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Live Chat with Messenger Customer Chat

by Zotabox · Social

Also makes 11 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Support your customers via Facebook Messenger Live Chat conveniently from your own 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.

⚠ Stale

Health

C 69/100

Stale

Active installs

3K+

≈3.5K estimated

Momentum

+26%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “customer support” for “facebook messenger”. “customer support” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “facebook messenger” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
69 Health · C
Maintenance 39/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

69 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.7%

of downloads still active

At least 3K of 418.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,277 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.

Details

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
1.6y ago
Added
2016-02-01 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
6.7.11
Requires PHP
7.0

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.

82 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 48/100

Updated 566 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 88/100

4.5★ over 212 reviews, smoothed to 4.42★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 566 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
111 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 676 · peaks are release surges

4961 Nov 2026

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

Live Chat with Messe · #3966youCresta Social Messen · #6449Re:amaze Helpdesk & · #10076Gleap for WordPress · #10540

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.51 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

691 Nov 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1651 Nov 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 86%
v1.4 13%
v1.3 0.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.5K

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 11 Oct 2016

3K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ vkatsanou
    2.0y ago

    we ask permitions for connect, ask for cookies, check their device for safety etch.i last my custoumer already. and if its not free as i read for the other, its not worth it, sorry This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by vkatsanou.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ meteotheniouxblog
    5.4y ago

    vraiment trop chère ; il y a des applications gratuites qui font mieux bye bye

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  3. ★★★★★ bodeha
    5.5y ago

    c r a p This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by bodeha.

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  4. ★★★★★ webily
    5.8y ago

    This is not a free plugin! Waste of time! Delete this plugin from repository or make it free!!!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ liaris
    5.9y ago

    Not free.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ mahcmbd
    6.0y ago

    This is for hacking my info, nothing else.

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  7. ★★★★★ Alessio
    6.2y ago

    It has a lot of free useful features and the design is really nice! This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Alessio. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Alessio.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ funique
    6.3y ago

    I currently only use the free messenger chat option and it works perfectly, even if users dont’ have a Fb account!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.4 Integrate with Social Mobile Bar Support auto-open chat box 1.4
  2. — Version 0.9 Release FB Live Chat for mobile Improve sign up process v1.0 Plugin release 0.9

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.5.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. 2019-05-17 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.6 Patched in 1.4.7

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

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

4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026

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

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ! 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 Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Instagram, Facebook and 3 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 3,832 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "customer support", "help desk" do not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-02-18 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-16 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-15 4K+ → 3K+ down after 300 days in tier
  4. 2025-04-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-04-19 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-04-18 5K+ → 4K+ down after 301 days in tier
  7. 2024-06-21 6K+ → 5K+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-18 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 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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Live Chat with Messenger Customer Chat: 3K+ active installs, 4.5★ (212 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fb-messenger-live-chat

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