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HeySpark – Live Chat and Call Now Plugin

by NickDuncan · Chat & Support

Also makes 1 other plugin · 600+ installs across the portfolio →

Self-hosted live chat plugin for WordPress. Talk to visitors or let them call straight from your admin area, conversations stored on your own site.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 63 average across 672 Chat & Support plugins

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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2026-05-15 · 108 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-22% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 30

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

161

now · peak 2.6K

16130d downloads · Aug 31

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

HeySpark · #11983 you Chatnox Live Chat Pl · #18725 HelpCrunch · #4256 Chat Bro Live Group · #13563

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.

805per 1k installs · Aug 31

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

4

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.2.00

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.00 · 3mo ago1.1.00 · 3mo ago1.0.1 · 3mo ago1.0.0 · 4mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 41%
v1.0 38%
v1.1 21%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 84 days.

Install history · since 2026-05-15 · 63 observations

200Installs · Aug 31

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
1.2.00
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2026-05-15
Requires WP
6.3
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. nasmazee
    3mo ago

    small problem with pluging Mr. Nick Duncan, ask me the problem and solved. Best customer service.

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  2. leeannnich
    3mo ago

    Great plugin! Easy to set up and works straight away. Having the chat inbox inside WordPress makes it super easy to reply to messages and manage chats. I also really like that everything stays private on your own website, without needing third-party services or monthly fees. A simple, lightweight, and privacy-friendly chat solution

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-02 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-29 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-28 70+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-27 50+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-26 10+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-25 — → 10+ up

Competes with

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