Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box
by Jeff Starr · Chat & Support
Display an Ajax-powered chat box anywhere. Lightweight, flexible, fast, and secure. Fully customizable with many options.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “2K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,391 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-28 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 909 days in band
- 2023-07-02 4K+ → 3K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
bbPress 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
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 - Z zipaddr-jp 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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