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by mideal · Chat & Support

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Question-answer, ajax, bootstrap, gravatar avatar plugin with email notification and Google reCaptcha 2. It looks like a chat.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 62 average across 672 Chat & Support plugins

200+

Active installs

≈290 estimated

5.7K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.17★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+44%

89

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 55/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2879 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+44% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

89

now · peak 169

8930d 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

Question answer · #12980 you FAQ Block · #8971 DS FAQ Plus · #23108 Simple FAQ To The We · #54224

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.

445per 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

8.0y ago

latest release · v1.2.2

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.2 · 8.0y ago1.2.1 · 8.4y ago1.2 · 9.2y ago1.1.1 · 9.3y ago1.1 · 9.3y ago1.0 · 9.6y 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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2021-10-24 · 1,385 observations

200Installs · 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 · 4 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.3
Last updated
7.9y ago
Added
2016-12-13 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ peterson89
    7.9y ago

    Wow! Thanks a lot. This plugin perfectly suits me. It works properly and looks great.

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  2. ★★★★★ kavarnalife
    8.4y ago

    It seems to me that I need to add a header for the form and search, that it would be easier to use it.

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  3. ★★★★★ smith100
    9.3y ago

    This is what I was looking for my website. Thank you very much! Everything works great. http://ital-bags.ru/faq/

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  4. ★★★★★ eleonora64
    9.5y ago

    After a long search and testing of other plugin like it, I find what I need and I’m satisfied. I translated into Italian language .po and .mo. Thank you, 5 stars!

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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

Languages

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Translated into 4 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Kyrgyz 100%
Russian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-06-25 300+ → 200+ down

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