Best live chat system plugins for WordPress
The most popular live chat system plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LiveHelpNow Help Desk leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Joleado Live Chat Software (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “live chat system” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 live chat system plugins
- 1.
LiveHelpNow Help DeskThe most installed live chat system plugin, with 60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.
Joleado Live Chat SoftwareFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “live chat system”

LiveHelpNow Help Desk
Down in the last 7 days:38#19,196by livehelpnow4 years ago
LiveHelpNow Help desk embed plugin facilitates real time interactions between your website visitors and your customer service via multiple channels.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Joleado Live Chat Software
Down in the last 7 days:791#71,161by Joleado Systems8 years ago
Requires at least: 3.7 Tested up to: 4.9.x Stable tag: 18.9.3 Version: 18.9.3 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day