Podium
by Developer Podium · Chat & Support
Add and customize Podium's Web Suite tools to your WordPress website
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
5K+
≈5.5K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “chat widget” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
61 health vs 64 average across 1,175 Chat & Support plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.6%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 65.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Chat & Support plugin keeps 0.8%, across 629 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.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 563 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 563 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| podium your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| podium webchat your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| webchat your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| texting your tag | #5 | #4 | down 1 |
| website texting | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| chat widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “chat widget” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.5y ago
latest release · v2.0.9 · 17 Apr 2025
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jiovan4.2y ago
Podium makes it easy to get more leads and customers prefer texting
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gkkirsch4.3y ago
Love that I can chat with customers when they are not at their computers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rbezruchuk5.9y ago
Not good for me… chat works as sms through their internal phone number… Mifht be a good plugin for somebody though. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by rbezruchuk. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by rbezruchuk.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ America Jr7.0y ago
You can use any plugin to inject this code into your site but I will say its very cool of Podium to make this plugin. It makes it easier for my clients to manage.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add and customize Podium's Web Suite tools to your WordPress website"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 466 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("chat widget", "Podium Webchat", "texting" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 83 days in tier
- 2024-09-06 5K+ → 6K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 5K+ → 6K+ up after 366 days in tier
- 2023-08-28 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-27 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-26 4K+ → 5K+ 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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DemandHub 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Zidy_Chatbot 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
eBanqo Widget — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Tawk.To Live Chat 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
LeadConnector 20K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
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