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HTML5 Chat is a WordPress plugin that lets you easily embed a real-time audio & video chat into your website using HTML5 technology.

⚠ Few reviews
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73 Health · B
Maintenance 82/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

73 health vs 63 average across 671 Chat & Support plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

13.7K

Total downloads

since 2017

3.66★

Rating (adjusted)

3.3★ raw · 9 reviews

+30%

127

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 92/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 100/100

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

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+30% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

127

now · peak 144

12730d downloads · Aug 26

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

HTML5 Chat · #15147 you One to one user Chat · #8229 Consolto Video Chat · #11690 Easy Video Call [GWE · #21220

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.3Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.08 77%
v1.04 23%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

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

Install history · since 2021-10-15 · 1,386 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

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.

Ratings · 9 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
2 2★
1 1★
2

Details

Version
1.08
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2017-11-04 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. Medium · 6.4 HTML5 chat <= 1.07 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-01-30 CVE-2024-12451 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.07 Patched in 1.08

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 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

Languages

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Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Dutch 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-29 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-17 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-16 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 84 days in tier
  6. 2026-03-21 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-20 90+ → 100+ up after 56 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-23 100+ → 90+ down after 706 days in tier

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