VW Floating Chat vs chat-me-now

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

VW Floating Chat

by vendweave

Health B74

chat-me-now

by dfrankortiz

Health D45

Active-install trajectory

VW Floating Chat chat-me-now

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	VW Floating Chat	chat-me-now
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+567% ✓	-20%
Overall health	B · 74 ✓	D · 45
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	77/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100 ✓	43/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	9mo ago ✓	5.3y ago
Downloads · 30d	106	419 ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

VW Floating Chat chat-me-now

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.