Simple Chat

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1. ★★★★★ manm0untain

   9.4y ago

   Installed this plugin to test. Test between 2 browsers did not work, just said both parties were offline. Within 3 minutes the entire site was unresponsive. Contacted my host, apparently massive server load from the 2 instances I had open in the 2 browsers. Took the whole site down for several hours. Spent the last 30 minutes now dealing with my hosting company, still have not gotten the site back online. Very badly written and dangerous piece of code, use very much at your own risk. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by manm0untain.

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 14978947

   9.5y ago

   Very inefficient implementation of a chat. Made my server go down every time a user logged in and navigated to a frontend page.

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3. ★★★★★ hjvanessen

   11.5y ago

   I have this plugin running, and it’s almost 5 star worthy. 😉 The plugin shows all the registered users, and I would love to see only logged in members. Can’t find where to change that. If it had that functionallity, it’s 5 star for shure.

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4. ★★★★★ daniel.c94

   12.1y ago

   I needet to delete the Plugin via Ftp because nothing worked anymore

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5. ★★★★★ them8z

   13.0y ago

   Private messages appear twice in my bp installation! deactivated it!

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6. ★★★★★ Neo

   13.1y ago

   I try this plugin,but the comments deley 1-2minutes… please fix it

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7. ★★★★★ samsamim

   13.1y ago

   real nice plugin, 5 star

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8. ★★★★★ coco

   13.2y ago

   very sophisticated plugin,keep it up DEVS!!!!!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-04-04 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2023-04-01 30+ → 20+ down

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).

• Facebook Chat Plugin – Live Chat Plugin for WordPress 70K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• J Jamie Social Icons 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Social Media Social Share Icon 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• Joinchat – Enhanced "click to chat" 700K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Meta for WooCommerce 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C

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Simple Chat: 10+ active installs, 3.1★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-chat