Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist vs Simple Chat Button
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Simple Chat Button leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #907, ahead of Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist at #2,176. Over the last 7 days Simple Chat Button slipped 2 places and Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist slipped 5 places. Simple Chat Button has the largest install base, roughly 4× the next: 40K+ active installs against 10K+ for Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist. Downloads this week: Simple Chat Button 787 and Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist 518. Ratings: Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist 4.9★ from 111 and Simple Chat Button 4.8★ from 14 reviews.
| Metric | Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist | Simple Chat Button |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #2,176 ▼ 5 | #907 ▼ 2 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 40K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 518 | 787 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (111) | 4.8★ (14) |
| Last updated | Jul 29, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.8.3 | 1.9.3 |
| Best rank on record | #2,147 | #899 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Nov 2022 | Sep 2021 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist or Simple Chat Button?
By active installs, Simple Chat Button: 40K+ sites run it against 10K+ for Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 16, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist or Simple Chat Button?
Simple Chat Button, at #907 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist at #2,176. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist or Simple Chat Button alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.