Live Support Desk
by rcaddoux · Chat & Support
Live Support Desk puts voice, text, and video chats right in your WordPress site. Designed to work whether you are on your own or have a support team …
41 health vs 63 average across 342 Chat & Support plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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 3942 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
47
now · peak 170
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Fast Chat Button 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
One to one user Chat by WPGuppy 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Joinchat – Enhanced "click to chat" 700K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
String locator 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Live Support Desk into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/live-support-desk" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Live Support Desk — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Live Support Desk: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/live-support-desk