Live Chat (+ Chatbots) with Slack for WordPress
by Hybrid.Chat · Chat & Support
Free Live Chat for Wordpress, Facebook pages, SMS via Slack or Mattermost. Automate engagement using Chatbots, built using simple spreadsheets.
50 health vs 65 average across 276 Chat & Support plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2152 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
54
now · peak 139
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-27 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-12-17 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-15 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-14 30+ → 40+ up after 36 days in band
- 2025-11-08 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-05 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-02 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-10-29 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Intents – Live Chat 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
HubSpot All-In-One Marketing – Forms, Popups, Live Chat 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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