Chatgen
by sambaandsiva · Chat & Support
ChatGen is the best plugin for hybrid Chat (Live Chat + custom bot) on your site.
48 health vs 62 average across 423 Chat & Support plugins
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.0.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2136 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
133
now · peak 143
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-12 20+ → 10+ down after 46 days in tier
- 2025-11-27 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 20+ → 10+ down after 465 days in tier
- 2024-08-15 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-14 20+ → 30+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2024-07-21 30+ → 20+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2024-06-12 20+ → 30+ up after 86 days in tier
- 2024-03-18 30+ → 20+ down after 161 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons 30K+ installs · 5.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
HelpCrunch – Live Chat, Chatbot & Knowledge Base for Customer Service 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Live Chat by Formilla – Real-time Chat & Chatbots Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gobot – Sales Boosting Chatbot 200+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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