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Smallchat for WordPress

by dotzak · Chat & Support

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Add Smallchat to a WordPress website, allowing visitors to talk to teams via Slack.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 5/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 63 average across 672 Chat & Support plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

2.2K

Total downloads

since 2018

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+7%

29

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.12.

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.

50 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 11/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1314 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+7% vs prior 30d
-1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 72

3530d 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

Smallchat for WordPr · #30307 you Tidio · #574 Buttonizer · #737 Chatway Live Chat · #1054

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.

3.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

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

3.6y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 3.6y ago1.0.1 · 3.6y ago

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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

10Installs · 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 · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
3.6y ago
Added
2018-04-06 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP
5.6
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ dotzak
    3.6y ago

    As the developer of this plugin, I think I did a good job. Not a great or amazing job; but not a bad or dismal job either. Just a good job. The thing does what I intended it to do (inject Smallchat in a configurable way) and nothing I didn’t intend it to do. I think the developer could be a bit more responsive in the support forum, but frankly I don’t think he checks his email often. Glad to see the original author is still supporting this project after 5 years of development! Wow! This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by dotzak.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-09-14 20+ → 10+ down after 68 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-08 30+ → 20+ down after 15 days in tier
  3. 2024-06-23 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in tier
  4. 2024-06-04 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in tier
  5. 2024-05-23 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
  6. 2024-05-17 30+ → 20+ down after 258 days in tier
  7. 2023-09-02 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
  8. 2023-08-29 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in tier

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