Click to Chat – HoliThemes

Older reviews are full of praise for the setup and support, but the two most recent years include a hacked site and a crash reported right after updating the plugin.

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561 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 495 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

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

Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 700K.

1. ★★★★★ nachohalecka

   11mo ago

   The product is good, but it’s not what I was looking for.

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2. ★★★★★ steffbd

   1.1y ago

   Click to Chat is super easy to set up and works flawlessly. It makes it simple for my customers to contact me directly via WhatsApp, which has improved my support and response times. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to connect with their website visitors quickly!

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3. ★★★★★ arthurflantan

   1.3y ago

   Very nice Click to Chat

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4. ★★★★★ redfieldcf

   1.5y ago

   The plugin is brilliant. It allows you to have whatsapp on the web in a simple, visual and beautiful way. The technical support is incredible, I recommend it 100%.

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5. ★★★★★ anthonyaxford

   1.6y ago

   Website hacked, tested over the weekend and as soon as we turn the plugin on hacked again showing some Indonesia lotto website, disabled all plugins left the site for 2 days it stayed on, turned click to chat back on first site down, it only started after i updated to 4.19 please fix this

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6. ★★★★★ aversus

   1.8y ago

   Hello, when I update the plugin to the latest version, WordPress crashes and a virus infects the site. I restored my WordPress from a backup once and waited a week without updating the plugin, updating other plugins without any issues. Today, I updated this plugin again, and the result was the same: the website crashed again, and I had to restore it from yesterday’s backup. I kindly request the plugin to be checked. I am almost certain that the issue is caused by the WhatsApp plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ cleophasoj

   2.3y ago

   The plugin displays a phone number I used a few months ago despite updating it to a new WhatsApp number. I have tried clearing the cache on both of my devices and for WordPress.

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8. ★★★★★ Khurram Shafique Mir

   2.5y ago

   it’s good for me, I have used and then will again come back to new and updated to my reviewed at this site again.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.41 New: Redesigned Admin UI, switch to it anytime from the plugin settings page. Enhancement: Restructured Analytics parameters for Google Analytics, GTM and Meta Pixel. Fix: Pagelevel settings prefilled message multiple li 4.41
2. — Version 4.40 Enhancement: Admin UI improvements for better user experience. Fix: Minor bug fixes and performance optimizations. 4.40
3. — Version 4.39 Fix: WooCommerce single product page widget configuration with multilingual plugins. Fix: Homepage settings were incorrectly inherited from other pages when not set as a single page. 4.39
4. — Version 4.38 Fix: Style 6 initial color not applied. Fix: Greetings dialog loads fallback values if not found in the database. 4.38
5. — Version 4.37 Fix: Webhook not working with some integration tools. 4.37
6. — Version 4.36 Enhancement: Google Analytics feature. 4.36

All 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.46). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Critical · 9.1 Click to Chat <= 4.44 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via REQUEST_URI via {url} Placeholder ↗
   2026-10-13 CVE-2026-92097 Improper Control of Generation of Code Affects <= 4.44 Patched in 4.45
2. Patched Medium · 6.4 Click to Chat <= 4.39 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'num' Shortcode Parameter ↗
   2026-06-05 CVE-2026-7795 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.39 Patched in 4.40
3. Patched Medium · 6.4 Click to Chat <= 4.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via data-no_number Parameter ↗
   2025-06-13 CVE-2025-5336 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.22 Patched in 4.23
4. Patched High · 8.8 Click to Chat – HoliThemes <= 3.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion ↗
   2024-04-17 CVE-2024-3849 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program Affects <= 3.35 Patched in 4.0
5. Patched Medium · 6.4 Click to Chat <= 3.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2022-12-21 CVE-2022-4480 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.18 Patched in 3.18.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 23 languages, 9 at 90% or more

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

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-18 700K+ → 600K+ down after 290 days in tier
2. 2025-11-01 600K+ → 700K+ up after 335 days in tier
3. 2024-12-01 500K+ → 600K+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-11-29 600K+ → 500K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-11-28 500K+ → 600K+ up after 558 days in tier
6. 2023-05-20 400K+ → 500K+ up after 20 days in tier
7. 2023-04-30 500K+ → 400K+ down after 30 days in tier
8. 2023-03-31 400K+ → 500K+ up after 277 days in tier

Competes with

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Click to Chat – HoliThemes: 600K+ active installs, 4.8★ (131 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp