Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots vs FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles
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
Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,954, ahead of FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles at #24,799. Over the last 7 days Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots climbed 5 places and FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles climbed 305 places. Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots has the largest install base, roughly 333× the next: 10K+ active installs against 30+ for FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles. Downloads this week: Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 11,625 and FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles 35. Ratings: Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 4.8★ from 142 and FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles 4★ from 1 reviews.
| Metric | Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots | FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,954 ▲ 5 | #24,799 ▲ 305 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 30+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 11,625 | 35 |
| Rating | 4.8★ (142) | 4★ (1) |
| Last updated | Oct 25, 2026 | May 23, 2025 |
| Current version | 3.1.6 | 1.0.3 |
| Best rank on record | #1,949 | #23,333 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jan 2017 | Jan 2025 |
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, Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots or FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles?
By active installs, Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots: 10K+ sites run it against 30+ for FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 29, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots or FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles?
Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots, at #1,954 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles at #24,799. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots or FrontPage Buddy – Custom landing pages for members, groups and profiles 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.