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initChat

by Parbat Pithiya · Chat & Support

initChat will help to start quick support on your website. this plugin will work with third party application of WhatsApp.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 63 average across 365 Chat & Support plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 5.7.15.

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.

44 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 4/100
WP compatibility 28/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1841 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-44% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

33

now · peak 98

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

initChat · #14089 Disable Application · #4645 AppPresser · #6904 Application Password · #7518

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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
1.3.3
Last updated
5.0y ago
Added
2020-08-05 · 5 yrs on WP
Requires WP
Tested up to
5.7.15
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 13 days in band
  2. 2024-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
  3. 2024-10-26 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
  4. 2024-10-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2024-10-24 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2024-10-23 100+ → 200+ up after 350 days in band
  7. 2023-11-08 200+ → 100+ down

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initChat: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/initchat