Facebook Chat Plugin vs Front End PM

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

Facebook Chat Plugin

by Facebook

Health D41

Front End PM

by Shamim Hasan

Health C66

Active-install trajectory

Facebook Chat Plugin Front End PM

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	Facebook Chat Plugin	Front End PM
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	4K–5K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	-20% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	C · 66 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	39/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	64/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.56★	4.76★ ✓
Reviews	302 ✓	219
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	51/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.1y ago	1.5y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.3K ✓	574
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

Facebook Chat Plugin Front End PM

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.