Best messaging plugins for WordPress
The most popular messaging plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Facebook Chat Plugin leads with 70K+ active installs, ahead of Lime Connect (formerly Userlike) (800+) and BuddyPress Edit Activity (700+). All 98 plugins tagged “messaging” 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 messaging plugins
- 1.
Facebook Chat PluginThe most installed messaging plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 302 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.
Lime Connect (formerly Userlike)800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
BuddyPress Edit Activity700+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 17 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 4.
Chat Support for Viber300+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
BeepMate100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
BuddyPress Messaging Control60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
BuddyPress Restrict Messages60+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Business Messaging for WbizTool60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Rakuten Viber Click to Chat50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
TalkJS40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 98 plugins tagged “messaging”
Facebook Chat Plugin
#592by Facebook4 years ago
The Facebook Chat Plugin makes it easy for your website visitors to chat with you and ask you questions, even if they don't have Messenger.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 3.5(302)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Lime Connect (formerly Userlike)
Down in the last 7 days:14#7,300by Lime Connect5 days ago
Free live chat plugin to chat with the visitors of your website. Integrate a beautiful and fully customizable chat box. Hosted in Europe.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 28/day
BuddyPress Edit Activity
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,754by Syed Balkhi6 years ago
BuddyPress Edit Activity allows your members to edit their activity posts on the front-end of your BuddyPress-powered site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.6(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Chat Support for Viber
Down in the last 7 days:48#10,627by ThemeAtelier5 months ago
Unlimited customer support tool that allows visitors to engage using Viber.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
BeepMate
Up in the last 7 days:166#14,039by beepmateio2 months ago
Automatically send WordPress form submissions to WhatsApp instead of or alongside emails. Get instant notifications and respond to inquiries quickly.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Messaging Control
Down in the last 7 days:182#19,551by Venutius2 years ago
This plugin is a Swiss Army Knife for messaging, It allows the site admin to place restrictions on public and private messages including general rules …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Restrict Messages
Down in the last 7 days:159#19,945by Venutius2 years ago
This plugin allows the site admin to restrict who can send private messages or to enable the users to choose themselves.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Business Messaging for WbizTool
Up in the last 7 days:61#19,947by Wbiztool1 year ago
Send automated business messages for WooCommerce orders, Contact Form 7 submissions, WP Amelia bookings, and more. Professional templates included.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rakuten Viber Click to Chat
Up in the last 7 days:279#21,243by Rakuten Viber4 months ago
Turn visitors into buyers with a one-tap Viber chat button. Effortless customer conversations for e-commerce stores and service providers alike.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
TalkJS
Down in the last 7 days:81#21,814by talkjs8 months ago
Launch production-ready chat in minutes with a powerful API, feature-rich SDKs, and a fully customizable design.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeAtoZ
Up in the last 7 days:293#22,481by codeatoz24 days ago
Send WooCommerce order notifications via WhatsApp using Meta's official Cloud API. GDPR opt-in, STOP keyword unsubscribe, encrypted tokens.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
Bonjoro
Down in the last 7 days:6#26,569by Bonjoro3 years ago
Add Bonjoro to your WordPress site using our Web Delivery widget. Once installed, whenever you send a Bonjoro video to a customer, if they miss it in …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Message Mate
Up in the last 7 days:861#27,576by nivcaner3 years ago
Message Mate lets customers text you from their phone or computer. Reply via email, text or dashboard.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Web Makinası
Up in the last 7 days:606#27,758by Oytun Yalçın3 months ago
Add a configurable floating contact button that opens a WhatsApp chat with optional page-aware messages and visibility rules.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RingQ Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging
Down in the last 7 days:527#29,107by ringqdeveloper326 months ago
Connect your WordPress website to the RingQ platform with our lightweight, real-time customer chat widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DynamicWebLab Form Notifications
#31,202by Maidul3 months ago
Send Contact Form 7 submissions instantly to WhatsApp, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, Discord, and N8N for real-time alerts and automation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TG Live Chat
Up in the last 7 days:49#31,308by Prakhar Bhatia5 months ago
Connect your website visitors with live chat through messaging service. Customers chat on your website while you reply from your messaging app.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SlimFAQ
Down in the last 7 days:6#32,937by Consti10 years ago
Easy integration of the SlimFAQ sidebar with optional Intercom integration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bootstrap Devnia PM based on Cartpauj-PM wordpress
Up in the last 7 days:8,939#33,960by waheeds12 years ago
Easily add Private Messaging for your users to your WordPress site with Cartpauj PM (Private Messages).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
TruVISIBILITY All-In-One Marketing Suite
#34,230by truvisibility1 month ago
The TruVISIBILITY Plugin integrates your website with their all-in-one Marketing Suite featuring a CRM, Email Automation, Forms, & Live Chat/Chatbots.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RapidChat
#34,231by Softaculous2 days ago
Fast, self-hosted live chat for WordPress: a visitor widget, a live inbox, canned replies, transcripts and privacy tools.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 140/day
SMSify
