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#89 by installs

Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat”

by CreameVersion 6.4.2

The most installed WordPress plugin for WhatsApp: a customizable floating button that turns your visitors into chats, leads and sales.

Active installs
700,000+
#89 of 1,000
Downloads, all time
18.9M
18,935,609
Downloads, 30 days
432.4K
47.3K in the last 7
Rating
4.7 / 5
189 reviews
Last updated
18 days ago
Oct 13, 2026
Version
6.4.2
66 releases

What Joinchat's own page says

Read from join.chaton

  • Promotion on the page: Special Chat Friday price. After the first year, renewals are billed at the regular rate.

Who it is for

This is for you if you’re still handling WhatsApp manually, one by one.

Use cases the vendor names

  • Automating customer support
  • Handling inquiries on autopilot

Features it lists

  • AI-powered conversational assistants
  • Chat Funnels for persuasion and qualification
  • Store personal data and interests
  • Templates based on real client sales flows

A script read this page, and kept only what the page's text backs up. These are the vendor's list prices and its own words, not a deal and not my review. Prices change and can differ by country, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.

Upkeep and compatibility

Last updatedOctober 13, 2026Updated in the last 3 months
Tested up toWordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release
Needs WordPress4.9.6 or newer
Needs PHP7.0 or newer
First publishedFebruary 12, 2018
Support, last two months0 of 1 threads resolved (0%)

Reviews

4.7 / 5 from 189 reviews

Reviews by star rating
5 stars168
4 stars8
3 stars1
2 stars4
1 star8

Downloads, last 30 days

Low 2.9K a dayHigh 99.3K a day

What the author says it does

Turn conversations into conversions

Joinchat is the most installed plugin for WhatsApp: a customizable floating button that turns your visitors into chats, leads and sales.

Built for conversion from the very first click: eye-catching CTAs, dynamic start messages, native WooCommerce integration and built-in analytics to measure every conversation.

🌍 Joinchat, the global leader in WhatsApp click to chat

🗺️ Present in more than 176 countries

🏆 #1 chat solution in:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇪🇸 Spain 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇨🇱 Chile 🇵🇪 Peru 🇵🇹 Portugal

Source: BuiltWith®

What you get with Joinchat

A complete WhatsApp conversion toolkit for WordPress, designed to capture more leads and close more sales.

  • Floating WhatsApp button that opens the WhatsApp app on mobile, and on desktop launches WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web and shows a scannable QR code.
  • Eye-catching CTAs to greet visitors, present offers and start the chat with the right message.
  • Dynamic start messages so every conversation arrives with full context (the page, the product, the price, the discount…).
  • WooCommerce integration, with a contact button next to “Add to cart” and shop-specific CTAs.
  • Analytics built in — 🆕 — Clicks counter in your WordPress dashboard. Events for Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager and Facebook Pixel, plus Google Ads conversions.

The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.

Questions the author answers

I can’t see the button or it’s over / under another thing

You can change the position of the button so that nothing covers it by adding this CSS in Joinchat Settings > Advanced > Custom CSS:

.joinchat { z-index:999999; }

Higher values of z-index are above, the default value is 9000.

If you need to move up:

/* always */ .joinchat { --bottom: 60px; }

Change button size

You can change the button size by adding this CSS in Joinchat Settings > Advanced > Custom CSS:

/* always */ .joinchat { --s: 50px; }

/* mobile only */ @media (max-width: 480px), (orientation: landscape) and (max-height: 480px) { .joinchat { --s: 40px; } }

For WooCommerce Product Button you can change size with:

.joinchat__woo-btn { --s: 50px; }

Shortcodes / Triggers

Joinchat does not provide any shortcodes, but you can easily link to WhatsApp in two ways:

  • Add an anchor link to #whatsapp (open WhatsApp directly) or #joinchat (show chat window).

e.g.: add in your menu a custom link with the URL #whatsapp

Disable enhanced telephone input

Joinchat uses International Telephone Input library to facilitate and validate the introduction of the phone number in the format of each country. If you have problems with your phone number or you want to write it directly without any changes you can disable it with this filter (remember follow WhatsApp guidelines):

add_filter( 'joinchat_enhanced_phone', '__return_false' );

Allow other roles to change settings

By default Joinchat settings can only be edited by users with manage_options capability (administrator).

You can change the required capability with the filter "joinchat_capability".

// e.g. allow shop managers: add_filter( 'joinchat_capability', function(){ return 'manage_woocommerce'; } );

// e.g. allow editors: add_filter( 'joinchat_capability', function(){ return 'edit_pages'; } );

Disable Gutenberg sidebar

The block editor evolves quickly and errors can occur that we have not anticipated.

If you have any errors with Gutenberg and Joinchat or simply prefer the old Joinchat metabox you can use this filter:

add_filter( 'joinchat_gutenberg_sidebar', '__return_false' );

Latest changelog entry

6.4.2

  • Tweak prevent context menu in floating contact button
  • Security fix scape custom message in Joinchat Button block

Screenshots

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Where this page's numbers come from

Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.