Click to Chat
by HoliThemes
Free WhatsApp chat widget with prefilled messages and per-page display rules.
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What Click to Chat does
Free WhatsApp chat widget with prefilled messages and per-page display rules.
It sits in the chat part of a WordPress stack and is sold by HoliThemes on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our chat guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
4.8/5
Reviews
131
Active installs
600,000+
Downloads
21.0M
Latest version
4.44
Last updated
2026-09-08
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 4.44, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.8/5.
Where Click to Chat ranks elsewhere
Click to Chat does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
- Enhancement: Admin live Preview the chat widget.
- Enhancement: Settings pages load faster.
- Enhancement: Clearer descriptions across the settings pages.
- New: Customize style and greetings settings inline directly within the style picker, eliminating the separate Customize tab.
- Enhancement: Admin UI for a smoother experience.
- Fix: Phone number field in the settings page showing as a plain text field.
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Very light and free
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Design options are basic
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Install on a staging copy first if the site takes money.
- 2Work through the setup wizard and connect any external accounts it needs.
- 3Configure the one feature you installed it for, and leave the rest off.
- 4Test the result as a logged-out visitor on both mobile and desktop.
- 5Re-run our speed test to confirm the plugin has not cost you load time.
How it compares
Other chat plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Click to Chat | 4.8 | 4.8 (131) | Freemium | Very light and free |
| Chaty | 4.8 | 5 (1,240) | Freemium | Every channel in one button |
| Joinchat | 4.9 | 4.7 (189) | Freemium | Best free WhatsApp button |
| WP Social Chat | 4.4 | n/a | Freemium | Multiple agents with schedules |
Guides that cover Click to Chat
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