Down in the last 7 days:1,126#34,523by mtomic1 year ago
This amazing WordPress plugin lets you keep your users informed with personalised and automated messages, right to their phones.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Overtok Call Conversion
Up in the last 7 days:6,585#37,095by wpdugi7 years ago
Convert inbound calls into additional actions. Connect business calls from any digital asset with an outstanding on-site visual journey that converts …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EasySMS
#37,148by Brian Fegter17 years ago
EasySMS provides an easy way for readers to subscribe to SMS updates and for admins to send SMS messages to groups. Auto SMS with post publishing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prompty Web Push Notifications
#38,307by Prompty3 years ago
Easily integrate the Prompty web push notification service with your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Notifish
#39,226by notifish2 months ago
Send automatic WhatsApp notifications when you publish posts on WordPress. Integrates with the Notifish API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SocialNotify
Up in the last 7 days:7,615#39,751by ECA Tech Inc2 months ago
WhatsApp Notification for Contact Form 7 – Send WhatsApp messages using Twilio API when a form is submitted.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AK Simple Chat
Down in the last 7 days:5,105#41,831by Anil Kumar1 year ago
Add a floating WhatsApp chat button with multiple agents, labels, colors, and WooCommerce support using a simple admin interface.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MoceanAPI SendSMS
Down in the last 7 days:1,145#42,413by moceanapiplugin2 years ago
A plugin to send SMS notification to your wordpress users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wireclub Embedded Chat for WordPress
#42,439by rfurlan13 years ago
Embedded Chat for Wordpress. Add a chat room to a page or post. Rooms can be shared accross multiple sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Msg Board
Down in the last 7 days:7,881#43,182by Julian Yanover17 years ago
Adds a messaging system in your Wordpress admin area for bloggers to communicate.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PandaChat Live AI Chat
Down in the last 7 days:338#43,398by Primož1 year ago
Connect your PandaChat environment with your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Admin Access Activity
Up in the last 7 days:1,077#44,215by blahblahyaya13 years ago
Allows BuddyPress admin to go directly to any activity they are linked to. Stops the problem of 'You do not have access to this activity' in …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Vextras for WooCommerce
#45,013by ryanhungate5 years ago
Vextras is a must-have plugin for any WooCommerce store that wants to drive sales, stay organized and help their customers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Messaging Alerts Integration for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4,560#45,056by smsgatewaycenter2 months ago
Enhance your WooCommerce store with real-time order alerts and customer engagement via messaging API integration from WabaAPI.com.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Helloify Contact Form and Live Chat
Down in the last 7 days:1,564#45,387by helloify11 years ago
The Helloify WordPress Contact Form and Live Chat plugin allows you to add the Helloify messaging and live chat button to your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddypress Mass Messaging
#45,575by jeremyltn15 years ago
This plugin allows you to send individual messages to all Buddypress users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPContactUs
Up in the last 7 days:1,495#46,064by wtsircn8 years ago
The one and only conversational messaging add-on for web forms. Provides a phone-like messaging interface for any form submitted.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Inbox
Down in the last 7 days:4,484#46,209by Fahad Mahmood13 days ago
Private messaging inside WordPress for members, vendors, visitors and support teams, with a real inbox: reply, archive, delete, search and block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Om Contact Form
Down in the last 7 days:1,219#46,916by Er Siddharth Singh10 years ago
Version 01.0.06 Requires at least: 3.0.1 Author URI http://sanditsolution.com/about.html Tested up to: 4.6.0 Stable tag: 4.6.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 1/day
wpSMS
#47,116by Casey Bisson18 years ago
A plugin to send SMS messages from other plugins. As easy to use as wp_mail().
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Dialog eSMS
#47,268by Adeona Technologies3 years ago
Corporate SMS solution
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Class of Achievers Chatbot & Lead Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,938#49,923by ankurraj012 months ago
Installs a smart AI Chatbot widget on your site. All settings are managed from your dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Badwolf Web IRC Client
Up in the last 7 days:14,878#50,093by badwolf729 months ago
WebSocket IRC client for WordPress with real-time messaging, private chats, and desktop notifications. # Badwolf Web IRC Client - Version 5.2.0
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cart to Chat
Up in the last 7 days:10,746#50,328by DijitalPazarla1 year ago
Sends a clean, line-by-line text summary of the WooCommerce cart to a configured messaging number.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
DoKalam
Up in the last 7 days:17,467#50,367by dokalam26 days ago
Add live chat to WordPress with DoKalam. Connect an inbox, chat with website visitors, and manage support conversations from one dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Click To Chat Widget
Up in the last 7 days:15,933#50,888by UltiWP3 years ago
Click To Chat Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows website visitors to easily initiate a conversation with you or your team on popular messaging s …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
6Arshid Social Community
Up in the last 7 days:10,956#51,247by 6arshid2 months ago
Build a fast, secure WordPress social network with member profiles, activity feeds, groups, messaging, notifications, polls, moderation, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Etaks Live Chat
#51,765by etaks22 days ago
Fast, lightweight, and customizable live support chat widget for WordPress. Connect with site visitors in real time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stames Floating Widget
#52,691by Stames1 year ago
In today’s digital world, businesses are overwhelmed with messages from multiple platforms—WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Emails, Contact Forms, and m …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day