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WPChat

WPChat - Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support
by Syed Balkhi · 7,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 22 Oct 2026, 11 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WPChat
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is WPChat still maintained?
Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months. 22 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns WPChat, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer AhmedGeek since Oct 2025. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was WPChat removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is WPChat safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest WPChat update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.4.5. No one-star spike after it. 22 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master10 Sep 2025 to 10 Sep 2025, 1 commits
AhmedGeek10 Oct 2025 to 14 Sep 2026, 33 commits
alexopen1 Apr 2026 to 22 Oct 2026, 7 commits

3 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2025.

Maintenance

Last release
13 days ago
Releases, 24 months
11
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
8.0 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for WPChat
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20254
Q1 20262
Q2 20262
Q3 20261
Q4 20262

Last release 22 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.5.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

7,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WPChat
4 May 2026113
11 May 2026194
18 May 2026982
25 May 20261,000
1 Jun 20261,077
8 Jun 20261,812
15 Jun 20261,270
22 Jun 20262,149
29 Jun 20261,388
6 Jul 20261,380
13 Jul 20261,166
20 Jul 20261,073
27 Jul 20261,144
3 Aug 20261,089
10 Aug 2026919
17 Aug 20261,040
24 Aug 20261,043
31 Aug 20261,093
7 Sep 20261,134
14 Sep 20263,799
21 Sep 20261,712
28 Sep 20261,370
5 Oct 20263,701
12 Oct 20261,748
19 Oct 20261,855
26 Oct 20264,468
2 Nov 2026313

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 41% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

Chatway Live ChatScore 95 · 30,000+ButtonizerScore 93 · 70,000+

Facts

Version1.4.5
AuthorSyed Balkhi
Added10 Oct 2025
Last updated22 Oct 2026
Active installs7,000+
Requires WordPress5.8
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP8.0
Categorynot stated
Tagswhatsapp, chat button, chat widget, click to chat, customer support

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Questions

Is WPChat still maintained?

Yes. Last release 22 Oct 2026, 11 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns WPChat, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer AhmedGeek since Oct 2025.

Was WPChat removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is WPChat safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest WPChat update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.4.5. No one-star spike after it.

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