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Communication & Messaging plugins ranked by health

311
plugins in Communication & Messaging
52%
rated Healthy

Healthiest communication & messaging plugins

Top 20 by Canary Score with 10,000+ active installs.

#PluginScoreStatusActive installsLast releaseSupport resolved
1Chatway Live Chat - AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons95Healthy30,000+27 Oct 2026100%
2WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More93Healthy4,000,000+20 Oct 202671%
3Buttonizer - Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder93Healthy70,000+13 Oct 20260%
4Easy WP SMTP - WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more92Healthy500,000+12 Aug 2026100%
5FluentSMTP - WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP91Healthy700,000+27 Sep 202696%
6Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button - Chaty91Healthy300,000+28 Oct 2026100%
7Really Simple CAPTCHA91Healthy300,000+23 Aug 2026100%
8WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub)91Healthy100,000+21 Aug 2026no data
9Buttonizer - Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button91Healthy50,000+21 Sep 2026no data
10Simple Chat Button91Healthy40,000+21 Aug 2026no data
11Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts - Better Notifications for WP91Healthy30,000+31 Oct 2026100%
12Disqus Comment System91Healthy30,000+22 Oct 20260%
13API KEY for Google Maps91Healthy30,000+30 Sep 2026no data
14WP-PostRatings91Healthy20,000+1 Sep 2026100%
15Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io91Healthy20,000+28 Sep 2026no data
16Easy Social Icons91Healthy20,000+1 Nov 2026no data
17Stop WP Emails Going to Spam91Healthy10,000+3 Sep 2026no data
18WP-UserOnline91Healthy10,000+1 Sep 2026100%
19Sentry for WordPress91Healthy10,000+18 Aug 2026100%
20Crisp - Live Chat and AI Chatbot91Healthy10,000+21 Oct 2026no data

Most at risk popular plugins

At risk or Avoid, with 10,000+ active installs.

WP Test Email20,000+ installsAvoidVulnerability published 15 Jan 2026 still has no fix after 14 days.Subscribe to Comments10,000+ installsAvoidVulnerability published 6 Aug 2026 still has no fix after 14 days.10WebSocial10,000+ installsAvoidVulnerability published 28 Oct 2026 with no patched version yet.HTML5 Audio Player - The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player10,000+ installsAvoidVulnerability published 9 Oct 2026 still has no fix after 14 days.

Recent events in Communication & Messaging

Last 90 days, from the Radar.

3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
wp_mail return-path: Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14, 8 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
Push Notifications by LaraPush: Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, 3 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
WP Telegram Widget and Join Link: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
Post Notification by Email: Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30, 19 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
Zoho Mail for WordPress: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications): Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 2 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
Peadig's Twitter Feed: Embedded Timeline WordPress Plugin: Tested up to WordPress 3.7.41, 34 major versions behind 7.1.4.
3 Nov 2026, Maintenance
Prevent Landscape Rotation: Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, 3 major versions behind 7.1.4.