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Expertise AI Chatbot

by Expertise AI · AI

Capture leads, answer questions, and book meetings seamlessly with the power of AI. Configure your AI chatbot widget in minutes with Expertise AI.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 67/100

Stale · Few reviews

Active installs

60+

≈68 estimated

Momentum

-14%

downloads vs prior 30d

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How scoring works →
67 Health · C
Maintenance 58/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

67 health vs 77 average across 3,393 AI plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.8%

of downloads still active

At least 60 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,010 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Details

Version
1.0.8
Last updated
1.1y ago
Added
2025-02-28 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.7.11
Requires PHP
7.4

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.

79 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 66/100

Updated 396 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 52/100

5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 1 Mar 2025 · 611 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-14% vs prior 30d
01 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 748 · peaks are release surges

54231 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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.

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6731 Oct 2026

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 year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.1y ago

latest release · v1.0.8 · 1 Oct 2025

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.8 · 1 Oct 20251.0.7 · 1 Oct 20251.0.6 · 4 Jul 20251.0.5 · 4 Jul 20251.0.4 · 4 Jul 20251.0.1 · 3 Jun 20251.0.2 · 3 Jun 20251.0.0 · 28 Feb 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈68

Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.

Install history since 28 Feb 2025

601 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ expords
    1.6y ago

    I’ve added Chatsimple’s AI agent to my website and it really boosts engagement. It instantly answers visitor queries with smart, human-like, and helpful responses. This improves user experience and boosts conversions. Besides, features like voice AI, AI meeting booking, lead qualification, and CRM integration helps me a lot to find better clients. Just love this plugin!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ aialchemist
    1.6y ago

    I have used several AI chatbot plugins, but ChatSimple stands out as the most intuitive, effective, and user-friendly one I have used yet. Setup was INCREDIBLY easy, just a quick script copy and paste and no prior coding experience required. Unlike other bots, ChatSimple’s AI feels intuitive and adapts to conversations well, and also supports multiple languages. Customization is also another huge positive – as it’s possible to change the appearance to match brands accordingly without needing a paid premium plan. ChatSimple is just the best option for beginners and those who want an adaptable and customizable experience on WordPress. Highly recommend.

    Read on wp.org ↗

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 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Capture leads, answer questions, and book meetings seamlessly with the power of AI. Configure your AI chatb..."
  • ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions HubSpot, Zapier, Slack, Instagram and 3 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 2 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 3,930 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "lead capture" does not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-07 70+ → 60+ down after 78 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-21 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-04 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-02 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-28 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-04-27 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-26 90+ → 80+ down after 43 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-14 100+ → 90+ down after 105 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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Expertise AI Chatbot: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/chatsimple-ai

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