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MW Messenger Button vs Joinchat

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

Joinchat is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 83 for MW Messenger Button, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

MW Messenger Button moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	MW Messenger Button	Joinchat
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	700K–800K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	30+ → 20+	Stable ✓
Overall health	B · 83	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	5	189 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	60	428.7K ✓
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.	-25%	+87%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	3.7% ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

MW Messenger ButtonJoinchat

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.