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.
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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 6 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 2 months ago.
- 6.
RapidChat100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 7.
BuddyPress Messaging Control60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
BuddyPress Restrict Messages50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
Business Messaging for WbizTool50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Rakuten Viber Click to Chat50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 98 plugins tagged “messaging”
Facebook Chat Plugin
#591by 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
- 67/day
Lime Connect (formerly Userlike)
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,291by Lime Connect6 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:41#7,766by 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:43#10,610by 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:502#14,032by 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
RapidChat
#16,778by Softaculous3 days ago
Fast, self-hosted live chat for WordPress: a visitor widget, a live inbox, canned replies, transcripts and privacy tools.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 128/day
BuddyPress Messaging Control
Down in the last 7 days:7#19,534by 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:351#20,143by 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
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Business Messaging for WbizTool
Down in the last 7 days:389#20,253by Wbiztool1 year ago
Send automated business messages for WooCommerce orders, Contact Form 7 submissions, WP Amelia bookings, and more. Professional templates included.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rakuten Viber Click to Chat
Up in the last 7 days:591#20,919by 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:133#21,646by 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
#22,386by codeatoz25 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:143#26,660by 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
Web Makinası
Up in the last 7 days:1,391#27,739by 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
Message Mate
#27,965by 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
RingQ Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging
Down in the last 7 days:883#29,158by 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
TG Live Chat
#30,931by 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
DynamicWebLab Form Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:398#31,208by 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
SlimFAQ
Up in the last 7 days:42#32,571by 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:8,853#34,124by 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
#34,557by 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
SMSify
Down in the last 7 days:1,258#34,816by 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
MoceanAPI SendSMS
#35,537by moceanapiplugin2 years ago
A plugin to send SMS notification to your wordpress users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wireclub Embedded Chat for WordPress
#35,562by 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
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
BuddyPress Admin Access Activity
#39,458by 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
- 0/day
Dialog eSMS
Down in the last 7 days:3,315#40,251by Adeona Technologies3 years ago
Corporate SMS solution
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PandaChat Live AI Chat
Down in the last 7 days:4,797#42,088by Primož1 year ago
Connect your PandaChat environment with your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPContactUs
Down in the last 7 days:2,424#42,379by 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
- 0/day
AK Simple Chat
#43,698by 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
Overtok Call Conversion
Down in the last 7 days:521#43,993by 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
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
Inbox
#45,798by Fahad Mahmood14 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
Admin Msg Board
Down in the last 7 days:7,917#46,621by Julian Yanover17 years ago
Adds a messaging system in your Wordpress admin area for bloggers to communicate.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wpSMS
#46,757by Casey Bisson18 years ago
A plugin to send SMS messages from other plugins. As easy to use as wp_mail().
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SocialNotify
Up in the last 7 days:708#46,803by 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
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
Prompty Web Push Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:4,718#46,961by Prompty3 years ago
Easily integrate the Prompty web push notification service with your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EasySMS
#47,525by 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
Vextras for WooCommerce
#47,757by 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
- 0/day
Messaging Alerts Integration for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:7,283#47,792by 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
NS Chat
#49,012by Sergey Ivanov1 year ago
Real-time WebSocket chat for WordPress with user sync and message history.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
teleCast
#49,069by thesaasfactory6 months ago
Embed your Telegram group as a live chat widget on any WordPress page — with real-time multilingual translation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Team Messenger
Up in the last 7 days:22,790#49,115by Alireza Aminzadeh2 months ago
Real-time team chat for logged-in users, with optional end-to-end encryption, groups, notifications, and an admin UI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GoRespond for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:19,601#49,129by gorespond6 months ago
Automatically send WhatsApp messages to customers when order events happen — powered by GoRespond.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
PushConnect Push Notifications
#49,779by pauljwweb7 years ago
A plugin to integrate your site with https://pushconnect.tech
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
StartWeb Chat Button & Messaging Badge
Up in the last 7 days:22,406#50,022by startwebagency5 months ago
Add a customizable floating chat button with messaging badge, online/offline status, working hours, holidays and special days.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stames Floating Widget
#50,249by 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
Polanger Dating for WordPress
#51,106by Polanger6 days ago
Build a complete dating and matchmaking website with profiles, discovery, likes, matches, private messaging, privacy and moderation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day