# Facebook Chat Plugin – Live Chat Plugin for WordPress

> The Facebook Chat Plugin makes it easy for your website visitors to chat with you and ask you questions, even if they don't have Messenger.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `facebook-messenger-customer-chat`
- Author: Facebook
- Version: 2.5
- Active installs: 70,000+
- Last update: 2022-07-05 (4 years ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 5.9.20 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.9, PHP 5.2.4
- Tags: chat, customer care, facebook, messaging, messenger
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-messenger-customer-chat/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2022-07-05).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 5.9.20).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2020-08-04 HIGH: Missing Capabilities Check (before 1.6). CVE-2020-36838, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36ae4183-5fa7-484c-b858-5df10ae3d3f2?source=api-prod
- 2019-06-17 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Site Settings Changes (before 1.3). WF-edd1396b-02f6-4292-82df-76c5eeecfe20, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edd1396b-02f6-4292-82df-76c5eeecfe20?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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