Best chat room plugins for WordPress
The most popular chat room plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Better Messages leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events (600+) and Chat Room (90+). All 7 plugins tagged “chat room” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 chat room plugins
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Better MessagesThe most installed chat room plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 142 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events600+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 21 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Chat Room90+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 13 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Personal Chat room10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago.
- 5.
Website Toolbox Chat Room10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
KN Public Chat10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.
YaxUpFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “chat room”
Better Messages
Down in the last 7 days:9#1,962by wordplus2 days ago
Real-time messaging and chat rooms for WordPress ecosystem: private conversations, public and private chat rooms, video & audio calls, and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(142)
- Downloads
- 625/day
RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events
Up in the last 7 days:20#8,218by RumbleTalk1 month ago
Embed a fast, secure, and zero-server-load group chat into your WordPress site. Built for online communities, live events, and member networks.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.4(21)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Chat Room
Up in the last 7 days:838#17,018by webdevstudios9 years ago
Create chat rooms on your site for users to participate in.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Personal Chat room
Up in the last 7 days:3,100#42,091by Rohitashv Singhal13 years ago
Personal Chat Room adds a facility to allow your customers to chat with one another. Here They can questions with another users and can get the answer …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Website Toolbox Chat Room
#44,918by Website Toolbox LLC2 years ago
Website Toolbox is the easiest way to create a powerful Chat Room. This plugin embeds your Website Toolbox Chat Room and integrates single sign on.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
KN Public Chat
#46,069by Freddie Aziz Jasbindar15 years ago
KN Public Chat is a free WordPress Plugin that lets your visitors and visitor from anyone who install this plugin can chat together in 1 public chat r …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
YaxUp
Up in the last 7 days:22,867#49,505by fared2 months ago
Add a lightweight floating button that opens your YaxUp chat room. Choose left/right position and where the button appears.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day