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Rapls AI Chatbot – Self-Hosted RAG Chatbot & MCP Server (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter)

by rapls · AI

Self-hosted AI chatbot that answers from your own content (RAG), admits when it doesn't know, and can't run up your API bill. Free, no credit card.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
85 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

85 health vs 76 average across 379 AI plugins

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2026-03-28 · 111 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+7% vs prior 30d
Mar 28
Jul 16

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

486

now · peak 504

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

Rapls AI Chatbot · #42509 Royal MCP · #2503 Hyve Lite · #2706 WPBot · #3024

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.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

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

Install history · since 2026-03-29 · 110 observations

Details

Version
1.15.0
Last updated
today
Added
2026-03-28
Requires WP
6.3
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-17 — → 10+ up

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Rapls AI Chatbot – Self-Hosted RAG Chatbot & MCP Server (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter): 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rapls-ai-chatbot