Adds a highly customizable "Speech Balloon" block to the WordPress editor. Allows creating presets with avatars and inserting them as blocks.
As of April 2026, Hinagata Speech Balloon is a WordPress chat plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 281 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2026. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Joinchat.
Hinagata Speech Balloon is a WordPress plugin that adds a flexible speech balloon block to the Gutenberg editor.
It is designed to let you manage “Presets” for your balloons, so you can easily reuse the same character or style across your site.
Features
* Preset Management: create up to 20 balloon presets.
* Highly Customizable: Set avatar images, names, colors, shapes (circle/square/rounded), border styles, and more.
* Block Editor Integration: Select a preset from the block settings dropdown.
* Dynamic Template: Advanced users can edit the HTML output structure in the settings.
* Import/Export: Easy JSON export for backup or migration.
This plugin uses npm and webpack to bundle JavaScript and CSS files.
The source code is located in the src directory.
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| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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