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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Ai Chat

8 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · AI Chat

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for ai chat comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 8 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 8 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Better Messages Best overall 88/100
  2. 2. Echo Knowledge Base 86/100
  3. 3. Tawk.To Live Chat 81/100
  4. 4. Wise Chat 78/100
  5. 5. Text: AI chatbot, live chat & ticketing for customer service 77/100
  6. 6. Typebot 76/100
  7. 7. AI Chat App 72/100
  8. 8. SendPulse 66/100
1 Better Messages
Best overall Free by wordplus

Better Messages

Real-time messaging and chat rooms for WordPress ecosystem: private conversations, public and private chat rooms, video & audio calls, and more.

4.8★
from 141 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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2 Echo Knowledge Base
Free by echoplugins

Echo Knowledge Base

A fully featured, easy-to-use documentation plugin with AI chat, search, FAQs, and quizzes. Build beautiful knowledge bases, docs, and wikis.

4.9★
from 123 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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3 Tawk.To Live Chat
Free by tawkto

Tawk.To Live Chat

(OFFICIAL tawk.to plugin) Instantly chat with visitors on your website with the free tawk.to chat widget. Website: http://tawk.to

4.6★
from 142 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
81

WPScore

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4 Wise Chat
Free by Marcin

Wise Chat

Advanced chat plugin for WordPress with AI ChatGPT bots. Requires no server, supports multiple channels, appearance settings, moderation, bans.

4.4★
from 105 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
78

WPScore

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6 Typebot
Free by Baptiste

Typebot

Collect 4x more responses with conversational apps using Typebot.

5★
from 6 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
76

WPScore

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7 AI Chat App
Free by echoplugins

AI Chat App

Improve customer support with AI chat, live agent handover, FAQs, search, and contact form. Cut support tickets by 50% or more while boosting sales.

5★
from 6 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
72

WPScore

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8 SendPulse
Free by SendPulse

SendPulse

Free live chat and chatbot plugin by SendPulse. Add live chats to your website to engage your site visitors and help solve their issues in real time.

100+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
66

WPScore

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