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initChat

by Parbat Pithiya · Chat & Support

Also makes 2 other plugins · 130+ installs across the portfolio →

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

Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 46/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

100+

≈150 estimated

Momentum

+4%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “application”, “chatting” and “start” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 64 average across 1,174 Chat & Support plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

6.4K

Total downloads

since 2020 · 1.6% still active

4.1/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 3 reviews

+4%

98

Downloads · 30d

category median +10%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.6%

of downloads still active

At least 100 of 6.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Chat & Support plugin keeps 0.8%, across 628 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Chat & Support plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

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 5.7.21.

Ratings · 3 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.3.3
Last updated
5.3y ago
Added
2020-08-05 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
—
Tested up to
5.7.21
Requires PHP
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Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 3/100

Updated 1947 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 28/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 54/100

5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 1947 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
031 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 98 · peaks are release surges

9631 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

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.

96031 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

5.3y ago

latest release · v1.3.3 · 2 Jul 2021

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.3 · 2 Jul 20211.3 · 2 Jul 20211.3.1 · 4 May 20211.3.2 · 4 May 2021

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

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

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 17 Aug 2021

10031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ rajgt1
    2.6y ago

    Thsi plugin is Awesome

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ dipak9938
    6.1y ago

    Awesome plugin very use full for me

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ Parbat Pithiya
    6.1y ago

    I got many messages using this attractive plugin

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2

✓ 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

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 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "initChat will help to start quick support on your website. this plugin will work with third party applicati..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("No limitation for the Free version").
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you need", "use this").
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
  • ! Enough to quote 858 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "chatting", "whatsApp chat initialize" do not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 13 days in tier
  2. 2024-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2024-10-26 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-10-24 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-10-23 100+ → 200+ up after 350 days in tier
  7. 2023-11-08 200+ → 100+ down after 537 days in tier
  8. 2022-05-20 100+ → 200+ up

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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