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Better Messages 2.10.1

Does Better Messages work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-03 14:15:25 UTC.

Summary

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Better Messages ‹ Test site — WordPress

Better Messages

Better Messages → Messaging

Better Messages → Integrations

Better Messages → Mini Widgets

Better Messages → Mobile

Better Messages → Attachments

Better Messages → Notifications

Better Messages → Restrictions

Better Messages → Calls

Better Messages → Group Calls

Better Messages → Customization

Better Messages → Shortcodes

Better Messages → Tools

Better Messages → Chat Rooms

Better Messages → AI Chat Bots

Better Messages → Administration

Better Messages → Administration → Guests

Better Messages → Add-Ons

Better Messages → Upgrade  ➤

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.435 s	0.761 s	+0.326 s	3.77 MiB	4.78 MiB	+ 1.01 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.365 s	0.414 s	+0.049 s	3.78 MiB	4.78 MiB	+ 1 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.862 s	0.908 s	+0.046 s	6.3 MiB	7.82 MiB	+ 1.52 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.613 s	0.414 s	-0.199 s	3.74 MiB	4.71 MiB	+ 997.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.326 s	0.531 s	+0.205 s	3.71 MiB	4.66 MiB	+ 969.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.498 s	0.479 s	-0.019 s	3.7 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 964.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.422 s	0.313 s	-0.109 s	3.71 MiB	4.69 MiB	+ 1004.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.710 s	0.701 s	-0.009 s	6.29 MiB	7.81 MiB	+ 1.51 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.359 s	0.511 s	+0.152 s	3.71 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 953.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.341 s	0.378 s	+0.037 s	3.73 MiB	4.7 MiB	+ 994.38 KiB
/	0.305 s	0.680 s	+0.375 s	4.1 MiB	4.53 MiB	+ 439.82 KiB
Average	0.476 s	0.554 s	+0.078 s	4.23 MiB	5.25 MiB	+ 1.02 MiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	59.0%	50,754	14,199	337
	CSS	23.5%	20,228	292	10
	Sass	12.8%	10,972	140	11
	JavaScript	2.9%	2,514	15	9
	JSON	1.7%	1,435	0	4
	SVG	0.1%	55	0	2
Total			85,958	14,646	373

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 10

• wp_bm_guests
• wp_bm_mentions
• wp_bm_message_messages
• wp_bm_message_meta
• wp_bm_message_recipients
• wp_bm_moderation
• wp_bm_thread_meta
• wp_bm_threads
• wp_bm_user_index
• wp_bm_user_roles_index

Options wp_options 6

• better_messages_2_db_version
• better_messages_db_migrated
• fs_accounts
• fs_active_plugins
• fs_api_cache
• fs_debug_mode

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

• bpbm_secret_key

Custom Post Types 2

ID	Name
bpbm-chat	Chat Rooms
bm-ai-chat-bot	AI Chat Bots

Capabilities 1

• bm_can_administrate

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 14:16:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 14:16:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 14:17:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 14:17:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

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