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Wpmethods Social Chat Floating Icons vs Better Chat Support for Messenger

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

Better Chat Support for Messenger is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Wpmethods Social Chat Floating Icons 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	Wpmethods Social Chat Floating Icons	Better Chat Support for Messenger
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	Stable ✓
Overall health	—	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	81/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	239	2K ✓
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.	+43%	+67%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9%	4.3% ✓
Category	Chat & Support	Chat & Support

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

Release activity

Wpmethods Social Chat Floating IconsBetter Chat Support for Messenger

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.