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LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites

v5.0.12

Best live chat and help desk plugin for WordPress websites. Add the LiveChat widget to engage visitors and provide real‑time customer support! 🚀

by Text · Website

chat widgetchatbotcustomer supportlive chatlivechat
Rank
#1,706 24h -5 · 7d -8
Est. installs
17,483 High confidence
Total downloads
1.3M all time
Rating
4.6 ★ 98 reviews
Official installs
10,000+ public bucket
Support threads
2 last 2 months
Support resolved
50% of threads
Tested up to
WP 6.9.10 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

5 months ago

Last release

Version
5.0.12
Requires WP
4.4
Requires PHP
7.2
On WP.org since
2010

About LiveChat

LiveChat is a WordPress plugin by Text, first published on WordPress.org in 2010. It has 10,000+ active installations and 1,289,315 downloads in total, and ranks #1,706 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 8 places. Users rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 98 reviews. Version 5.0.12 was released 5 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 6.9.10 and requires WordPress 4.4 and PHP 7.2 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 2 support threads were marked resolved (50%). It is listed under chat widget, chatbot, customer support, live chat and livechat. Plugins with a similar focus include Chatra Live Chat + ChatBot + Cart Saver, Zoho SalesIQ and Crisp.

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