EchBay Live Chat vs Cresta Social Messenger

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

EchBay Live Chat

by Dao Quoc Dai

Health B73

Cresta Social Messenger

by CrestaProject

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

EchBay Live Chat Cresta Social Messenger

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	EchBay Live Chat	Cresta Social Messenger
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 73 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	3.99★ ✓
Reviews	1	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	9mo ago ✓	5.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	96	137 ✓
Category	Social	Social

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

EchBay Live Chat Cresta Social Messenger

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.