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Best chat plugins for WordPress

The most popular chat plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Joinchat leads with 700K+ active installs, ahead of Floating Chat Widget (300K+) and Tidio (70K+). All 727 plugins tagged “chat” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 chat plugins

  1. 1.
    Joinchat

    The most installed chat plugin, with 700K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 189 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Floating Chat Widget

    300K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 1,245 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Tidio

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 395 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Facebook Chat Plugin

    70K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 302 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.

  5. 5.
    Buttonizer

    40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  6. 6.
    Simple Chat Button

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Chatway Live Chat

    30K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 776 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  8. 8.
    Echo Knowledge Base

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 124 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  9. 9.
    Zendesk Chat

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 27 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

  10. 10.
    Word Balloon

    10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

All 727 plugins tagged “chat”