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Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons vs Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress

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

Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #578, ahead of Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons at #1,056. Over the last 7 days Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress climbed 1 place and Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons slipped 1 place. Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress has the largest install base, roughly 2.3× the next: 70K+ active installs against 30K+ for Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons. Ratings: Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons 5★ from 755 and Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress 3.5★ from 302 reviews.

Metric Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress
Popular rank today #1,056 ▼ 1 #578 ▲ 1
Active installs 30K+ 70K+
Downloads, last 7 days 306
Rating 5★ (755) 3.5★ (302)
Last updated Sep 1, 2026 Jul 5, 2022
Current version 1.5.2 2.5
Best rank on record #1,044 #565
Days in the top 50 0 0
On WordPress.org since Nov 2023 Sep 2018
Sites detected by our detector 3 0

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.

Ranking history Lower is better

Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat ButtonsFacebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress

Active installs

Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat ButtonsFacebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress

Downloads per day

Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat ButtonsFacebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress

Frequently asked questions

Which is more popular, Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons or Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress?

By active installs, Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress: 70K+ sites run it against 30K+ for Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons, according to WordPress.org figures captured on September 14, 2026.

Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons or Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress?

Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress, at #578 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons at #1,056. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.

Are Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons or Facebook Chat Plugin - Live Chat Plugin for WordPress 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.