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Live Messenger vs Facebook Chat Plugin

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

Live Messenger is the safest pick: health D · 45 against 41 for Facebook Chat Plugin, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Live Messenger moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+; Facebook Chat Plugin moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Live Messenger	Facebook Chat Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	70K–80K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-25%	80K+ → 70K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	3.6★
Reviews	2	302 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	48/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	6.0y ago	4.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	66	1.9K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+4%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	4.0% ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

Live MessengerFacebook Chat Plugin

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.