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LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging

LivePerson offers a modern way to engage visitors from desktop and mobile. It's fast and simple and connects you in real time.

Active installs30+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d60▲ +30.4% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/53 reviews
Health score31/100At risk
All-time downloads4.9KSince Apr 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.4.2PHP any
Downloads · 7d15▲ +25% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (30+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 10 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.5 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

135Jul 8Aug 21Oct 5
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day7Sep 14, 2026
Last 12 months446

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where LivePerson LiveChat + Messa… stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
chat >100 4,049 Best chat plugins →
chat plugin >100 4,016 Best chat plugin plugins →
customer help >100 6,650 Best customer help plugins →
customer service chat >100 1,729 Best customer service chat plugins →
customer service software >100 1,112 Best customer service software plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging

From the official readme · v1.0.1

Description

LiveEngage is the modern way to talk to visitors whether they’re on your site via desktop or on their mobile devices. Your customers prefer digital communication like chat, messaging, and SMS. With LiveEngage, you can interact with your customers however they want, from one easy-to-use platform. This plugin adds the necessary tag script to your site footer that enables the livechat functionality.

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Benefits for Merchants:

  • Fast and simple setup
  • Connect with prospects and customers in real-time
  • Create and maintain time saving pre-written responses
  • Increase customer satisfaction
  • Strengthen brand loyalty
  • Increase sales conversion
  • Stay connected with your visitors and customers on the go with the LiveEngage mobile app
  • Out-of-the-box KPI reporting metrics that track engagement performance, agent effectiveness, and real time data on customer satisfaction
  • Fully customize aspects of the LiveEngage platform to match your brand’s look and feel
  • Protect your consumers’ information with enterprise-grade security and stability

Benefits for Customers:

Your customers prefer digital communication like chat, messaging, and SMS. With LiveEngage, you’ll be able to connect with prospects and customers via their preferred method of engagement and build a relationship.

PRODUCT FEATURES

Deliver the right chat invitation to the right customer at the right time:

  • Display click-to-chat buttons so customers and visitors can request to chat whenever they need help
  • Monitor visitor activity in real time and push proactive chat invitations to high value visitors on important product pages, and send targeted offers to hesitating customers about to abandon their cart. Make more sales; increase your conversion rates by more than 25%!

Make the most of mobile for both you and your customers:

  • Chat with your customers and prospects from any device
  • Have the flexibility to stay connected with your customers on the go, wherever you are with the LiveEngage mobile app

Customization to match your needs and brand:

  • Get complete control over your chat window’s colors, themes, and CSS
  • Integrate easily with the LiveEngage platform to provide additional connection options including voice and content

Real-time contextual & analytics reporting:

  • LiveEngage empowers companies to drive and optimize their digital engagement strategy on the fly with real-time and long-term operational KPI’s, reports, and dashboards

Empower your agents to create meaningful connections and increase efficiency:

  • Handle multiple conversations simultaneously with a workspace that has all the tools needed to increase efficiency
  • Obtain detailed information about the chatter – including customer records, geographic location, what search engine or marketing campaign they came from
  • Provide hands-on assistance with text-highlighting and co-browsing capabilities
  • Seamlessly transfer chats to other agents such as second-level support

Protect your consumers’ information with enterprise-grade security and stability:

  • LivePerson complies with ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, SSAE 16 SOC 2, SOX, FISC, EU Privacy and other security standards

Integration features:

  • Configure the account number the module should use to embed LiveChat on your site.
  • LiveChat visibility settings based on a blacklist or whitelist of certain pages and user roles.

Pricing and Plans:

Click here or go to http://register.liveperson.com/wordpress to get started with a special promotion for WordPress users.

Installation

  • Install the LiveEngage plugin from WordPress directory and activate it.
  • Configure the account number the plugin should use to embed livechat on your site.
  • If you don’t have an account please click here to create one.
  • Customize the livechat visibility setting based on a blacklist or whitelist of certain pages and user roles.
  • For more detailed instructions on how to install the plugin or the manual installation process, please go to our integrations knowledge base.

Changelog

1.0.1

  • Minor bug fix on path matching
  • Rely on WordPress to provide SSL status
  • Tested with version 4.5.3

1.0.0

  • Initial release of the LivePerson plugin

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

LiveChat mobile app
LiveChat mobile app
LiveChat messaging app connections
LiveChat messaging app connections
LiveEngage agent dashboard
LiveEngage agent dashboard
LiveEngage site engagements dashboard
LiveEngage site engagements dashboard
LiveEngage co-browsing initiation
LiveEngage co-browsing initiation
LiveEngage co-browsing operator interface
LiveEngage co-browsing operator interface
LivePerson WordPress plugin settings
LivePerson WordPress plugin settings

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FAQ

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026

Is LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging free?

Yes. LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging safe to use in 2026?

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

How many websites use LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging?

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,924 times since it launched in April 2016. It was downloaded 60 times in the last 30 days.

Does LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging work with WordPress 7.1?

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging is officially tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on August 2, 2016 (10 years ago).

Who makes LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging?

LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging is developed and maintained by liveperson.

What are the best alternatives to LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging?

The most popular alternatives to LivePerson LiveChat + Messaging are Joinchat (700K+ installs), Floating Chat Widget: Conta… (300K+ installs) and Tidio (70K+ installs).

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