BuddyPress Instant Chat

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ jcfromkc

   8.0y ago

   Once installed my home page was replaced with a completely different page. The page displayed the page title and nothing else. This plugin did not work for me.

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2. ★★★★★ HansRuedi

   10.2y ago

   I had absolutely no problem to start my tests with a chat on a sandbox BP installation after reading your support threads. The CSS you provide are not ideal in combination with the theme I’m using (BOSS), but that’s not something you have to care about. Later on I will do more tests and let you know what my thoughts are. Thanks for this plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ hijack61

   10.3y ago

   I could not bring it to work, but that is for sure the problem of my site, as I am always one of the few where it not work. Why I give 5 Stars? Because the support takes really care. Once I get rid of my general problems on the site, I will definitely use it. Thank you for good work

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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.6). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open High · 7.2 BuddyPress Instant Chat <= 1.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-10-09 CVE-2026-87764 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.6 No patch available

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-07 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2024-05-04 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in tier
3. 2024-04-28 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
4. 2024-04-23 10+ → 20+ up after 31 days in tier
5. 2024-03-23 20+ → 10+ down after 231 days in tier
6. 2023-08-05 30+ → 20+ down after 175 days in tier
7. 2023-02-11 40+ → 30+ down after 130 days in tier
8. 2022-10-04 60+ → 40+ down after 745 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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BuddyPress Instant Chat: 10+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bp-instant-chat