Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
BuddyPress Group Chatroom
Active installs80+ rounded
Current authorVenutius
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5.5 years ago 10 Feb 2021
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record16
Rating3.7 /5 · 3
Added to directory28 Mar 2019
Requires WP4.6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.5 behind
Tested up toWP 5.6.19 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Venutius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venutius | 16 | 01 Apr 2019 | 10 Feb 2021 |
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 early-stage: 80+ active installs. Too few installs to read anything into adoption. That is a gap in the evidence, not a mark against the plugin.
2 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 50% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 11/day29 Aug 2026
Install band fell to 80+ on 04 Aug 2026, from 90+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
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 | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (80+) · version (1.7.7) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
28 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 directory7 years ago 28 Mar 2019
Requires WP4.6.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.5 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 2,026 days (5.6 years). The last was 10 Feb 2021.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.6.19, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 15 releases.
- The same account maintains 20 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 02 Aug 2024.
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.
- 03 Aug 202626 days agoInstall band moved to 90+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoInstall band moved to 80+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily 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.
- 04 Aug 20224 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2021-02-10). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 10 Feb 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.7.7 released
- 14 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 09 Jan 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 06 May 20197 years agoVersion 1.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 05 May 20197 years agoVersion 1.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 23 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 14 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 09 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.3.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 09 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 09 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 08 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.5.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 06 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 06 Apr 20197 years agoVersion 1.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Venutius.
- 01 Apr 20197 years ago3 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 01 Apr 2019 and 05 Apr 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 28 Mar 20197 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
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 Venutius for all 28 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5.5 years ago (10 Feb 2021).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.6.19; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 80+ active installs.
- It carries 3 ratings, averaging 3.7 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
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
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box
Display an Ajax-powered chat box anywhere. Lightweight, flexible, fast, and secure. Fully customizable with many options.
2,000+ installs4.9★ (215)updated 27 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Group chat for WordPress – Minnit Chat
Cloud-based chat using your WordPress accounts. Minnit uses SSO to allow you and your WordPress users to communicate with one another.
500+ installs4.1★ (8)updated 18 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Team Messenger
Real-time team chat for logged-in users, with optional end-to-end encryption, groups, notifications, and an admin UI.
fewer than 10 installsupdated 28 Aug 2026
Compare side by side BuddyPress Group Livechat
Basic live chat within groups.
10+ installs4.8★ (5)updated 20 May 2013
no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side BuddyPress Group Tinychat
Chat Room for Buddypress Group
10+ installs4.9★ (7)updated 10 Sep 2015
no release in over 18 months
Compare side by side Redirect Purchase to Chat for Woo
Redirect the WooCommerce "Buy Now" button to a custom chat link or phone number with a pre-filled message. Developed by Mutt Group / Mutt Studio.
20+ installsupdated 06 Jun 2026
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about BuddyPress Group Chatroom: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.