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Live comments and post updates for WordPress

A WordPress plugin with no build step: approved comments appear for every reader, readers get a Reload button when a post is updated, posts show how many people are reading, and WooCommerce order pages follow status changes.

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  • Settings → Hibira takes the app ID, key and secret and sends a test event. The secret can live in wp-config.php instead of the database.
  • hibira_trigger() sends your own events, and the hibira_authorize_channel filter decides who joins your private and presence channels.
  • PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.0 or later, in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese.

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  1. Install

    Download hibira.zip from the latest release,
then Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin → Activate.
Settings → Hibira: app ID, key and secret → Send a test event.

  2. Set it up

    // wp-config.php (optional: keeps the secret out of the database)
define( 'HIBIRA_APP_ID', 'YOUR_APP_ID' );
define( 'HIBIRA_APP_KEY', 'YOUR_APP_KEY' );
define( 'HIBIRA_APP_SECRET', 'YOUR_APP_SECRET' );
define( 'HIBIRA_HOST', 'ws.hibira.io' );

  3. Use it

    // From a theme or plugin: send your own events.
do_action( 'hibira_trigger', 'scores', 'goal', array( 'team' => 'home' ) );

// In the browser (the 'hibira' script handle):
// HibiraWP.pusher().subscribe('scores').bind('goal', (data) => HibiraWP.toast('Goal!'));

Before you start

  • The app secret is shown only once, when you create the app or rotate its secret. Keep it on your server, never in a browser or game build.
  • On the Free plan, list every origin your pages load from in the app’s allowed origins (http://localhost:3000 while developing, then your domain). "*" needs a paid plan.
  • On the Free plan an event carries up to 4 KB, so a longer comment arrives as a link to it.

Use the app key from your dashboard; the secret stays on your server. Channels, events and authorization endpoints work exactly as they do with Pusher. Create your free account →