Floating Contact Button
by Christoph Nagel · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrates a floating contact button and opens an modal contact form.
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Health
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “feedback button” for “contact buttons”. “feedback button” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “contact buttons” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
87 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 26K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,668 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 74 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
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.
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.
37
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| floating contact your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| contact button your tag | #7 | #18 | up 1 |
| floating your tag | #8 | #16 | 0 |
| floating button your tag | #10 | #21 | down 1 |
| feedback button your tag | #11 | #18 | up 2 |
| contact buttons | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| contact bottom button | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| floating buttons | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| button contact | #12 | #22 | 0 |
| contact form modal | #20 | #20 | 0 |
| lightweight contact form | #24 | #20 | — |
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “feedback button” for “contact buttons”. “feedback button” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “contact buttons” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “feedback button”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.9 · 18 Aug 2026
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 65% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Günter Duba4.5y ago
“Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler!” Unpacked, the whole plugin weighs around 40 KB: A language file, a CSS file and a PHP file with around 150 lines — that’s it…. Installed and configured in under 5 minutes. You only need a short code of your form plugin and the code (#12345) of your theme’s main color. It is so very, very fast; if it were technically possible, the button would appear on the screen before everything else. 😉 It works perfect with “WP Forms”! Your form looks best, especially with “Happy Forms”, when each text field is in “full width”. I have tested it with WP 5.9.3 and WP 6.0-beta2-53262. Thank you, Christoph Best wishes from Vienna This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Günter Duba. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Günter Duba. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Günter Duba.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mauri015.6y ago
Nice lightweight plugin, Great Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ -5.6y ago
Love the plugin. It’s super lightweight and very easy to use!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ h4x0rjdag5.9y ago
Obviously you made this floating contact button for one of your own projects. You were nice enough to just publish it in case others needed it as-is. It’s painfully simple and easy to customize for people even vaguely familiar with web coding. At the time of this review it doesn’t have any bells or whistles for customization, but the description says it plainly. You saved me a little bit of my own time by sharing what you made. All I adjusted for myself was my icon, position, and size. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sasmj6.6y ago
I used HappyForms to create a simple feedback form, with options of very good, good, ok, poor and very poor I also added a text field and another to add an email address. When I click on the floating contact button widget, the feedback form displays ok on a large monitor but on a laptop screen the bottom of the form is not visible and cannot easily be interacted with and it’s not possible to resize it or drag it further up so it can be visible. Shame, as this would have been perfect for my needs. This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by sasmj.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marekzywert6.6y ago
Great plugin! Simple yet powerful. I would suggest: Remove “close” from the modal window. X is enough and without this text it will be multilanguagal 😉 I don’t like the hover action (rotation, negative colors), I would stay only with negative colors, rotation is too much for me One more time – great job! Best
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ balajipeace6.7y ago
Hi, Floating contact button plugin is working good, but it not supported in iPhone
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TristanAZ7.4y ago
Simply kept, works as it should, thank you very much.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.9). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Floating Contact Button <= 2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-08-20 CVE-2024-7891 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.7 Patched in 2.8
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrates a floating contact button and opens an modal contact form."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 529 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "feedback button", "floating button" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-06-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-06-18 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-17 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-16 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 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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Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Floating Contact Button for MAX and Telegram 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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