Init Chat Engine – Real-Time, Community, Extensible

Init Chat Engine is a clean and minimal frontend chatbox plugin, designed for homepage or site-wide communication with comprehensive administrative controls.

This plugin is the core user system behind the Init Plugin Suite – optimized for frontend-first interaction, extensibility, and real-time gamification.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-chat-engine

Key Features:

Frontend Experience:
– Built with 100% REST API and Vanilla JS
– No jQuery, no bloat – blazing fast
– Fully embeddable via [init_chatbox] shortcode
– Guest messaging support (optional)
– Smart polling system (adaptive 3.5–10s based on activity)
– Browser notifications when new messages arrive
– Scroll-up to load history, scroll-down to auto-scroll
– Opti…