W2UI

W2UI is a lightweight World of Warcraft addon that cleans up default chat text and reduces visual clutter in ChatFrame messages.

The addon keeps the standard Blizzard chat system intact, but makes chat lines easier to read by shortening unnecessary formatting. Player names in clickable chat links are cleaned up by removing the surrounding square brackets, so “[Player]” becomes “Player” while the original clickable player link is preserved.

W2UI also shortens speech-style messages by removing redundant speech verbs such as “says”, “yells”. For example, a line like “Player says: Hello” is displayed as “Player: Hello”.

The cleanup is applied both to existing chat history and to new incoming messages. It works with the standard WoW ChatFrame windows and automatically handles newly created chat windows as well.

W2UI does not replace the chat UI, move protected frames, or add a heavy configuration system. It is intended to be a small, simple chat cleanup module for players who prefer a cleaner and more compact chat display.

Slash command:
/w2ui chat - manually refreshes and reapplies chat cleanup to visible chat history.