Otter Text – Chat Widget
by ottertext · Chat & Support
This plugin allows you to quickly and easily add the Otter Text widget to your website.
43 health vs 62 average across 379 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1237 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 2023-02-27 · 1,236 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
113
now · peak 155
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 2023-02-26 · 1,235 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-18 40+ → 30+ down after 20 days in band
- 2026-04-28 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-26 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-25 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-22 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-21 40+ → 30+ down after 33 days in band
- 2026-03-19 30+ → 40+ up after 5 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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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 -
Facebook Chat Plugin – Live Chat Plugin for WordPress 80K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
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 -
Simple Chat Button 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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