Title: Hibira Realtime Author: hibira Published: November 6, 2026 Last modified: November 6, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/hibira/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3787172) ![](https://ps.w.org/hibira/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3787172) # Hibira Realtime By [hibira](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hibira/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hibira.0.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hibira/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hibira/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hibira/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hibira/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hibira/) ## Description Hibira Realtime makes your site update while people are looking at it. It uses [Hibira](https://hibira.io/?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=plugins), a hosted realtime service that speaks the Pusher Channels protocol, so your server never holds WebSocket connections open. Pages stay cacheable. * **Live comments.** An approved comment shows up for everyone reading the post, without a reload. Replies go under their parent comment. * **Post updated notice.** When you update a published post, its readers see a notice with a Reload button. * **Readers now.** A small “12 reading now” counter on posts, in a corner of the page or wherever you put the `[hibira_readers]` shortcode or `hibira_readers()` template tag. * **WooCommerce order status.** The order received and view order pages change when the order status changes, so customers waiting on “Processing” see “Completed” the moment you mark it. * **Admin notices.** A notice in wp-admin when an order comes in or a comment awaits approval. * **For developers.** `hibira_trigger( $channels, $event, $data )` sends your own events, and `HibiraWP.pusher()` in the browser subscribes to them. Private and presence channels are signed by `/wp-json/hibira/v1/auth` and decided by the ` hibira_authorize_channel` filter. Hibira’s free plan (no card) covers a typical blog: 100 concurrent connections and 200,000 messages a day. #### External service This plugin connects to Hibira (ws.hibira.io by default, or the host you set): * Your server sends events (comment author name, avatar URL and comment text of approved comments; post modified time; order status; order number and total for admin notices) to Hibira’s HTTP API when they happen. * Visitors’ browsers open a WebSocket connection to Hibira on posts and order pages, to receive those events. For the readers-now count, each browser joins with a random ID; no names or personal data are sent. Hibira’s [terms](https://hibira.io/legal/terms) and [privacy policy](https://hibira.io/legal/privacy). #### Source code and libraries The plugin’s source, with its tests, is at [github.com/hibira-io/wordpress](https://github.com/hibira-io/wordpress). ``` assets/vendor/pusher.min.js is the minified build of [pusher-js](https://github.com/pusher/pusher-js) 8.6.0 (MIT), unchanged except for the removed source map comment. Its source is at [github.com/pusher/pusher-js](https://github.com/pusher/pusher-js), and the same file can be built with `npm install pusher-js@8.6.0` (`dist/web/pusher.min.js`). ``` ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Create a free app at [hibira.io](https://hibira.io/portal), open it and copy the app ID, key and secret. 3. Go to **Settings Hibira**, paste them, choose the features, and press **Send a test event**. To keep the secret out of the database, put it in wp-config.php instead: ``` define( 'HIBIRA_APP_SECRET', 'your-secret' ); HIBIRA_APP_ID, `HIBIRA_APP_KEY` and `HIBIRA_HOST` work the same way. ``` ## FAQ ### Does it work with page caching? Yes. Pages are served from the cache as usual; the live parts connect from the browser. Visitors’ auth requests (readers now, guest order pages) do not need a nonce. ### Do I need Pusher? No. Hibira speaks the same protocol as Pusher Channels, so the plugin uses the standard pusher-js library pointed at Hibira. It also works with another Pusher-compatible server if you set its host and port. ### How much does it cost? Each event counts as one message, however many readers receive it. Readers now uses presence channels: each open tab is one connection, and a channel shows at most 100 members, so busier posts show “100+”. ### My theme’s comments look different from the live ones Live comments use WordPress’s classic comment markup (`li.comment > article.comment- body`). To change what is sent, use the `hibira_comment_payload` filter. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Hibira Realtime” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ hibira ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hibira/) [Translate “Hibira Realtime” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hibira) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hibira/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hibira/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hibira/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hibira/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.2 * Translations come from translate.wordpress.org; the plugin no longer ships .po/. mo files or calls load_plugin_textdomain(). * The auth endpoint checks each channel in its permission callback and validates its parameters. * Stricter sanitizing of settings and of live comment HTML. #### 0.1.1 * README: cover image and screenshots. #### 0.1.0 * First release: live comments, post updated notice, readers now, WooCommerce order status, admin notices, `hibira_trigger()`. ## Meta * Version **0.1.2** * Last updated **10 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [live comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-comments/)[Notifications](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notifications/) [realtime](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/realtime/)[Websocket](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/websocket/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hibira/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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