Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorquadlayers
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release16 days ago 22 Oct 2026
Support2 / 2 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record254
Rating4.9 /5 · 696
Added to directory28 May 2017
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by quadlayers throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| quadlayers | 247 | 03 Mar 2019 | 21 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
4,879 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 71% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 57,252/day31 Oct 2026
8 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.1 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9 (2 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are running below the lifetime figure, which an average built over years would hide.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 17 Jun 2026 and 03 Sep 2026: 10 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Recent reviewers for WP WhatsApp Chat mainly credit the support team, with 3 of 10 reviews describing a fast or helpful reply after a support request, several naming QuadLayers by name. Reviewers also describe the plugin itself favorably, with 3 of 10 calling it simple, lightweight, or easy to set up, and several noting years of continuous use across multiple sites. Separately, 1 of 10 reviews reports that a recent update made the plugin hard to deactivate, describing a hidden or greyed out option required to turn it off.
- 3 of 10 mention fast or helpful responses from support. [1] [2] [3]
- 3 of 10 describe the plugin as simple, lightweight, or easy to set up. [1] [2] [3]
- 1 of 10 report a recent update made the plugin difficult to deactivate. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 15 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,107 | 1,990 | 1,621 | 2,034 | 57,252 | 51,677 | 6,925 | 2,915 | 4,688 | 3,310 | 1,641 | 11,831 | 2,843 |
| Ratings total | 695 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 695 | 696 | 696 | 696 | 696 | 696 | 696 | 696 |
| Version | 8.6.6 | 8.6.6 | 8.6.6 | 8.6.6 | 8.6.7 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 |
| Threads resolved | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+) · support threads (2)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9 years ago 28 May 2017
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP5.6
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 22 Oct 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 2 of 2 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 16 other plugins, 16 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 8.7.0 released
- 21 Oct 202618 days agoVersion 8.6.7 released
- 04 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 8.6.6 released
- 30 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 8.6.5 released
- 02 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 8.6.4 released
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 8.6.3 released
- 24 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 8.6.2 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 21 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 8.6.1 released
- 05 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 8.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 28 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 8.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 25 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 8.5.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 24 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 22 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 19 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 18 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 08 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 01 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 8.5.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 23 May 20266 months agoVersion 8.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 8.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 19 May 20266 months agoVersion 8.4.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by quadlayers.
- 03 Mar 20197.5 years ago234 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 03 Mar 2019 and 18 May 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 May 20179 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 05 Sep 2026 · CVE-2026-18404: Stored XSS in Social Chat - Click To Chat App Button (<= 8.6.2)OpenCVE
- 26 Jul 2022 · Social Chat < 6.0.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2022-2361)WPScan
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by quadlayers for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 16 days ago (22 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 696 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 2 of 2 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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