Best presence plugins for WordPress
The most popular presence plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Presence API leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of SurfCoinsChat Community (fewer than 10) and Live Admin Cursors (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “presence” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 presence plugins
- 1.
Presence APIThe most installed presence plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
SurfCoinsChat CommunityFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Live Admin CursorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “presence”
Presence API
Down in the last 7 days:1,836#28,984by WordPress.org2 days ago
System-wide presence and awareness for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 116/day
SurfCoinsChat Community
Down in the last 7 days:5,910#58,191by naturalsurf9 days ago
Adds group management, quick replies, presence, read status, voice messages, WebRTC calls, PWA support, and Web Push to Better Messages Community.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Live Admin Cursors
Down in the last 7 days:15,987#69,021by Victor Pereira20 days ago
See each other's mouse cursors moving around wp-admin in real time: who's on the same screen, what they point at, click and type in.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day