.3
- Additional requirements
- PHP 8.0+ / XenForo 2.3+
Optional: Pusher or a Pusher-compatible server (Ably, self-hosted Soketi) for instant delivery and calls. Messaging works without it.
- License
- Commercial. Single site covers one forum on one domain, Unlimited sites covers every forum you run. Redistribution is not permitted.
- Updates duration
- 12 months of updates and support from the date of purchase. Renewal is optional: €24 for Single site, €59 for Unlimited sites. Without it, the version you have keeps working.
- Visible branding
- No
A complete real-time messenger for XenForo 2.3, on native direct messages: chat, calls, events, polls, bots and more.
Your members message each other all day on Discord, WhatsApp and iMessage. Then they come back to your forum and find an inbox that reloads the page to show a new line of text. Immersive Messenger closes that gap: messages arrive as they are sent, you see who is typing and who has read, and private conversations finally feel alive.
Chat heads and mini windows on every page of the forum
A new group in seconds, with photos before sending
Your members message each other all day on Discord, WhatsApp and iMessage. Then they come back to your forum and find an inbox that reloads the page to show a new line of text. Immersive Messenger closes that gap: messages arrive as they are sent, you see who is typing and who has read, and private conversations finally feel alive.
Try it in two minutes, before you buy
The tour
The full page: chats, conversation and details side by sideChat heads and mini windows on every page of the forum
A new group in seconds, with photos before sending
An organised inbox with labels and message requests
Forum threads shared into a chat as cards
Reply threads and a message search with filters
Events with RSVP, quizzes and anonymous polls
Sticker packs and member statuses
One-to-one video calls and group calls in beta
Restrictions, the approval queue and chat export
Bots and signed webhooks in the Admin CP
Forum threads shared into a chat as cards
Reply threads and a message search with filters
Events with RSVP, quizzes and anonymous polls
Sticker packs and member statuses
One-to-one video calls and group calls in beta
Restrictions, the approval queue and chat export
Bots and signed webhooks in the Admin CP
What it does
- A messenger, not a page. Conversation list, chat and details side by side, a dock with chat heads and mini windows on every page, and two clean screens on a phone.
- Live delivery that never drops a message. With Pusher, messages land in about a second. Without it, the messenger keeps itself in sync. Sent messages are queued and retried, even through a network cut.
- Everything people expect from chat. Replies, reactions, edits, pins, forwarding, voice notes, photos and videos, @mentions, scheduled messages, reminders, drafts and read receipts.
- Calls. One-to-one voice and video calls with screen sharing, from the chat, a profile or the dock.
- Every chat its own. Shared themes and wallpapers, nicknames, group photos, a quick emoji and word effects.
- Looks like your forum. Native XenForo components and style properties, light and dark, without a single hard-coded colour.
New in 2.6.1
Everything added since 2.1.2, in one upgrade:- Dock and full page. Chat heads, up to three mini windows, and a three-column page with members, media, pins, reminders and scheduled messages.
- New message. Pick people as chips, name the group and add photos with a live upload tray.
- Organised inbox. Mentions, threads, starred, muted and archived chats, colour labels, and message requests for first chats from strangers.
- Forum cards. Send any thread, post or profile into a chat. Each reader only sees what their permissions allow.
- Threads and search. Reply in a thread without flooding the chat, and search every message by person, date and type.
- Events, polls and quizzes. RSVP, calendar links and reminders, anonymous polls, hidden results and quizzes that reveal the right answer.
- Stickers, statuses and export. Sticker packs you manage in the Admin CP, a status and "last active" next to names, and chat export as a web page, JSON or text.
- Calls that reach people. Push notifications for incoming and missed calls, and group calls in beta.
- Bots and webhooks. Bot accounts with a badge and slash commands, signed webhooks in and out, and a REST API scoped to Messenger.
For you, running it
Restrictions per member with an end date, rules for new accounts and links, filtered words that block a message or send it to the approval queue, reports that include the surrounding messages, permissions per user group, and a dashboard with a setup health check.Good to know
Requires XenForo 2.3 and PHP 8.0 or later. Conversations stay in XenForo's own direct message tables: if you disable the add-on, the native inbox shows them intact. Live delivery and calls use Pusher or a Pusher-compatible server; messaging works without it. For calls across strict mobile networks, add a TURN server (Cloudflare and Metered are built in). Group calls are a beta, peer to peer for small groups, and off by default. Voice note transcription is optional and needs an API key from a provider (OpenAI, Deepgram or a compatible service). Install the archive over any 2.x version from the Admin CP.What you get
- One payment, from €49 for a single site. No subscription. An unlimited sites license is available on the product page.
- Twelve months of updates. Every release in that year is yours, and the add-on keeps working after it.
- A 14-day guarantee. If it does not work as described on a compatible board and support cannot fix it, you are refunded in full.
- Support from the developer. The person who wrote the code answers.
- Theme-safe. Built from XenForo's own building blocks, so it follows your style, light and dark.
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