Chat Room

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Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 21 Oct 2026.

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Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 65% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ patriciaburnette2018

   7.5y ago

   This is an Easy Chat to install and it even works with my layout…. at first I chose one rumbletalk or something like that, and free users on can get like 5 users and had to install the code in all 100 pages. This all I had to do was create a Chat Room, Name it and right click on the link and VIOLA YAYAY Thanks!!!! Idea, how can we ad like smilies or something like that?? Awesome Plugin I Love It!!!!

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2. ★★★★★ sudblivry

   8.7y ago

   It’s the best free app Chat that allows multi users to chat all together in the same window. I was looking for this solution for my registered users. I did not need a chat for “customers” with issues. My site is only accessible to registered (and logged) users. It’s a small community of less than 300 users. What I would like for them now would be a basic mobile app that would allow them to access this chat + the site form there phones… one day… maybe.

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3. ★★★★★ Mosche

   9.3y ago

   I’ve tried out this plugin, and I must say it’s absolutely great. As far as I’m concerned it’s a 5 star as is. I use it as part of a WordPress based Learning Management System. So the students can interact with each other in their private chat rooms. However I only have one gripe with it. It displays the login name in the chat. For security reasons, I’ve hidden the administrators usernames from the entire site. I was going to ask if it could be changed from username to nickname or display-name instead. As that would keep the “real” name of the admin hidden, while showing the students who’s in the room. But after thinking about it. I realized I can just register several usernames called “moderator” with a prefix or suffix, and that solves the problem. So I won’t be doing any requests. It’s great as is. Great job guys! Love your plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ skysignature

   9.3y ago

   Great widget! Thank you for creating this. It is the only chat room widget I found that was free, easy to customize with CSS and easy to install. Some additions for the future that would be great are to add a section with “currently online users”. Also a “send” button beside the textarea. Also, it would be cool if the chatroom have one main room and had different categories/chat rooms within the same widget. But the plugin as-in works great

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5. ★★★★★ Rocco Marco Guglielmi

   9.8y ago

   Simply a mess. It creates problems with page style. There was two additional misplaced texboxes and writing in them on the chat it appears only my nickname.

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6. ★★★★★ landonbm

   9.9y ago

   Can you make this chat room be available on sidebar(widget)??

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7. ★★★★★ BijouFashion

   10.2y ago

   This plugin worked with no problems, however, because it has no customization options, its practically useless to me. Here are some basic issues I had with the plugin: * Moderation – There is no way to moderate the chat room. If people use curse words or words that you feel is inappropriate, there is no way to delete them. * Page/Post Layout – This plugin created a post, however, there is no way to edit the layout (full width, sidebar/content, etc.). This was the deal breaker for me. * Users – I have a membership site and it would be nice to know who’s on the page utilizing the chat. It does show me as “Admin” when I post, however, there is not a list of users and there is no way to show this. I would like to know who’s in the chatroom before they post. This plugin will be great for someone/business that need to chat with one person about a project or something of this nature. However, for a chat room solution, it would not be recommended. There is no way to moderate it so this would be a recipe for a disaster. I wish there was a “pro” version that offered more options.

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8. ★★★★★ Liquidation

   10.4y ago

   Congratulations! Simple and efficient plugin! I love it!

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-27 90+ → 80+ down after 53 days in tier
2. 2026-05-05 100+ → 90+ down after 935 days in tier
3. 2023-10-13 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-10-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-10-11 200+ → 100+ down after 372 days in tier
6. 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 245 days in tier
7. 2022-02-01 400+ → 300+ down after 292 days in tier
8. 2021-04-15 500+ → 400+ down after 245 days in tier

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Chat Room: 80+ active installs, 4.2★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/chat-room