Best live chat widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular live chat widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Chaport leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of LiveHelpNow Help Desk (60+) and Slack and Microsoft Teams Live Chat widget (40+). All 4 plugins tagged “live chat widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 live chat widget plugins
- 1.
ChaportThe most installed live chat widget plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
LiveHelpNow Help Desk60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
Slack and Microsoft Teams Live Chat widget40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
VISITLEAD Live Chat and Realtime Monitoring10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 4 plugins tagged “live chat widget”

Chaport
Down in the last 7 days:17#4,716by Chaport Live Chat5 months ago
Modern live chat plugin for WordPress. Powerful features: multi-channel, chatbots, customization, etc. Free plan. Unlimited chats & websites.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day

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

Slack and Microsoft Teams Live Chat widget
#21,802by kurbaitis1 year ago
SignalZen is a live chat solution for your website which enables you to engage and talk to your website visitors.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

VISITLEAD Live Chat and Realtime Monitoring
Down in the last 7 days:5,997#41,876by visitlead10 years ago
Enterprise Live Chat and realtime monitoring for business websites. We convert your visitors to clients. Live Chat is only one piece of our success.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day