WIM (WoW Instant Messenger) v3
WIM (WoW Instant Messenger) is a World of Warcraft addon which brings an instant messenger feel to communication in game.
Features
- Whispers in their own windows.
- Chat in their own windows.
- Tabbed windows
- Highly configurable.
- History
- Copy and paste as:
- Raw Text
- BBCode
- Copy and paste as:
- Advanced, intellectual window behaviors & animations.
- Skins
- Emoticons
- Clickable web URLS for easy viewing. No more retyping a long url a friend sends you.
- Customizable sound options.
- Expose - great way to clear your screen of windows when you are in combat.
- Addon Compatibility: (Always make sure you are running the latest versions.
- Prat
- DBM
Having a problem? Report it here (GitHub)
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Posted Jan 16, 2026Addon mostly works in TBC classic, but the invite button doesn't it doesn't throw an error that I see it just appears to do nothing.
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Posted Jan 17, 2026In reply to Tre916: Correct Invite Button doesnt work anymore. Plz fix this nice Addon for TBC Anniversary
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Posted Jan 16, 2026not working for me in tbc anniversary, some people do have it working im not sure if something else is interfering. Just wanted to add, i disabled all my addons and only enabled WIM and its not working, I fully deleted wim manually and reinstalled didnt work. It is working for my guildies, it shows as out of date on my addons list but im definitely installing under the tbc tab its v3.14.4
**SOLVED**
I had to manually go into the tbc.toc file and change the interface number from 20504 to 20505. if youre having issues like i was just try this it worked instantly
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Posted Jan 16, 2026pls update for tbc
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Posted Jan 15, 2026doesnt work invite on tbc
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Posted Jan 2, 2026I can no longer message people in game, brings up a bug report with each attempt on 3.14.4. I had to downgrade to 3.14.3 in order to continue using this addon in 11.2.7 TWW retail wow.
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Posted Dec 19, 2025Is there a way to make it work while in housing edit mode? I keep missing whispers or having to leave edit mode to respond to people. I may be missing a setting or something. Thanks for the awesome addon! I can't live without it. <3
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Posted Dec 23, 2025In reply to ThalliaGreystorm:
When I am able to, I'll take a look.
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Posted Dec 18, 2025Fix for Mailbox/AutoComplete Enter Key Issue
If you are experiencing the issue where pressing Enter to select a name in the Mailbox (or other non-whisper frames) opens a WIM window, here is a manual fix.
1. Open the file: Interface\AddOns\WIM\Modules\WhisperEngine.lua
2. Search for the function: hooksecurefunc("AutoCompleteButton_OnClick", function(self) (around line 872).
3. Add the following 3 lines of code right after the local target = ... line:
if (editBox and editBox.chatType ~= "WHISPER" and editBox.chatType ~= "BN_WHISPER") then
return;
end
Full Context:
hooksecurefunc("AutoCompleteButton_OnClick", function(self)
local autoComplete = self:GetParent();
local editBox = autoComplete.parent;
local target = self.nameInfo and self.nameInfo.name and safeName(_G.Ambiguate(self.nameInfo.name, "none")) or nil;
-- [Added Code]
if (editBox and editBox.chatType ~= "WHISPER" and editBox.chatType ~= "BN_WHISPER") then
return;
end
-- [Added Code end]
-- handle the whisper interception
if (target and db and db.enabled) then
-- ... rest of the code
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Posted Dec 19, 2025In reply to KrevenRess:
Thank you for your contribution.
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Posted Dec 20, 2025In reply to KrevenRess: Seams that it is fixed now from update
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Posted Dec 17, 2025Also the emotes in chat only sais the name of the player/npc in brown and not that they are emoting.
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Posted Dec 17, 2025I am getting this error message saying Unable to whisper %s' Blizzard services may be unavalible when I hit enter after having typed the character name
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Posted Dec 17, 2025In reply to graceybfrg: this happens when i try to send mail, and i cannot send mail unless i disable the addon.
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Posted Dec 20, 2025In reply to ittybittybird: Seams that it is fixed now from update
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Posted Dec 14, 2025been getting this for a week or more now
Message: .../AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua:2508: attempt to index local 'editBox' (a nil value)
Time: Sun Dec 14 20:34:51 2025
Count: 2
Stack:
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2508: in function 'ChatEdit_ResetChatTypeToSticky'
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2492: in function 'ChatEdit_ClearChat'
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2503: in function 'ChatEdit_OnEscapePressed'
[Interface/AddOns/WIM/Modules/WhisperEngine.lua]:895: in function <Interface/AddOns/WIM/Modules/WhisperEngine.lua:872>
[C]: in function 'AutoCompleteButton_OnClick'
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_AutoComplete/Classic/AutoComplete.lua]:365: in function 'AutoCompleteEditBox_OnEnterPressed'
[Interface/AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua]:2471: in function <.../AddOns/Blizzard_ChatFrameBase/Classic/ChatFrame.lua:2470>
[C]: in function 'ChatEdit_OnEnterPressed'
[*ChatFrame.xml:120_OnEnterPressed]:1: in function <[string "*ChatFrame.xml:120_OnEnterPressed"]:1>
Locals:
editBox = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "attempt to index local 'editBox' (a nil value)"
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Posted Dec 11, 2025Since today's update I get messaged in the chat when someone whispers me through both Battle-Tag and regular characters ingame.
It looks like this, I hope it can help to check if something is wrong there:
lastTell="|Kp32|k
lastTellType:"BN_WHISPER"
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Posted Dec 11, 2025In reply to Avanor_: I have that issue too!
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Posted Dec 12, 2025In reply to Avanor_: This should be fixed in today's update.
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Posted Dec 10, 2025please fix this, it's not working anymore :*(