WhatsApp help !

[LolaM42]

I sent a message on WhatsApp it’s been delivered but not read even though the person has been online since I sent the messages. Am I being ignored ?

If it's two grey ticks it's unread. They might have sent a quick response to another message but not had time to look at yours? I often do this when I'm busy, out and about or not wanting to be on my phone

Could they have put me on mute ?

They might have muted you but equally they might have just not opened it, or opened another message from the banner etc and just responded to that
I think the real question you need to consider is why you feel worried enough about it to post about it? They'll respond if and when they want to

sometimes if its not a long message you can read it without opening it,

You can switch off read receipts in WhatsApp so they may have read it, but you won't know.

Oh my son does this to me all the time.

I've edited my settings so nobody knows if I've read messages or if I'm online

The stalkers don't like it

Me too!

I can't stand people reading into it like op is. I often check phone to scan my messages when I'm at traffic lights or while pushing my baby's pram- anything that requires more than an urgent yes or no from me gets ignored till later.

Online could mean just checking something or scrolling to look for a recipe that a friend sent or literally anything else. It doesn't mean (as you've seemed to have taken it) 'sitting on my phone now with nothing else to do looking for people to have a WhatsApp chat with, not her though I'll ignore her!'