ChatFlow – Click To Chat Widget for Website
by chatflow · Social
Add the ability for your visitor to start chat with you on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp directly from your website.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “chat widget” for “chatflow”. “chat widget” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chatflow” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
44 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2377 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2377 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| chatflow | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| chat widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| click to chat your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| messenger your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| whatsapp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “chat widget” for “chatflow”. “chat widget” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chatflow” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 194 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
7.1y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 19 Sep 2019
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 May 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dsmd1016.5y ago
Very easy to install and effective. Ever since using it, more customers are reaching out to our business than before. Very thankful to Chatflow.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ diquispe7.4y ago
El plugin lo único que hace es permitir insertar el código de su empresa, el cual solo permite 2 medios de comunicación, lo mismo que otros
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →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.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add the ability for your visitor to start chat with you on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp directly from yo..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 403 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 10+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 20+ → 10+ down after 443 days in tier
- 2024-10-06 10+ → 20+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-09-29 20+ → 10+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 20+ → 10+ down after 550 days in tier
- 2023-02-21 30+ → 20+ down after 144 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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WPChat – Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meta for WooCommerce 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Chat App 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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