Live Messenger vs Facebook Chat Plugin

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

Live Messenger

by joel.douglas

Health D45

Facebook Chat Plugin

by Facebook

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Live Messenger Facebook Chat Plugin

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	Live Messenger	Facebook Chat Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-40%	-22% ✓
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 (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.56★
Reviews	2	302 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	51/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	5.8y ago	4.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	45	1.3K ✓
Category	Social	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

Live Messenger Facebook 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.